While it may not be a ‘manor’, Noel and Fiona Wallace’s small family-run hotel is a home from home for many of its guests, and a welcome place to stay close to Shannon airport and within walking distance of Bunratty Castle with its F ... more...
This recently refurbished Dublin hotels conveniently situated within walking distance of Heuston Intercity rail station, Guinness Brewery, Phoenix Park and Dublin Zoo, historic Kilmainham Gaol, the Old Jameson Distillery and The National Museum o ... more...
Traditionally a country people's hotel in Dublin city centre, this affordable, three-star hotel is just off O'Connell Street, with the Luas stopping just outside its door.
There's a friendly welcome at reception, and they are accommodating, easily tak ... more...
North Cork is one of those areas that we too often fly through en route to somewhere else – Cork city, perhaps, or the holiday hotspots of West Cork - without pausing to think what we may be missing. For it’s a lovely unspoilt place of pros ... more...
The restored stone walls of the original 18th century building are impressive at this privately owned 4* hotel, which is best entered through an arch from the car park at the back, beside the River Liffey.
The reception area is comfortably set up with ... more...
RETIRING END of 2023 season
Alan and Kathleen Hardman’s restored Georgian home near Clifden is set peacefully in 35 acres of woodland grounds. Connemara ponies are bred here, and old woodland has been retained so the grounds are teeming wit ... more...
Centrally located with views over St Stephen's Green at the front and its own private gardens at the back, this small privately-owned hotel - which is in an elegant Georgian terrace on the south side of the historic Green and has fine period reception ... more...
The ancestral home of the O'Briens, barons of Inchiquin and direct descendants of Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, this is one of the few Irish estates tracing its history back to Gaelic royal families, and it is now one of Ireland's grandest hotels, ... more...
Renamed Cabra Castle in the early 19th century, the Corscaddden family's impressive hotel is set amidst 100 acres of grounds, with lovely views over the Cavan countryside.
It is a sister property to Ballyseede Castle Tralee, Bellingham Castle, Co Lout ... more...
Set in rolling countryside less than 15 minutes drive from Wexford Town, the Cuddihy family’s handsome Georgian house is surrounded by parkland with ancient trees and a beautifully maintained Par 3 golf course which is available free to guests.
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