Flappers Restaurant

Formerly The Clare Inn, this modern hotel overlooking the Shannon estuary was built in the grounds of Dromoland Castle in the 1960s but independently owned and operated, although it shared the golf course. In 2012, the property was reunited with the Dromoland Estate and ...

It was a happy day for Ennis when Dermot and Noreen Fetton decided to take over this famous premises within the Ennis Friary cloistral buildings - a national monument that dates back to the 13th century, it’s a unique setting for a restaurant. Dermot and Noreen ar ...

Cross over the newest bridge in Ennis town centre, Harmony Bridge, and you’ll find yourself at the Rowan Tree. It is a hostel as well as a café and bar, and has a number of outside tables overlooking the water in this attractive market town. The Rowan Tree& ...

Only 10 minutes from Shannon airport and in a beautiful rural setting, Carrygerry is a lovely residence dating back to 1793. It overlooks the Shannon and Fergus estuaries and, peacefully surrounded by woodlands, gardens and pastures, seems very distant from an internatio ...

On the hilly street which looks down over the bridge between Killaloe and Ballina, Laura Kilkenny's lovely café and bakery opened in 2009 and moved across the road to the former Gravitas premises in 2014.  You'll still find all the familiar treats here thoug ...

Just across the Sarsfield Bridge from the main commercial heart of Limerick, the Limerick Strand Hotel is a relatively new seven-storey hotel. Accessed from the rear, it has a pleasant, unexpectedly quiet ambience in the spacious ground floor areas and takes full advanta ...