THE house
The Front Porch & Hallway
The House is entered through the porch, added in the early twentieth century, which leads into the main hallway where there are stairs to the upstairs rooms.
The Drawing Room
To the right of the hallway is a bright sunny drawing room with relaxing period armchairs and plush couches, accompanied in the background by a Steinweg pianola and a writing table. Two paintings of The Four Seasons by M. Huart adorn the walls. The black marble fireplace, decorated with period blue tiles, burn on coal, wood and pleasantly-scented local turf.
The Dining Room
The well-proportioned dining room with polished marble fireplace welcomes you with a warm glow of old-world opulence. The large mahogany table seats 10 and is serviced by two sideboards. Here paintings of the remaining two Seasons decorate the walls which are painted a warm red colour to appeal to candle-lit diners.
The Kitchen
At the rear of the house is the refurbished kitchen and dining area providing a view towards the original garden at the back. The Kitchen has oak units and granite worktops. The catering facilities are cooking-school grade. The dining table seats 10 comfortably, and has an adjacent sideboard.
Art in Inchiquin House
The house is adorned with historic as well as modern works and drawings collected by both the Macanamara and Harbison families. While the paintings in general date from 19th and 20th centuries, the oldest artworks are the paintings of the Four Seasons divided between the dining and drawing rooms. They are by a virtually unknown artist, M. Huart who was Belgian or French painting around 1700. The other art works in the house reflect the eclectic tastes of the current owners, the Harbison family which include modern landscapes, . Of particular interest are the ordnance survey maps of Co. Clare hung in many of the rooms, which were commissioned by the brother of Col. John Macnamara – George Unthank Macnamara in 1894. The colours on some of the maps depict the various clanships of the area over 1000 years ago which were of particular interest to him.