Moy House is a Georgian country house hotel in

County Clare County Clare ( ga, Contae an Chláir) is a county in Ireland, in the Southern Region and the province of Munster, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council is the local authority. The county had a population of 118,817 ...

, Ireland, about south of

Lahinch Lahinch or Lehinch ( ''or'' ) is a small town on Liscannor Bay, on the northwest coast of County Clare, Ireland. It lies on the N67 national secondary road, between Milltown Malbay and Ennistymon, roughly by road southwest of Galway and north ...

off the N67 road near the village of Moy. Originally set in 15 acres of woodland on the

River Moy The River Moy () is a river in the northwest of Ireland. Name Ptolemy's ''Geography'' (2nd century AD) described a river called Λιβνιου (''Libniu'', perhaps from *''lei''- "flow") which probably referred to the River Moy. The Moy is fi ...

, it was built in the mid 18th century as the holiday home of Sir

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. Later it was sold to Major Studdert, who gave his name to the bridges over the road and the river in the

West Clare Railway The West Clare Railway (WCR) originally operated in County Clare, Ireland, between 1887 and 1961. This narrow-gauge railway ran from the county town of Ennis, via numerous stopping-points along the West Clare coast to two termini, at Kilrush ...

. p. 145 The house was vacant for 10 years, but was purchased by Antoin O'Looney who undertook a three-year restoration of the property. It was voted Country House of the Year by ''Georgina Campbell's Ireland'' in 2003. Majors Bridge.JPG, "Majors Bridge", a bridge in the West Clare Railway spanning the N67, named after Major Studdert, occupant of the nearby demesne of Moy House. Moy River passing railway embankment.JPG, The Moy River passing the embankment of the West Clare Railway towards the N67, Moy House and the sea.

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