In north County Meath, on the border with Cavan and Westmeath, the extraordinary Loughcrew Estate is the location of the largest complex of ancient passage graves in Ireland - and also home to a very modern adventure centre, complete with zipwire.
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This characterful pub beside the Everyman Palace Theatre was established in 1875 and is named after its founder.
Long before the arrival of the "theme pub", Lowrey's was famous for having windows which originated from Kilkenny Cathedral, but ... more...
A discreet Hollywood style facelift has injected new life into Rhona Teehan's theatrical grande dame of a restaurant, now in its 57th year.
Designer smokey gold walls replace the scarlet flock but the black and white photos of visiting stage and scree ... more...
Since 1997, discerning diners from all over Ireland (and beyond) have been making a beeline for Paul and Maire Flynn's stylish contemporary restaurant in Dungarvan It was a great asset to the town from the outset and, since Paul's television work has ... more...
Enda and Ailish Hennessy’s lovely country house style restaurant and cookery school is not the easiest place to find (it is sensible to get directions when booking) but, once discovered, what a welcome sight their neat pink-painted farmhouse pres ... more...
Prominently situated on busy Pearse Street, Bread 41 is the first café from Eoin Cluskey, a graduate of Ballymaloe Cookery School and owner of the excellent Bread Nation - a bakery that's earned a following in both the retail and wholesale marke ... more...
It’s taken some 25 years for LPQ to reach Irish shores. Its beginnings go back to 1990, when chef and baker Alain Coumont was unable to find the right bread to serve in his Brussels restaurant. His decision to begin baking it himself has since re ... more...
Replacing a long standing café (Gavin’s) on Bridge Street, the main shopping street in Westport, this new restaurant was opened by Irishman Pat Hughes and his Thai wife Nikki in December 2024. Filling a dining gap that Westport didn&rsquo ... more...
This atmospheric restaurant is in a smartly welcoming basement beneath two town houses on the west side of this busy Georgian square, just across from the Rotunda Hospital - an area that is home to one of Dublin's most iconic restaurants but not otherw ... more...
Glamorous and elegant, this fine dining restaurant opened with a flourish in 2018. Returning from a successful career in London to the space formerly occupied by Kevin Thornton’s eponymous restaurant, Tallaght man Andy McFadden brought years of e ... more...
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