2006 Award Winners

• Hotel of the Year 2006
  
  Hayfield Manor Hotel
  It is appropriate that the luxurious yet warm-hearted establishment selected as Hotel of the Year should be in Cork, the European City of Culture. Although quite new - it celebrates its first deca ...
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• Restaurant of the Year 2006
  
  Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud
  For almost a quarter of a century this spacious, elegant restaurant has been the leading French restaurant in Ireland, renowned for exceptional modern classic cuisine, based on the best Irish prod ...
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• Pub of the Year 2006
  
  Vaughans Anchor Inn
  This family-run traditional bar has great character, with open fires and lots of memorabilia - and it’s just the place for some seriously good seafood at fair prices, either in the bar or in ...
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• Chef of the Year 2006
  
  Mark Anderson - Cherry Tree Restaurant
  Together with a fine-tuned team working under proprietor-chef Harry McKeogh, this talented and dedicated chef, has lucky Limerick residents spoilt rotten; the lovely waterside restaurant where he ...
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• Féile Bia Award 2006
  Sponsored by Bord Bia
  
  Richmond House
  The restaurant is the heart of Richmond House, the Deevy family’s fine 18th century country house and restaurant just outside Cappoquin. Menus reassuringly state a commitment to the Fé ...
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• Seafood Restaurant of the Year 2006
  Sponsored by Bord Iascaigh Mhara
  
  King Sitric Fish Restaurant & Accommodation
  This striking harbourside establishment is renowned for its fish and seafood cooking, and is one of Dublin's longest established fine dining restaurants. It takes full advantage of the sea and har ...
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• Business Hotel of the Year 2006
  
  Conrad Hotel
  This fine Dublin hotel has recently re-invented itself, emerging as a model of crisp, contemporary design and - as it has been for 20 years now - an extremely comfortable place to stay, especial ...
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• Wine Award of the Year 2006
  
  The French Paradox
  This is an inspired and stylish operation that has brought a new dimension (and a whiff of French chic) to the concept of wine and food in Dublin : it combines a wine shop, a large and atmospheric ...
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• Host of the Year 2006
  
  Mrs. Vi McDowell - Gray's Guesthouse, Achill Island
  Nobody understands better than Mrs Vi McDowell the qualities of beauty and peace that have been bringing guests - especially artists and writers - to Achill Island for the last hundred years. She ...
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• Hideaway of the Year 2006
  
  Stella Maris Hotel
  Few retreats could rival the away-from-it all atmosphere and beauty of this hotel, which is perched on the rugged north Mayo coast, just outside one of Ireland’s most charming and unspoilt ...
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• Atmospheric Restaurant of the Year 2006
  
  Toddies Restaurant
  Pearse and Mary O’Sullivan are a talented and dedicated husband and wife team, who recently moved from their quietly discreet restaurant nearby to a bustling down town restaurant and bar abo ...
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• Ethnic Restaurant of the Year 2006
  Sponsored by Sharwoods
  
  Ho Sen
  The restaurants of Temple Bar have perhaps had more than their fair share of criticism and our next award-winner is living proof that it is possible to offer both quality and value in this much-m ...
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• Creative Use of Vegetables 2006
  Sponsored by Bord Bia
  
  Renvyle House Hotel
  In deepest Connemara, at a famous Lutyens-esque house with a romantic and fascinating history - it has been home to people as diverse as a Gaelic chieftan and Oliver St John Gogarty, and became o ...
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• Natural Food Award 2006
  
  Neven Maguire - MacNean House & Bistro
  This is a very special award, given each year to a chef who has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to defending the quality ingredients which Paul Bocuse, the founder of the chefs’ organ ...
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• Newcomer of the Year 2006
  
  Aldridge Lodge
  This award welcomes a young couple who have made a very significant investment in their purpose-built restaurant with rooms, and show a commendable commitment to offering great food, lovely accomm ...
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• Country House of the Year 2006
  
  Delphi Lodge
  Everyone loves a real country house and this award goes to one that ticks off all the right boxes: This deliciously remote establishment is magnificently located in an unspoilt valley, surrounded ...
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• Guesthouse of the Year 2006
  
  The Quay House
  Next we move to Connemara, and Clifden's oldest house, which is right on the harbour, with pretty water views when the tide is in. It is superbly comfortable and run with exceptional warmth and ge ...
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• Farmhouse of the Year 2006
  
  Glendine Country House
  An establishment that embodies the core values of Irish hospitality at its very best, Glendine House is a fine Co Wexford farmhouse on a working farm, with beautiful views across the Suir estuary. ...
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• Family Friendly Hotel of the Year 2006
  
  Kelly's Resort Hotel
  It is especially appropriate that this renowned family-run hotel - with a history spanning three centuries - should be selected for the Family-Friendly Hotel Award this year. It really has everyt ...
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• Best Breakfast 2006
  
  The Quay House
  Next we move to Connemara, and Clifden’s oldest house, which is right on the harbour, with pretty water views when the tide is in. It is superbly comfortable and run with exceptional warmth ...
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• Best Café Breakfast 2006
  
  Canal Bank Café
• Best Guesthouse Breakfast 2006
  
  The Quay House
  Next we move to Connemara, and Clifden’s oldest house, which is right on the harbour, with pretty water views when the tide is in. It is superbly comfortable and run with exceptional warmth ...
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• Best B&B Breakfast 2006
  
  McMenamin's Townhouse
• Best Farmhouse Breakfast 2006
  
  The Glen Country House
• Best Hotel Breakfast 2006
  
  Ardmore Country House Hotel
• The Georgina Campbell Award 2006
  
  Wineport Lodge
  This one-off Editor’s Choice Award (the ‘Georgina Campbell Award’) was introduced to highlight the achievements of an establishment that does not fit neatly into any category but ...
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