"Seaside Charm!"

Bayfield House Newquay,

The Burren, Co Clare

A beautiful restored 19th century farmhouse set in 5 acres of the Burren between Kinvara and Ballyvaughan, overlooking Galway Bay. Local beach and pubs/restaurants 5 minutes walk.  It is well maintained, but no one has ever pulled everything out and said, "Let's start again from scratch!"   That is why I like it - it is living organic history.  Follow the N67 from Kinvara to Ballyvaughan. Turn off to Linnane's Pub at the fork,house is 200 yards past Linnane's pub on the left hand side.
Price Range	Low season from €1210 Spring & Autumn from €1440 Summer from  €1830  Christmas & New Year €1920
Sleeps	10
Nearby Leisure	Angling Nearby, Golf Course Nearby, Horse Riding Nearby, Sandy Beach Nearby, Forest Park Nearby
	Bed Linen Supplied Free, Oil Fired Central Heating, Open Fire, Satellite Television, Piano,  Microwave, Dishwasher, Washing Machine, Tumble Dryer, Telephone For Guest Use, Shop Nearby, Towels Supplied Free, Electricity Extra, Central Heating Extra

The History of Bayfield

The earliest of this line that can be identified is Flan Boy O'Heyne of Kinturly, whose name appears on the 1641 Civil Survey list. Either he or his son, Peter O'Heyne, moved from Kinturly to Corranrue Castle at New Quay, on the dividing line between Co. Galway and Co. Clare. O'Donovan states that Peter O'Heyne was "the last who is said to have lived at Corranrue Castle".

His son was Brian O'Heyne, about which nothing is known, and his son, John Hynes, who died in 1746, is said to have "lived at Poulanisce" (Poulanisce is comprised of two Irish words, 'Poul', or hole; and 'isce', or water, with 'an' linking the two as something like 'The hole of water'). John's son was James Hynes, who died in 1802, and his son, another John, was born in 1785 and is stated by O'Donovan as "now living at New Quay".

John Hynes of New Quay occupied a small but elegant gable-ended, one and a half storey thatched lodge called Bayfield House, in the townland of Ballyvelaghan, in the parish of Abbey. He had five sons: James Hynes, described by O'Donovan, as "a man of Chieftain appearance and Herculean strength", 28 years of age in 1839; Dr. Patrick Hynes, who was living in London; Thomas Hynes, who died in 1841; Michael Hynes, described as a merchant of Kinvara; and John Hynes, of Bayfield House.

In Hugh Weir's The Houses of Clare, the author comments: "In 1875, Michael Hynes and the representatives of James Hynes of Bayfield owned three hundred and twenty-six acres. It had been in this family's hands for some time."

Dr. Patrick Hynes' grandson or great-grandson was Edmund Hynes, who was born in London and pursued a career in the Royal Navy, and returned at his retirement to Bayfield House. Edmund Hynes, a talented artist, many of whose paintings can be seen in Daly's Pub in Bellharbour and the Alcock and Brown Hotel, Clifden, died in the late 1970's and is buried in the family vault at Corcomroe Abbey.