Henry and Lynda Deverell’s restored grain barn, with pitch pine floors and beams, open fires and comfortable accommodation, provides a good base for a holiday offering all the pleasures of the outdoor life. Equestrian activities are the main attraction (including tuition in indoor and outdoor arenas), but walking, cycling and golfing ...
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Just two miles from Portrush, the White family’s Plantation Period farmhouse was built before 1650. Since extended, and now modernised, it makes a very comfortable and exceptionally hospitable place to stay, with a family-run equestrian centre nearby (including stabling for guests’ own horses). There is also snooker, a games ...
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Conveniently located just an hour from Dublin or Belfast airports, the Carroll family's 18th century house is attractively situated in its own walled grounds on the edge of Carlingford village, with views across the lough to the Mountains of Mourne. A proper little bar offers a relaxing space where guests can mingle - in a more convivial at ...
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Lying amidst 1500 acres of unspoilt woodland, pasture and formal gardens beside the River Nore, Mount Juliet House is one of Ireland’s finest Georgian houses, and one of Europe’s greatest country estates. Even today it retains an aura of eighteenth century grandeur, as the elegance of the old house has been painstakingly preserv ...
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Set in a 300-acre estate just across the river from Kenmare town, this stunning hotel made an immediate impact from the day it opened in April 1991; it has continued to develop and mature most impressively since. The waterside location is beautiful, and welcoming fires always burn in the handsome foyer and in several of the spacious, elegan ...
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Originally an eighteenth century residence, Glenlo Abbey is just two and a half miles from Galway city yet, beautifully located on a 138-acre estate, with its own golf course and Pavilion, it offers all the advantages of the country. Although it is not a very big hotel, the scale is generous: public rooms are impressive, and large, well-fur ...
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This hotel enjoys great views over the two ‘Blue Flag’ beaches at Inchydoney, which ...
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Sister hotel to the Hotel Europe, Fossa and Ard-na-Sidhe, Caragh Lake (see entries), this beauti ...
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Magnificently located right on the river and bang in the middle of town, this hotel has impressi ...
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Situated up the hill from Schull, commanding countryside and sea views, Martin and Andrea Muelle ...
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