This fine owner-managed country hotel just south of Carrickmacross is set in a parkland estate, with its own 18-hole golf course, and serves the leisure and business requirements of a wide area very well.
As you go over the little bridge (“Beware - ducks crossing”) and the immaculately maintained hotel and golf club open up before you, worldly cares seem to recede - this is a place you can get fond of.
The hotel invariably gives a good impression on arrival and this sense of care and maintenance is continued throughout. Spacious, comfortably arranged public areas and generous bedrooms with views over the gardens and lakes are regularly refurbished and it would make an excellent base to explore this little known area - and there is plenty to do on site.
The superb country club has a full leisure centre and a wide range of related facilities - including a gymnasium and spa - and there are conference and meeting rooms for every size of gathering, with state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment available.
Conference/banqueting (600/400); business centre, secretarial services on request, video conferencing; broadband wi/fi. Leisure centre, swimming pool, spa; beauty salon; golf (18), fishing, walking, tennis, garden; snooker. Children welcome (cots available, €13; baby sitting arranged). No pets. Heli-pad.
Rooms 72 (7 junior suites, 11 executive, 5 family, 42 no smoking, 1 disabled). 24 hr room service. B&B from €75 pps, ss €50. *Short breaks offered, including spa and golf breaks; details on application. Open all year.
Restaurant:
Re-assessment of restaurant pending as Head Chef Raymond McArdle has left
Seats 100 (private room, 50); air conditioning. L Sun-Fri, 12.30-2.30; D daily 6.30-9.30 (Sun to 9). Set 3 course L €29.50 (Set Sun L, €29.50); Set D €40 (vegetarian menu about €25, children's menu €17.50); prestige menu €85. House wine from €26; sc discretionary. Closed L Sat. Open all year. Amex, Diners, MasterCard, Visa, Laser.
