Castlelands-Hourihane's Veterinary Clinic – Vets in Skibbereen
Clinic Overview
Castlelands-Hourihane's Veterinary Clinic in Skibbereen is often experienced by clients as a long-term family vet, especially for dog care. Reviews describe a friendly, professional team that gets to know pets over the years and is willing to fit people in quickly when needed. Recent feedback also highlights support across routine vaccinations, surgery-related care, and compassionate end-of-life care.
Castlelands-Hourihane's Veterinary Clinic in Skibbereen is often experienced by clients as a long-term family vet, especially for dog care. Reviews describe a friendly, professional team that gets to know pets over the years and is willing to fit people in quickly when needed. Recent feedback also highlights support across routine vaccinations, surgery-related care, and compassionate end-of-life care.
Services
- •Routine dog care and consultations: owners describe bringing their dogs here over many years for general treatment and ongoing care.
- •Vaccinations: reviews specifically mention dog vaccinations, including vaccinations needed to keep an EU pet passport current.
- •Surgery and follow-up care: one long-term client mentions their dog having had two surgeries, along with check-ups afterwards.
- •End-of-life support: one reviewer says the team helped keep their dog as comfortable as possible during her final months.
- •Flexible appointments: recent feedback includes cases where owners were fitted in quickly, including one visit where the appointment had not been booked correctly.
Pricing
No published pricing information is currently available for this clinic.
People
- •Mary and Clodagh are named by one long-term client as being especially gentle and caring with dogs.
- •Reviews also describe the wider team of vets and staff as friendly, helpful, professional, and skilled.
Reviews
Castlelands-Hourihane's Veterinary Clinic has 4.9 stars from 130 Google reviews.
- •Recent reviews are very positive overall, with several owners describing the clinic as their regular vet over many years, including one client who says they have used the practice for 16 years.
- •Owners frequently mention kind, gentle handling of dogs and say the team gets to know their pets personally over time.
- •Appointment flexibility comes up more than once, including being fitted in quickly for a vaccination and being seen even when an appointment had not been booked properly.
- •Feedback also points to compassion during difficult situations, including end-of-life care and support after the loss of a young puppy.

