This small cut stone hotel is on a height overlooking Kileany Bay and Kilronan harbour; just 3 minutes walk from the main centre, Ostan Arann is the only hotel on the biggest of the Aran Islands and is becoming very popular with both visitors and loca ... more...
Tulfarris Hotel and Golf Resort has been transformed into a premier location for exploring Wicklow’s lesser-known western edge. Long known as a golf and wedding location, its acquisition by powerhouse hospitality duo Dr Stanley Quek and Peng Loh ... more...
Having lain unloved for many years, this beautiful property in the attractive mediaeval village of Castlebellingham was finally rescued by the Corscadden family (Cabra Castle, Kingscourt; Ballyseede Castle, Tralee), who re-opened it in 2013, following ... more...
It’s nearly twenty years since Joel d’Anjou opened this long single storey whitewashed building on a hill overlooking Galway Bay as a hostel and restaurant, and it is still the most talked about place on the Aran islands.
Despite the hoste ... more...
Set in 130 acres of parkland and an 18-hole golf course, this hotel on the Cooley Peninsula just north of Dundalk has evolved around a large Victorian house and - while very attractive in its own right - its convenience to the Mourne Mountains on one s ... more...
RETIRING END of 2023 season
Alan and Kathleen Hardman’s restored Georgian home near Clifden is set peacefully in 35 acres of woodland grounds. Connemara ponies are bred here, and old woodland has been retained so the grounds are teeming wit ... more...
Now in its third generation of family ownership, Aherne’s of Youghal is outstanding for the warmth of the FitzGibbon family’s hospitality and their enormous enthusiasm for the business which, since 1993, has included some fine accommodation ... more...
Attractively situated on rising ground, overlooking the Shannon-Erne Waterway, the Thomas family's farm guesthouse is an unusual establishment surrounded by their 80 acre farm.
The house was built on quite a grand scale and looks impressive against a ... more...
Way out on the Inishowen peninsula, Joyce and Mervyn Norris’s farmhouse is tucked into a sheltered corner in stone-walled countryside beside the sea. Surrounded by a large garden with mature trees and welcoming flowers, it is a substantial house ... more...
In the Mathers family for six generations, John and Louise Mathers’s lovely Georgian country house is only a short drive from Belfast, and handy to both Belfast International and City airports and Ferry Terminal - yet, set in mature trees, garden ... more...