Where can a group of 20 stay together in Carlingford?

Carlingford Heights is a six-bedroom self-catering lodge at Mountain Park, half a mile above Carlingford village, and it is let as a whole property — one house, six bedrooms, sleeps 20, nobody else in the building. It is a house to rent rather than rooms in a guesthouse, so the whole place is yours for the dates you book. Rates start from €2,100 for a weekend for the entire lodge. It is a ten to fifteen minute downhill walk into the village, with a steeper climb on the way back, and the windows look out over Carlingford Lough and Slieve Foy.

That matters for a group of twenty. One booking takes the whole building — the six bedrooms, the kitchen, the living room, the balcony and the deck — with nobody else staying in it.

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Sleeping twenty across six bedrooms

Carlingford Heights is let as a whole house and sleeps twenty. There are six bedrooms — two of them en-suite — plus a main bathroom shared by the rest. That combination is what makes the lodge work for a large party: everybody is under one roof, and the two en-suites take the pressure off the main bathroom when twenty people are getting ready at the same time.

If you want to know how the beds are arranged before you commit, ask when you enquire and we will walk you through it.

The open-plan living space

The centre of the house is a large open-plan kitchen and living area with a fireplace. This is the room that decides whether a group booking works, and it is the reason most people book Carlingford Heights: twenty people can eat, cook and sit together in one space. The kitchen is set up for catering for a full house rather than for a couple.

The balcony, the deck and the views

A large balcony runs along the lough side of the lodge, fitted with patio furniture and a swinging chair, looking straight out over Carlingford Lough. At the front there is a deck facing up towards Slieve Foy and the Cooley mountains. Wi-Fi reaches throughout the house, and there is ample parking, so a group arriving in several separate cars does not have to plan around it.

A half-mile walk into Carlingford village

The lodge sits at Mountain Park, above the village. The centre of Carlingford is roughly half a mile away — ten to fifteen minutes on foot going down, a steadier climb coming back. It is the distance that makes the property: close enough to walk to the village pubs and restaurants and back at the end of the night, high enough up the hill for the view and the quiet.

Carlingford itself is a medieval village on the Cooley Peninsula, between the mountains and the lough, with the Greenway and the Táin Way on the doorstep (the lough ferry is suspended for 2026). Useful information and day trips from Carlingford cover what there is to do.

Who books Carlingford Heights

Most bookings are groups who want one house rather than several: family reunions, extended families getting everyone together, milestone birthdays, hen weekends, walking and cycling groups, and friends who have been meaning to get everyone in the same place for a year. The lodge is well suited to a party. It is not suited to events involving excessive noise, guest numbers beyond the party staying, or over-use of the property — tell us what the occasion is and we will be straight with you about whether it fits.

Family reunions

Bring three generations under one roof, with space to cook, eat and catch up together. Two of the six bedrooms are en-suite, which helps when there are grandparents in the group, and children do not count towards the twenty. Worth knowing before you book: the house is not step-free, with no level entrance and no ground-floor bedroom or bathroom.

Milestone birthdays and anniversaries

Celebrate a 40th, 50th or 60th with everyone in one place. Spend the day on the Cooley Peninsula, then eat together back at the lodge or walk down to the village for the evening.

Hen parties

Hen weekends are a big part of what the lodge does. Our hen party page covers how the weekend works, what it costs per person and what to book first.

Good to know

Minimum stay — two nights.
One price for the house — you book the whole lodge rather than beds, so children do not count towards the twenty.
Two travel cots are available.
Not step-free — there is no level entrance and no ground-floor bedroom or bathroom.
No air conditioning anywhere in the house.

Rates at a glance

Weekend — €2,100 for the whole house
Full week — €3,200 for the whole house
Bank holidays — 10% added
Deposit — €300 to secure the dates, balance due on arrival
Damage waiver security — €300, refundable

Full terms are on the booking page, and you can see the house room by room in the gallery.

Where the lodge is

Carlingford Heights, Mountain Park, Carlingford, Co. Louth, A91 X250, Republic of Ireland. Around twenty minutes from Dundalk, half an hour from Newry, an hour from Belfast and about an hour and a quarter from Dublin Airport. To check dates, use the contact page.

Booking and terms

Bookings are handled by Catriona Hynes, who also meets guests at the lodge on arrival. Send the dates and the number in your party and we will come straight back on whether the house is free.

The booking page carries the rates in full, the deposit and cancellation terms, the €300 damage waiver and the house rules — including the twenty-guest capacity limit and the rule about late-night noise. Worth reading before you commit.