Lynn Hill’s Angler’s Return is a picture postcard pretty house, by the side of the lake out in Toombeola, and you could be won over in its favour simply by a first glance at its flower-bedecked finery and its sublime location. But there is more to the Return than just the facade of prettiness. Ms Hill marries an ethos to her aesthetic which means that the Angler’s Return is a house where people feel at ease, left alone to enjoy the garden, the house and the river.
And behind the pretty facade, Lynn has worked hard to create the most aesthetically pleasing place in which to relax and recuperate. This also means delivering the best quality cooking, and doing so in such a way that expresses her own determination to achieve purity and simplicity. This is one of those houses that feels quintessentially Connemara – a place apart, superbly self contained, a welcoming ship of delights in one of the most austere yet lovable landscapes in the entire country. Expect to be captivated by a house that makes time stand still.
