Our story
The family, the place, and how Waterfall Caves became Tír Hollow Retreat
Family-run and welcoming guests since 2015 — the same family built the accommodation into the mountainside and live on the land.
The name said car park; the place said escape
It began life as Waterfall Caves — rooms set into the foot of Binevenagh mountain, two spring-fed lakes and 20 acres of private forest. The idea was always good; the brand around it was not. The place said premium escape. The name said an afternoon out. Those two things needed to match.
A mythical land, hollowed into the mountain, made to retreat to
Three words, one feeling
Tír is the Irish word for land — and not just any land, a mythical one. Hollow is the landscape itself: the valley, the shelter, the rooms set into the hillside. Retreat says exactly what you come here to do. Everything from here is built to live up to the place rather than dress it up.
A place you go looking for
Tír Hollow sits at the foot of Binevenagh, on the Causeway Coastal Route, in 20 acres of private forest. Two spring-fed lakes frame the accommodation, the mountain rises behind, the Magilligan foreland stretches out in front, and the spring water feeds the taps. It shapes everything: the stays, the fishing on the two lakes, and the things to do across the forest and beyond the gate.
