The Ice House Hotel

Ballina, Co. Mayo

Hotel / Restaurant

Distance: 22.6km

Bring your binoculars when heading for this quirky hotel, as the wildlife in the River Moy and wooded banks beyond the huge sliding windows of your room is perhaps its most fascinating feature - and could well keep you ensconced there in a comfy chair for longer than exp ...

Beach Bar/Aughris House

Aughris Head, Co. Sligo

B&B / Pub

Distance: 40.0km

The McDermott family’s picturesque and beautifully located thatched pub seems too good to be true when you first find it in this quiet and unspoilt place, but there it has been since the 18th century when, apparently, it was a shibín known as Maggie Maye&rsq ...

Newport House

Newport, Co. Mayo

Country House / Restaurant

Distance: 45.4km

For two hundred years this distinctive creeper-clad Georgian House overlooking the river and quay, was the home of the O’Donnells, once the Earls of Tir Connell. Today it symbolises all that is best about the Irish country house, and has been especially close to t ...

Bar One Gastro Pub

Castlebar, Co. Mayo

Cafe/Bar / Pub

Distance: 47.1km

In the same family ownership as Dublin’s stylish Saba (see entry), Mark Cadden’s gastropub is the busiest bar food venue in the Castlebar area - and that is as it should be as their parents, Mary and Michael, were pioneers of the catering industry west of the ...

Mulranny Park Hotel

Mulranny, Co. Mayo

Hotel / Restaurant

Distance: 49.4km

This landmark hotel, originally built by the Midland Great Western Railways, first opened for business in March 1897 and it became a famous destination during the lifetime of the railway between Westport and Achill Island – something which has now taken on a new le ...