Lakeside Georgian lodge an ideal home for duck shooters

By Rose Martin BUILT as a shooting lodge for the Minchin family some time in the early 1800s, Annagh Lodge is just a mile from Lough Derg.

But it hardly needs its lakeside position as this 100 acre Georgian estate comes with its own 10 acre lake, which is still used for duck shooting.

The main residence of this Anglo-Irish, military family was Annagh Castle, which is close by, but as this tower house slowly crumbled back to the earth, the Minchins set about extending the lodge and making it their main residence.