This magnificent Victorian sporting
estate is set in Connemara’s rugged countryside. This is a
land of rivers, loughs, mountains and bogs, where the red deer are
among the biggest and finest in the world and
salmon, sea trout and brown trout abound. In the autumn and winter
wildfowl, snipe and woodcock attract sporting guests from all over
the world.
Screebe House provides a fitting focal point to this wonderful environment.
Overlooking Camus Bay with its own harbour, Screebe has nine bedrooms
overlooking the Connemara countryside - the very unspoilt environment
which provides the finest of fresh produce for the Screebe kitchens.
Only the best seafood, game and meats are used The Screebe Fishery
provides wild salmon and sea trout fishing of great quality. Guests
can fish on the river or on the many loughs from bank or boat. Screebe
is fly-fishing only and sea trout are catch and release.
Walking and exploring through this dramatic landscape, typical of
the West of Ireland, is a joy in itself. |
With 35,000 acres of shooting rights
Screebe can offer, duck, pheasant, snipe and woodcock shooting throughout
the season. The size of party can be flexible and small groups as
well as full lines of 8 or 9 guns can be accommodated.
Very large red deer stags are, however, Screebe’s speciality.
The deer herd is intensively managed and each deer is known to the
management team. At any given time there are around twelve stags
with 30 or more points (the biggest at the moment having 44 points)
and around fifteen with more than 20 points. These deer are completely
free roaming and have
no fences around them. The exceptional feeding and shelter that
they enjoy along with a genetic propensity to produce good heads
accounts for the high quality.
Each year only a few trophy stags are culled, and so sportsmen coming
to stalk one of these stags are never disappointed. It is, in fact,
possible to view several stags before making a choice of which to
take. In order to avoid disappointment it is wise to stay for 4
or 5 days to allow time to make a choice and allow for the vagaries
of the Irish climate. Why go to Eastern Europe and pay massive trophy
fees when you can
stalk in this wonderful country?
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