Maire O’Connor’s former sporting lodge on the shores of Lough Inagh makes a delightful small hotel, with a country house atmosphere. It has large, well-proportioned rooms, interesting period detail and lovely fireplaces with welcoming log f ... more...
On the upper (Balmoral) stretch of the Lisburn Road, this lovely old house is a former dental surgery that was restored by husband and wife team Lindsay and Karen Loney who opened it as a boutique B&B and tea rooms in 2010.
Not surprisingly, ... more...
A brightly painted and, in summer, flower-bedecked traditional pub frontage sets a welcoming tone at Spitalfields. Situated in the heart of The Liberties - the 'auld Dublin' of song and legend - it's near St Patrick's and Christchurch cathedrals and a ... more...
Michael O'Donoghue is a native of Inis Oirr (Inishere or Inisheer), the smallest of the Aran Islands, and a former jarvey. The story of how he met his American wife, Alissa, when he drove her and her grandparents around the island on a day trip to the ... more...
Peter Bark keeps raising the bar at his popular restaurant on Sandymount Green, so that it's gone well beyond being a good daytime café and neighbourhood restaurant in the evening. The secret is well and truly out these days, and it attracts g ... more...
Coffee guru Colin Harmon was one of the first to put down roots in the Grand Canal Basin/Pearse Steet area and he continues to grow his Dublin-based 3fe group of cafés and restaurants. Having started with 3fe café, Gertrude joins the fami ... more...
French woman Isabelle Sheridan’s reputation in Cork was already established at her brilliant shop selling charcuterie, farmhouse cheeses and other gourmet products in the English Market, long before she opened up this branch of On the Pig’s ... more...
Situated on the first floor of the shop known simply as Kilkenny, with a view into the grounds of Trinity College if you are lucky (i.e. unless large buses are parked across the road), the Kilkenny Restaurant is a pleasant spot to have a casual bite to ... more...
Named after the previous owner, Helen Mullane and Armel Whyte’s café-bar seems much older than it is, as the whole interior was reconstructed with salvaged materials (the flooring was once in the London Stock Exchange).
It is brilliantly ... more...
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