Rampark Farmhouse is in Lordship, Jenkinstown on the Cooley Peninsula. This peninsula provides the finest coastal scenery of north County Louth.

The Cooley Peninsula has award winning pubs, mountains, great golf courses, and the medieval jewel of north County Louth - Carlingford.

Only one hour from Dublin or Belfast, the Cooley Peninsula is ideal for the great outdoors or just a relaxing holiday. Here you can enjoy many activities such as hill-walking, mountain biking, golf, deep sea fishing, angling, sailing, canoeing, wind surfing and horse riding.

Special discount rates for most of the above activities apply to customers of Rampark Farmhouse as well as the use of the leisure centre at the Four Seasons Hotel in Carlingford.

Discounted rates also apply for guided hill walks of the Cooley and Mourne Mountains or guided tours of Newgrange, Battle of the Boyne, Giants Causeway, Hill of Tara, Trim Castle and Glendalough.

In County Louth, golf is a way of life. Louth has nine courses, all of different variety, from idyllic parkland setting to the world famous links at Baltray, outside Drogheda. Although some of these courses are as testing as any in Ireland, the main challenge is simply to keep your eye on the ball amid such splendid surroundings.

The three closest courses to Rampark Farmhouse are:

1. Ballymascanlon Golf Course: Set in 130 acres of beautiful parkland, designed by Craddock & Ruddy.
2. Greenore Golf Club: A seaside course with a semi-links nature with scenic views of Carlingford Lough, the Mountains of Mourne and the Cooley Mountains.
3. Carnbeg Golf Course: An Eddie Hacket designed course in spectacular Cooley Peninsula parkland.

Other courses in Louth are:

1. Ardee Golf Club
2. Baltray (County Louth Golf Club)
3. Dundalk Golf Club
4. Killin Park Golf Club
5. Seapoint Golf Club (ranked in the top 25 in Ireland)
6. Townley Hall Golf Club

Just 1 mile (15 minute walk) outside the village of Lordship is Fitzpatrick's Pub, a multiple award winning pub and restaurant.

This pub is an experience from the imaginative beer garden, decorative interior and hidden surprises throughout the building. The food is a mix of traditional Irish pub food with several dishes sourced directly from Carlingford seafood.

A selection of Fitzpatrick's awards:

• Georgina Campbell Recommendation 2007
• Hotel & Catering Review Gold Medal
• Pub of the Year 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002
• Les Routiers Dining Pub of the Year 2004

Escape to the Cooley Mountains and absorb the most magnificent views on the North East Coast of Ireland. The famous Tain Way - a national waymarked walking route covers a 40km circuit of the Cooley mountains on forest tracks, mountain paths and country roads. The trail includes a selection of walks, visiting the Windy Gap and Barnavave.

Nestled between Slieve Foy, Carlingford Lough and the Mourne Mountains, lies the medieval streets of Carlingford.

A unique blend of natural beauty, spectacular panoramas, myths & legends combine with excellent facilities for visitors.

Bustling with reputable restaurants, cosy pubs, craft and adventure centres, yacht charter, equestrian centres and golf courses and much more.

Within an hours drive;

1. Newgrange - the famous 3,000BC prehistoric
   burial chambers. (link)
2. Proleek Dolmen standing stones.
3. Ancient Hill of Tara - seat of the High Kings of Ireland. (link)
4. Battle of the Boyne site. (link)
5. The spectacular Mountains of Mourne.
6. Slieve Gullion forest drive.
7. Mellifont abbey - first Cistercian monastery in Ireland, 1142. (link)
8. Trim Castle - largest Anglo-Norman castle in Ireland, 1172. (link)
9. Dublin
10. Belfast

Within two hours drive:

1. Giant's Causeway - a World Heritage Site.
2. Spectacular Antrim Coast drive.
3. Strangford Lough