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The Old Cable Historic House

3.0 of 5
9/10 Iveragh Terrace | Old Telegraph Cable Station Milestone Heritage Site Waterville Ring of Kerry, Waterville, Ireland
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The Old Cable Historic House
Ranked #8 of 10 Waterville B&B and Inns
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Wheaton, Illinois
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5 reviews 5 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 November 2012

Margaret and Alan were wonderful hosts. We stayed nearly a week and the Old Cable House became our headquarters for our visit to our ancestral home. Alan is marvelous cook and a great conversationalist. Breakfast was fabulous every morning. He even made dinner for us one evening and it was delicious. Information about the historic laying of the trans-Atlantic cable... More

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Bluffton, SC
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 November 2012

My daughter and I stayed here in late October and found Margaret and Alan to be very charming hosts. We loved talking to both of them and their insights and information about the area including the best routes to drive around the Ring of Kerry were very helpful. If it had not been for them we would have missed the... More

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Vancouver, Canada
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 October 2012

This place is a real gem. Definitely recommend staying here. The food is very good and the rooms are cosy. Walking distance to everything. Nice owners. Make sure you head down to the Fisherman's Pub is you are a golfer or a fisherman

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Cork, Ireland
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 July 2012

Nice clean accommodation with character and a friendly hostess. Bright and spacious room. Large parking area. Close to everything. Basic but nice breakfast. I rang to book instead of online and got a really good rate. Only problem was the crying baby at 12 am. Not their fault of course.....especially seeing as it was my baby!!! Would stay there again

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kerryrogue, Manager at The Old Cable Historic House, responded to this review
30 July 2012

Shauna thank you very much for the kind words, I have trawled through my phone numbers over the past couple of days trying to identify your number ( as your booking was made over the phone) I have called many folks in Cork - as that is all I have recorded unfortunately, but not you ? great I could identify... More

Washington DC, District of Columbia
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8 helpful votes 8 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 July 2012

RESTAURANT REVIEW ONLY (DINNER): We discovered this lovely restaurant by chance (we didn't stay in the B&B) on a recent drive of the Ring of Kerry, after reading a brief review of the restaurant in Eyewitness Travel's "Back Roads of Ireland" guidebook we gave it a try. The hosts didn't even know they were in the guide book! After driving... More

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London
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 July 2012

There's nothing 'Historic" about our room or any of the building we saw. In fact, it was pretty cold and dreadful. No towels and 1/8 inch of toilet paper on the roll which had to double as tissue to kill bugs and spiders. Bathroom cold and hard, no towel rack, no hook, bare-bones. NO View, everything was cheap except the... More

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kerryrogue, Owner at The Old Cable Historic House, responded to this review
24 July 2012

Dear Karen It would never be the intention of either myself my husband Alan or any member of our team here to fool anyone. The Old Cable Historic House is a Designated Milestone Heritage Site one of 3 Irish Transatlantic Telegraph Cable Stations on this beautiful Iveragh Peninsula on the Ring of Kerry and its significance is well documented.  "... More

Kilbaha
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 July 2012

Room was clean and comfortable if a little small. Food was unappealing, didn't like either breakfast or dinner. Staff were quite friendly.

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Budapest, Hungary
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 June 2012

We spent only one night in The Old Cable Historic House. The staff was absolutely friendly, the breakfast was marvellous, but we found our room far too small. We could hardly open the bathroom door because the bed was in the way... There was very little space to move.

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Melbourne, Australia
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 June 2012

In our 6 weeks of touring clearly the Old Cable House was a stand out. Why? Location, comfort and above all the friendliness and personal service. The Ring of Kerry is the beauty and history we all hear about, a must for all who venture to Ireland. Coming from the other side of the world (Australia) it was amazing to... More

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Dublin, Ireland
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 May 2012

Loved our stay at the cable house . Waterville is stunning and the B & B is only a 5 min walk to the village centre . The owners couldn't of been more helpful .Myself and my girlfriend and our 2 friends arrived late after driving down from Dublin and after ringing ahead they were happy to keep the kitchen... More

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Address: 9/10 Iveragh Terrace | Old Telegraph Cable Station Milestone Heritage Site Waterville Ring of Kerry, Waterville, Ireland
Region: Ireland > Province of Munster > County Kerry > Waterville
Amenities:
Bar/Lounge Beach Free Breakfast Free High-Speed Internet Free Parking Pets Allowed Restaurant Room Service Wheelchair access
Hotel Style:
Ranked #8 of 10 B&Bs / Inns in Waterville
Price range (per night): S$80 - 220
Hotel Class:3 star (3*)
Official Description (provided by the hotel):
A halfway stopping point on world famous Ring of Kerry, this Milestone Heritage Site situated in Waterville Village traces its origins to the First Transatlantic Telegraph Cables laid from Ireland/Europe to USA in 1866. The remarkable story of the telegraph and the nineteenth century's online pioneers - stay with us and experience this remarkable aspect of Ireland's history and culture. That incomparable Irish mist, we reveal the Ireland you had only dreamed of - colourful, unstuffy, and a infectiously attractive mix of styles and people. Polished floors, robust Irish cooking, medicinal whiskeys, fly-fishing and storytelling characters, Islands, mountains, and goats who own the road, ever changing skies, magical wishing wells. Believe every word you hear about the beauty of Waterville Ring of Kerry, however its the warm hearted friendly people whose healing inheritance will nurture and settle you along with a majestic landscape and its power to embrace and nourish you. ... more   less 
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