Lansdowne Arms Hotel

place and hotel

Aged unknown

Commemorated on 1 plaque

Lansdowne Arms Hotel. This hotel was built as an inn in the 1790's and was named after the Lansdowne Family, the landlords of the estate and founders of Kenmare. In the nineteenth century the hotel benefitted from the growth of the Bantry-Killarney tourist route and was a stopping-off point for cars on organized excursions. The proprietor displayed Kenmare lace and encouraged tourists to visit the convent and school where the lace was made. E.J. (Jack) Moeran, the English classical composer whose music was inspired by the people and landscape of Kerry, frequently stayed here. He died in Kenmare on December 1st, 1950.

Main Street, Kenmare, Ireland where it sited