Butler Arms Hotel

The Butler Arms is directly opposite the beach in Ballinskelligs Bay, Waterville. The hotel has views of the Atlantic Ocean and offers spacious rooms, a seafood restaurant and free parking.


Rooms at The Butler Arms Hotel have private bathrooms with baths and showers. Rooms also feature satellite TVs and seating areas.

Each morning traditional Irish breakfasts are served. The restaurant has a varied menu and daily fish specials using the catch of the day. There is a traditional bar menu on offer at the Fisherman's Bar.

The Butlers Arms was one of Charlie Chaplin’s favourite holiday destinations. Enjoy a drink in the lounge where photos of Chaplin decorate the walls.

Waterville Golf Links and Skellig Bay Golf Course are both under a 5-minute drive from the hotel. Salmon and sea trout fishing is available at Waterville’s Lough Currane.

Rooms: 30
Rate: 89 - 89 EUR

Our rooms are impeccably furnished to be your comfortable home from home. The stunning views from your window will provide an ever-changing vista of ocean, land and sky bathed in subtly-shifting light.

Fisherman's Restaurant -
Winner of many awards for excellent cuisine, this restaurant offers a varied menu, specialising in a variety of fresh seafood and local meats. Meals are complemented by an excellent wine list. All of the seafood on our menu is caught daily by local fishermen in the bountiful waters of the unpolluted South-West coast.

Waterville (An Coire Án), "The Little Whirlpool", is the premier coastal golfing and tourism centre on the Ring of Kerry. It continues to attract many famous celebrities and throughout the years these have included Charlie Chaplin and his family and more recently Tiger Woods, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones. Waterville nestles between Lough Currane and Balinskelligs Bay. You will find mountains and lake land with the added advantage of the sea on your doorstep. Add a sophisticated but uncommercialised tourist product, managed by friendly, experienced people and you have the ideal holiday retreat and base for playing some of Ireland's great golf courses.

The Butler Arms is situated in Waterville on the Ring of Kerry. It is 70km from Killarney and 90 km from Kerry airport.