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Sadlers Restaurant & Bar Fethard, Co. Tipperary
A new venture from the team behind the Cashel Palace Hotel (and with a good kitchen team overseen by their Director of Culinary, Stephen Hayes) an ...
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Ashford Castle Cong, Co. Mayo
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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Dromoland Castle Hotel Newmarket-on-Fergus, Co. Clare
The ancestral home of the O’Briens, barons of Inchiquin and direct descendants of Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, Dromoland Castle is one ...
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Ballykilcavan Farm & Brewing Company Stradbally, Co. Laois
It's hard to get your head around the story of a place like Ballykilcavan Farm in deepest Laois, where the Walsh family has worked the land since ...
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Stitch & Weave Londonderry, Co. Londonderry
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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Thomas Connolly Sligo, Co. Sligo
Everybody loves a good old fashioned Irish pub complete with cosy snugs and grocery shelves behind the bar, but too many are closing and we need t ...
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Foyles Hotel Clifden, Co. Galway
As many will know, the Guide has a soft spot for traditional three-star hotels, which so often provide an unassuming, authentically Irish and kind ...
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Ballyvolane House Fermoy, Co. Cork
‘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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Gregans Castle Hotel Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare
One of Ireland’s top food destinations for many years, Simon and Freddie Haden’s quietly luxurious and restorative country house hotel ...
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Horse and Jockey Hotel Thurles, Co. Tipperary
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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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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OX Co. Antrim
Consistency is one of the main themes of this year’s awards and - when a respected reviewer comments that “We had dined here before an ...
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Purple Onion Bar & Restaurant, The Tarmonbarry, Co. Roscommon
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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McWilliam Park Hotel Claremorris, Co. Mayo
In new ownership since 2018 and recently revamped, this well located, well-run and fairly priced hotel makes a good base for exploring the wider r ...
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Dart Mountain Cheese Claudy, Co. Londonderry
Dart Mountain Cheese is the big dairy success story of the North-West region. Julie and Kevin Hickey’s business on the banks of the Faughan ...
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Castlewood House Dingle, Co. Kerry
Run by Brian and Helen Heaton - who have both worked in some of Ireland’s finest hotels, and for whom nothing is too much trouble to ensure ...
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POTA Café Inverin, Co. Galway
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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Marlfield House and The Duck Cafe-Restaurant Gorey, Co. Wexford
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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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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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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The Shed Distillery & Jackalope Café Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
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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The Cliff House Hotel Ardmore, Co. Waterford
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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Goldie Co. Cork
At the helm of this small but very exciting fish restaurant in Cork city centre, Goldie, the talented young owner-chef Aishling Moore’s cour ...
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Lemon Tree Restaurant Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
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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No. 1 Pery Square Hotel & Spa Limerick, Co. Limerick
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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Coach House Boutique B&B Dromore, Co. Down
Exciting developments in County Wicklow saw The Coach House in Roundwood re-opening in new ownership recently - and joining up with the brilliant ...
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Higgins Family Butchers Dublin 13
Rick Higgins is the fourth generation to run this business and it is no ordinary butchers. How many butchers have a glass-walled dry-ageing room a ...
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Ristorante Rinuccini Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
Established in 1989 by Antonio and Marion Cavaliere, this well-known restaurant is in a semi-basement in the impressive terrace opposite Kilkenny ...
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Kilkea Castle Hotel & Golf Resort Castledermot, Co. Kildare
Ireland’s oldest inhabited castle, Kilkea dates back to the 12th century. The original structure is surprisingly small - a ‘boutique c ...
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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 ...
