Angling for sea trout was first accurately recorded at Screebe in 1865 at a time when Sunday's were sacred - even for fly anglers. Not only were catches of sea trout and salmon recorded but also a mark - recapture program was immediately put in place. The records note that sea trout tagging commenced when "60 colleens (finnock) of a half to 1 lb. each were put back into Screebe Lake after being adipose fin clipped".

 In 1869 the salmon catch at Screebe hit an all time high of exactly 500 salmon - exceeding the sea trout catch by 79. Remarkably we had to wait another 120 years for this to happen again, in 1989.

The great pisciculturalist's Ramsbottom and Shaw visited the river in 1872 for a brief period, during which both men caught salmon on the fly. Ramsbottom already knew the river having established the worlds first stone building specifically designed as a salmon hatchery, which is still used today.

The salmon from the Rhine were reared and released from Screebe River in 1889 by F.R.M. Crozier. On the 22nd September, 1894 a whopping 21 lb. cock salmon, believed to be Rhine salmon took almost three hours to land. Though this is the first publication of such records, it confirms local folklore, which had suggested that that large spring salmon at Screebe were from the once prolific European river. Indeed in 1885 the Rhine could boast a catch of 240,000 salmon - for the Dutch and German portion of the River only.

Screebe House or Screebe Lodge as it was originally known was part of the Ballinahynich Estate. It was the sporting Lodge of the estate where guests could go fishing and bird hunting among other things.

Lady Rachel Dudley Ward drowned while bathing at Screebe Lodge on Saturday the 26th June 1920.

Lady Dudley was married to Lord William Humble Ward. When Lord and Lady Dudley were in residence at Screebe Lodge they slept in room 4 and it is believed that her spirit is still in the room to this day. Lord Dudley's Family was a very wealthy and powerful family and when Lord Dudley was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1902, he like many aristocrats required a summer residence on the west Coast and  Lord Dudley resided at Screebe Lodge for many years.

Like many aristocrats Lord Dudley loved hunting, fishing and sailing among other things and of course Screebe Lodge was, and still is, most suited to meet these needs. On the 29 June 1903 Lord and Lady Dudley arranged for King Edward VII to visit Connemara.

Lord and Lady Dudley left Ireland in 1908 as Lord Dudley was appointed as the Governor General of Australia. It was four years before they returned to London and shortly after that Lady Dudley returned to Screebe Lodge were on a very humid and warm Saturday she went for a swim never to return.