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Intimate Weddings | Group stays | Slow Couples Escape
Up to 12 people. West Cork, Ireland 🍃

Set amongst some of finest scenery in Ireland, Ulusker House offers a perfect retreat from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Surrounded by mature trees, with beautiful lawned gardens and a spectacular view over Bantry Bay – Bed & Breakfast at Ulusker is a must whilst visiting the Beara Peninsula. The unspoilt rugged landscape is a paradise for walkers, first class golf courses are in abundan

ce and there is plenty exciting fishing to be had in the fish rich waters of Bantry Bay and the Beara Peninsula.

16/08/2026

If this is you, you’re probably not looking for a traditional wedding venue in the first place. ✨

You’re probably imagining something smaller, slower and a little more personal. No huge guest list, no feeling like the whole day is running on a schedule.

Because a small wedding doesn’t have to feel like a smaller version of a big one.

It can be something entirely different.

A few days away with 12 of your favourite people.
A ceremony in the magical Irish countryside.
Gardens & woodlands instead of function rooms.
Mountains, sea air, old trees…
And time to actually be with the people who came all this way for you.

Just a beautiful place, a very small group, and enough time for the whole thing to feel like more than one day.

If you’ve been looking for somewhere in Ireland to do things a little differently…

you might have found it. ✨

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13/08/2026

There’s a little shift happening out here. 🍂

The first leaves have started to fall.
The hills are slowly losing their summer green - the heathers are painting them pink and purple, and the blackberries are finally ready for picking along the lanes.

The days are still long, but you can feel it turning.

We have just two stays left before August slips away.

For anyone wanting a few days of country air, slow moments, wild swims, blackberry-stained fingers and nowhere particularly important to be.

Our last two stays in August - Swipe to see available & rooms 👉🏻

12/08/2026

Maybe you weren’t planning on going anywhere next week…

…but our French Room has just become available for two nights from Wednesday 19th August, and we thought we’d put it out there.

If life has been a little full lately, Beara is a pretty good place to go missing for 48 hours.

No big itinerary required. 🤍

09/08/2026

A few iPhone photos from the Workshop today. Nothing staged, just how it looks on a quiet Sunday afternoon before guests arrive. 🤎

I usually reach for my camera when photographing our spaces, but there’s something I love about the simplicity of taking a phone out and capturing the little things as they are.

And there are a lot of little things in here.

Old switches and bells, exposed copper pipes, Belfast brick walls, pieces collected over the years, the old industrial details we chose to leave visible rather than hide away. A freestanding bath, a proper shower, a beautiful little kitchen, a big bed to disappear into and a wood burner for cosy evenings.

It’s not a perfectly polished space, and it was never meant to be. There’s history in it, a little eccentricity, and so many details you probably only really notice once you’ve been here for a day or two.

With the quieter months slowly approaching, this is when we start loving the Workshop most. The vibe we all seem to reach for when autumn starts to show.

Fire lit. Candle light diner at home. A long bath. A film before bed and that feeling of escapism after a busy summer.

Hanno’s Workshop is open throughout the quieter months for two - and pups are very welcome too. 🤎

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18/07/2026

I’ve been sitting here for the last hour trying to fit the last 7 years into 20 photos… I’ve realised that’s completely impossible. 😂

So much has changed. We’ve learned so much along the way, and looking back, it honestly feels like we’re two completely different people. When we arrived in Ireland we were only 25 and 27 years old. Looking back now, we were pretty naive, a little clueless at times, and just trying to figure life out really.

We had never studied hospitality, marketing, business, accounting… none of it. Just our little young life experience. On top of that, we were just one year into our relationship. We went from dating to suddenly living together, working together, and spending pretty much 24 hours a day together.

Looking back, that’s quite a way to test a relationship. 😅

If someone had told us back then that we’d settle in rural Ireland and did all this, we’d have laughed. But somehow, life brought us here.

The first few years were interesting. Covid happened. There was plenty of trial and error, lots of mistakes, long days, loooong talks and moments where we wondered what we had got ourselves into.

Slowly, season after season, we started finding our feet. We improved things, learned a whole lot, made changes, and little by little Mossie’s started to feel like us.

In 2023, I received my Irish permanent residency. I still remember that feeling. It was the moment we looked at each other and thought…

“Okay… yeah, we’re doing this. We’re staying here. Let’s make something out of this place!” 🥹

Looking back now, I’m just so grateful we took the leap. It hasn’t always been easy, and it certainly hasn’t been perfect, but it’s given us a life we never could have imagined.

To everyone who’s stayed with us over the last seven years, supported us, recommended us, or simply followed along on this journey - thank you. You’ve all become part of this story too. 🤍

If life ever asks you to choose between comfort and curiosity… choose curiosity.

Take the leap. Take the risk.

The life you’re meant to live is often waiting on the other side of the decision that scares you the most. 🤍

17/07/2026

If only I knew then…

7 years ago today, Matti and I arrived in Ireland. Time has gone by so fast. 🥹

I still remember our first few weeks here. We would just get in the car and drive down all the little roads in the area to see what we could find. Everywhere there was something new.

I remember coming across this place and thinking, wow… this is what the magic of Ireland is all about. ✨

I came back again this evening, and that feeling is still there…

But now it means something different.

Back then, we were discovering Ireland. *we still are!* but today, it feels like home. These roads, these mountains and these quiet places have become part of our everyday life, and I don’t think I’ll ever stop appreciating them.

07/07/2026

This morning we said goodbye to a sweet little family from the US who had spent the last four nights with us. It was just the grandparents, their daughter and grandson, enjoying the house all to themselves.

They kept calling it a once-in-a-lifetime trip, and you could tell they were making the most of every moment together. 🥹

Then had the house all to myself, getting everything ready for our next guests. Between changing rooms and watering the garden, I stole a few minutes with my camera.

This week’s sunshine has been too beautiful not to stop and appreciate. July is looking promising ✨

03/07/2026

Some evenings, all you need is a little 45 minutes.

A slow walk from the front door, through quiet country lanes with the Caha Mountains glowing behind us and Bantry Bay stretching out ahead.

It’s easy sometimes to forget that this is our neighbourhood - sometimes we take it for granted.

July evenings at Mossie’s have a way of making the ordinary feel extraordinary. ✨

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Trafrask
Adrigole

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http://mossies.ie/

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