The area of Corkbeg was tied very closely to the Fitzgeralds who been there since John FitzEdmond de Gerald purchased it from the William Condon in 1591.

Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald built a new mansion house to replace his older one in the 1820s.

The hotel was run by Major Patrick William Coghlan and Molly Colan.

Molly died in the November 1957 Aquila Airways Solent crash in the Isle of Wight.

The hotel advertising claimed:Corkbeg Island Hotel, bracing sea-bound golf links, semi-tropical gardens, fires in bedrooms, no extra charge, all-electric, first-class cuisineIreland’s Riviera, all-in holiday resort boating, bathing, tennis, riding, fishing, dances every Wednesday and Sunday