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As Ireland's leading independent hospitality guide we will lead you to the very best places to eat, drink & stay wherever you are on the island of Ireland.

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Monthly Competition

Win a Short Break for Two at BrookLodge

Brooklodge & Macreddin Village Tucked away in a valley high up in the Wicklow Hills, BrookLodge & Macreddin Village is a wonderful destination and this month’s prize - two nights Bed & Breakfast in a Classic Village Bedroom for 2 people with Dinner on one evening in The Strawberry Tree, Ireland's first fully certified Organic Restaurant – is a treat by any standards

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2024 Award Winners


SEAFOOD RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR 2024

Quinlan & Cooke Boutique Townhouse & QCs Seafood Restaurant Cahirciveen, Co. Kerry
Quinlan & Cooke Boutique Townhouse & QCs Seafood Restaurant
With its welcoming fire, striking modern zinc-topped bar and nautical antiques and pictures, Kate Cooke’s atmospheric bar and restaurant wit ...
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HOSTS OF THE YEAR 2024

Marlfield House and The Duck Cafe-Restaurant Gorey, Co. Wexford
Marlfield House and The Duck Cafe-Restaurant
The hospitality gene runs strong and deep in the Bowe family, who have operated their Wexford gem, Marlfield House, as ‘the luxury country h ...
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TASTE OF THE WATERWAYS AWARD 2024

Purple Onion Bar & Restaurant, The Tarmonbarry, Co. Roscommon
Purple Onion Bar & Restaurant, The
Ireland’s inland waterways are nothing short of a national treasure yet – despite the very welcome recent opening of greenways and blu ...
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CASUAL DINING AWARD 2024 - HISTORIC DESTINATION

Stitch & Weave Londonderry, Co. Londonderry
Stitch & Weave
When it comes to restaurants, they don’t do more historic than the delightful Stitch and Weave. Situated on historic Ebrington Square, right ...
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VISITOR ATTRACTION 2024

The Shed Distillery & Jackalope Café Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
 The Shed Distillery & Jackalope Café
Build it and they will come could have been the mantra for P.J. Rigney whose vision conceived The Shed Distillery in Drumshanbo. Taking quality an ...
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CASUAL DINING AWARD 2024 - STREET FOOD

Pyke’N'Pommes - 53-55 Strand Road Londonderry, Co. Londonderry
A legend for his authentic, quality-driven street food in Derry since 2013, the internationally-experienced chef and entrepreneur Kevin Pyke devel ...
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NEIGHBOURHOOD FINE DINING RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR 2024

Lemon Tree Restaurant Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
Lemon Tree Restaurant
A Letterkenny favourite since 1999, this family-run restaurant celebrates 25 years in business this year although it has been in a spacious new se ...
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BIJOU FINE DINING RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR 2024

Restaurant Chestnut Ballydehob, Co. Cork
‘Small’ is not the word for this famously big-hearted little restaurant – but ‘bijou’ describes the former pub well, ...
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LONG HAUL HERO 2024

Hanora's Cottage Ballymacarbry, Co. Waterford
Hanora's Cottage
It’s been a tough time for Irish hospitality over the last few years - but the resilience of the industry is extraordinary and the way that ...
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CASUAL DINING AWARD 2024 -SMART CASUAL DINING

The Glass Curtain
What do you mean ‘smart-casual dining’ I hear you say… Well it’s the way people so often describe The Glass Curtain a ...
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CASUAL DINING AWARD 2024 - BAKERY-CAFE

Ursa Minor Ballycastle, Co. Antrim
All over Ireland, there’s been an exciting increase in the number of small bakeries with a deli or café in recent years and this one, ...
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BOUTIQUE HOTEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024

Elephant Rock Hotel Portrush, Co. Antrim
The rise of the boutique hotel is a welcome trend in Irish hospitality and, at its best, this is a genre that is providing a wonderfully quirky mi ...
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SMALL STAY AWARDS 2024 - GUESTHOUSE

Teach de Broc Ballybunion, Co. Kerry
Teach de Broc
Ballybunion has long been a popular seaside resort, welcoming visitors from near and far since the 19th century. And, since 1994, many have wisely ...
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IRISH BREAKFAST AWARDS 2024 - COUNTRY HOUSE

Rathsallagh House Dunlavin, Co. Kildare
Rathsallagh House
The O’Flynn family’s large, rambling country house on the Wicklow-Kildare border is just an hour from Dublin, but it could be in a dif ...
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MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE AWARD 2024

Ashford Castle Cong, Co. Mayo
Ashford Castle
The ‘Memorable Experience’ award is one that resonates with everyone – and it’s interesting to see how many of those exper ...
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SMALL STAY AWARDS 2024 - B&B

Barnahown Mitchelstown, Co. Cork
Barnahown
You don't have to be seeking an active holiday to love Barnahown, but it must help - with wonderful mountain treks and bike trails nearby, you won ...
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PET FRIENDLY DESTINATION OF THE YEAR 2024

