Secret Garden in valley of Gleninchaquin is one of Ireland’s best-kept secrets

Secret Garden is a family-owned stone cottage right next to a beautiful park on the Beara Peninsula, says Trish Dromey.

Visitors who enter the valley of Gleninchaquin will pass tranquil lakes and secluded woods and travel up along a long winding roadway before they get a glimpse of a spectacular waterfall sending cascades of water crashing down to the valley floor.

When they pause to admire the lakes, the mountains and the waterfall and take in the breathtaking Beara Peninsula scenery, they might just notice a little cottage positioned close to the entrance to Gleninchaquin Park, within earshot of the cascading water.