The origins of Straffan House go back a long way - the history is known as far back as 550 AD - but it was the arrival of the Barton wine family in 1831 that established the tone of today’s magnificent building, by giving it a distinctively Frenc ... more...
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 then and a change of ownership in 2018 b ... more...
If exceptional cooking of hyper-local produce in one of the island’s most under-discovered beauty spots sounds like your kind of food experience, then an all-inclusive night or two at this rustic-chic West Wicklow ‘mountain lodge for ... more...
Kate and the late Andrew Cooke’s atmospheric bar and restaurant with rooms in the centre of Cahirciveen abounds with character. Customers arriving into the bar off the street are greeted by original features include a magnificently rugged old sto ... more...
Set in the wonderfully unspoilt West Waterford countryside, Pat and Gertie Ormond's charming 19th century farmhouse is only 10 kilometres from bustling Dungarvan - but it’s also very close to the Waterford Greenway, St Declans Way and the Comerag ... more...
Set back from the road, with an attractive planted plaza set up with seating and umbrellas in front, the Delaney family’s fine early 18th-century building in the heart of Cashel is a very pleasant place to stay and to experience Irish hospitality ... more...
At the heart of Frank and Mary Slattery's sensitively extended Victorian house just off the Ring of Kerry lies a hunting lodge once owned by a Lord Brocket (of the famed Brocket Hall country estate in Hertfordshire) - and he chose well, as it is very a ... more...
Ireland’s most famous country house, Ballymaloe was one of the first to open its doors to guests when the late Myrtle and her husband, Ivan Allen, opened The Yeats Room restaurant in 1964.
Accommodation followed in 1967 and since then a unique n ... more...
Just 10 minutes' walk up the hill from the bustle of Baltimore village and the harbour, Rolf's Country House and Restaurant is an oasis of calm. Established by the Haffner family in 1979, it is set in several acres of lovely mature gardens, with views ... more...
Lynn Hill’s charming and unusual house on the Ballynahinch River near Roundstone was built as a sporting lodge in the eighteenth century but you don’t have to be a fisherperson to warm to the special charms of The Anglers Return: Lynn&rsquo ... more...