Seaview House Hotel Ballylickey, Co. Cork
Seaview House Hotel
Finding the right place to stay can make all the difference to a holiday or short break when travelling with your four-legged friend. But it&rsquo ...
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‘NATURAL FOOD’ AWARDS 2024 (PRODUCERS) - HONEY

Leahy Beekeeping & Sliabh Aughty Honey Loughrea, Co. Galway
Near Loughrea in East Galway fourth generation conservationists, Leahy Beekeeping, produce the gorgeous Sliabh Aughty Honey - and it’s not o ...
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SMALL STAY AWARDS 2024 - COUNTRY HOUSE

Ballyvolane House Fermoy, Co. Cork
Ballyvolane House
‘Proper country houses’ that have not been over-modernised and remain true to their roots are becoming a rarity these days, but Justin ...
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ATMOSPHERIC DESTINATION OF THE YEAR 2024

Old Inn, The Crawfordsburn, Co. Down
Old Inn, The
Simply oozing with genuine old-world ambience, this famous 16th century inn - the oldest in continuous use in all Ireland - is sure to steal your ...
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BUSINESS HOTEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024

Horse and Jockey Hotel Thurles, Co. Tipperary
Horse and Jockey Hotel
Once discovered, few would travel between Cork and Dublin without a stop at the Horse & Jockey and there are good reasons for that. A hotel of ...
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GLOBAL CUISINES AWARD 2024

Nightmarket Dublin 6
Restaurateur Conor Sexton and his partner Juturat Suwankeeree (aka R) bring deeply flavoured regional Thai cooking of the rustic food of Chiang Ma ...
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IRISH BREAKFAST AWARDS 2024 - CAFE

POTA Café Inverin, Co. Galway
POTA Café
Half an hour west of Galway city on the Wild Atlantic Way, Cork chef Diarmuid O’Mathúna’s vibrant bi-lingual café is bil ...
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CHEF OF THE YEAR

Ballynahinch Castle Hotel Recess, Co. Galway
Ballynahinch Castle Hotel
Hailing originally from Northern Ireland, Danni Barry worked in many acclaimed kitchens including Simon Rogan’s L’Enclume before retur ...
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‘MOVERS & SHAKERS’ AWARD 2024

Woodcock Smokery Castletownshend, Co. Cork
A passionate believer in the value of tradition when it comes to indigenous food – and especially fish - the legendary West Cork fish smoker ...
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NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR 2024

Farmgate Lismore Lismore, Co. Waterford
The Newcomer award is always exciting and every year the nominations list is very long indeed. Even at a time when the talk is mainly of closures, ...
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FINE DINING HOTEL RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR 2024

The Cliff House Hotel Ardmore, Co. Waterford
The Cliff House Hotel
A bold modern boutique hotel overlooking Ardmore Bay, this chic five-star bolthole near Dungarvan has many strings to its bow, not least its setti ...
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SMALL STAY AWARDS 2024 - HIDEAWAY

No. 1 Pery Square Hotel & Spa Limerick, Co. Limerick
No. 1 Pery Square Hotel & Spa
There is something seriously enticing about the idea of a hideaway in a city, somewhere special to retreat to away from the hustle and bustle. And ...
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IRISH BREAKFAST AWARDS 2024 - IRISH BREAD AWARD

Castle Grove Country House Hotel Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
Castle Grove Country House Hotel
Simple as it may sound, The Irish Bread Award is one of our most important accolades. Originally the idea of Donegal native and former Director Ge ...
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‘NATURAL FOOD’ AWARDS 2024 (PRODUCERS) - FRESH PRODUCE

Waterfall Farms Co. Cork, South West
A name to look out for on menus in the Cork region, Declan and Rosemary Martin started Waterfall Farms in 1967 growing just a few vegetables and s ...
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Car Rentals

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Low Cost Car Rental In Ireland
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Ferry to Ireland

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Gardens

Ashford Castle - Cong County Mayo Ireland
Ashford Castle Hotel & Gardens
Ireland?s grandest castle hotel, with a history going back to the early 13th century, ...
Ireland’s grandest castle hotel, with a history going back to the early 13th century, Ashford Castle is set in 350 acres of parkland, and anyone who l ... View all Read on

Golf

Kilkenny Golf Club
Kilkenny is a championship golf course and is set on 120 acres of parkland and measure ...
Kilkenny is a championship golf course and is set on 120 acres of parkland and measures 5,917 metres with a par of 71.  The course now boasts 18 sand-b ... View all Read on

What's On

Aughrim Farmers Market - Co Wicklow - Saturdays
Aughrim Farmers Market - Saturdays 11am-2pm Aughrim Park Pavillion, Aughrim, Co Wicklow Contact: Caroline Dillon 086 086 5838 View all Read on

Tourist Attractions

The Science Gallery
The Science Gallery is a new type of venue where today's white-hot scientific issues a ...
The Science Gallery is a new type of venue where today's white-hot scientific issues are thrashed out and you can have your say. A place where ideas meet an ... View all Read on
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