Just across the road from McGuire’s Red Door Cottages, you’ll find the picturesque Acres Lake, its floating Boardwalk and the start to the Shannon Blueway. The 600m boardwalk is part of a 6.5 km linear walking and cycling trail from Acres Lake in Drumshanbo to Battlebridge Lock, near Leitrim Village.
Just across the road from McGuire’s Red Door Cottages, you’ll find the picturesque Acres Lake, its floating Boardwalk and the start to the Shannon Blueway. The 600m boardwalk is part of a 6.5 km linear walking and cycling trail from Acres Lake in Drumshanbo to Battlebridge Lock, near Leitrim Village.
Take an incredible journey into the heart of rural Ireland and the inner sanctum of The Shed Distillery, the home of Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin, Drumshanbo Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey and other remarkable brands from the curious mind of PJ Rigney.
The Shed Distillery tour brings visitors on the very special journey behind the creation of Connacht’s first whiskey for 105 years, and on a trip into the epicentre of the distillery to witness the slow hand-distillation of premier ‘Grand Cru’ Irish Whiskey and Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin.
The bright and spacious Shed Café serves a wide range of delicious fresh food and hot and cold beverages and The Shed Distillery gift shop offers a special range of distillery-exclusive bottle editions and a wide selection of local artisan produce, bespoke clothing, crafts and special gifts.
The Allen Centre at Lough Allen in Drumshanbo has a great choice of activity holidays to suit every taste and every age group.
The Centre makes the most of its lakeside location and offers a range of watersports on Lough Allen and the Shannon Blueway. You can enjoy a relaxing sailing holiday, experience kayaking and windsurfing or even learn Canadian canoeing.
Moorlands Equestrian Centre is a family run riding school based on the shores of Lough Allen. Its scenic, off-road setting, between Sliabh an Iarainn and the Arigna mountains, provides a perfect base for lessons, treks, cross-country ride-outs, hunting and pony camps.
County Leitrim is widely acknowledged as an angler’s paradise and has hosted numerous national and international angling competitions. Lough Allen, one of Ireland’s premier pike waters, provides great variety for the angler with plenty of bays, shallows and deep stretches, a few islands and a pier. Pike of up to 20lbs have been taken from the river near Drumshanbo and in excess of 30lbs from the Lough. There are over 25 lakes within a five mile radius of McGuire’s Cottages with a range of fish available; pike, trout, perch, tench, eel, as well as a range of fishing; river, canal, lake, sea, boat and coarse.