On a slip road at the top of the main street, just off the busy thoroughfare, siblings Elaine and JD Spearman's bakery and tea room is a charming old-style place to take a break for a bite to eat and 'freshly ground coffee or a grand cup of tea'.
It h ... more...
Set amidst beautiful scenery, with the River Maine running through the grounds, this former gentleman’s residence is one of Northern Ireland’s best known country house hotels and, following major redevelopment, it emerged much larger and mo ... more...
Relocating from Dunmanway, where they will be much missed, Ann Marie Butler and Patrick Kiely re-opened the lovely Wild Garlic in the heart of bustling Bantry town early in 2025 and it's going down a treat. With Patrick front of house and Ann M ... more...
Situated in the old Yacht Club building on a peaceful stretch of the River Bann outside Coleraine, Lir is the long-awaited brainchild of Rebekah and Stevie McCarry - whose project here was stalled by the arrival of the pandemic, but who achieved ... more...
Right in the heart of Clifden this is one of the town's oldest bars and retains many of its original featured (including welcoming open fires), yet it has a fresh contemporary feeling.
It began life In the early 19th century as a traditional pub-groce ... more...
Well located near the Linenhall Arts & Exhibition Centre in the heart of Castlebar, you can't miss this attractive little restaurant, with its cheerful red frontage. Ann McMahon set up here in the mid '90s and her son Aran and daughter Colleen McMa ... more...
Not a lot of people know this, but An Port Mor is named after Portmor House in Blackwatertown, Co Armagh, which is proprietor-chef Frankie Mallon’s home town – a pleasingly familiar place to us, from researching our Taste of the Waterways G ... more...
Beautifully situated overlooking Lough Corrib and set in 180 acres of woodlands and gardens, the Hodgson family’s gracious early Victorian manor house was built in 1846 as a wedding present for the present owner, Henry Hodgson’s, great, gre ... more...
In one of the country's most appealingly remote and beautiful areas, the Coyle family's famous Lutyens-esque house has a romantic and fascinating history, having been home to people as diverse as a Gaelic chieftain and Oliver St. John Gogarty - and it ... more...
Easy to find and centrally located for exploring a large area of the West of Ireland, this modern four star on the edge of Claremorris came into new ownership in 2018 and has since seen considerable investment to increase its appeal to a wide range of ... more...