2024 Awards

• 5-STAR HOTEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024

  Sheen Falls Lodge Kenmare, Co. Kerry
  Open since 1991 and set in a 300-acre estate across the river from Kenmare town, this gently contemporary hotel has welcoming fires burning in the ...

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• IRISH BREAKFAST AWARDS 2024 - IRISH BREAD AWARD

  Castle Grove Country House Hotel Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
  Simple as it may sound, The Irish Bread Award is one of our most important accolades. Originally the idea of Donegal native and former Director Ge ...

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• TRADITIONAL PUB OF THE YEAR 2024

  Thomas Connolly Sligo, Co. Sligo
  Everybody loves a good old fashioned Irish pub complete with cosy snugs and grocery shelves behind the bar, but too many are closing and we need t ...

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• IRISH BREAKFAST AWARDS 2024 - COUNTRY HOUSE

  Rathsallagh House Dunlavin, Co. Kildare
  The O’Flynn family’s large, rambling country house on the Wicklow-Kildare border is just an hour from Dublin, but it could be in a dif ...

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• IRISH BREAKFAST AWARDS 2024 - CAFE

  POTA Café Inverin, Co. Galway
  Half an hour west of Galway city on the Wild Atlantic Way, Cork chef Diarmuid O’Mathúna’s vibrant bi-lingual café is bil ...

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• IRISH BREAKFAST AWARDS 2024 - HOTEL

  Gregans Castle Hotel Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare
  One of Ireland’s top food destinations for many years, Simon and Freddie Haden’s quietly luxurious and restorative country house hotel ...

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• GASTRO-PUB OF THE YEAR 2024

  Deerpark Inn Virginia, Co. Cavan
  Nobody does it better than Richard Corrigan when it comes to creating a sense of authentic Irish atmosphere - and with terrific local food, friend ...

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• BEST SUPPORTER OF IRISH FOOD & DRINK PRODUCERS 2024

  Coach House Boutique B&B Dromore, Co. Down
  Exciting developments in County Wicklow saw The Coach House in Roundwood re-opening in new ownership recently - and joining up with the brilliant ...

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• HAPPY PLACE AWARD 2024

  Osteria Lucio Dublin 2
  ‘The food of friendship’ is what they say on their website and, when it comes to explaining why Osteria Lucio might be the restaurant ...

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• BOUTIQUE HOTEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024

  Elephant Rock Hotel Portrush, Co. Antrim
  The rise of the boutique hotel is a welcome trend in Irish hospitality and, at its best, this is a genre that is providing a wonderfully quirky mi ...

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• NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR 2024

  Farmgate Lismore Lismore, Co. Waterford
  The Newcomer award is always exciting and every year the nominations list is very long indeed. Even at a time when the talk is mainly of closures, ...

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• ‘NATURAL FOOD’ AWARDS 2024 (PRODUCERS) - HONEY

  Leahy Beekeeping & Sliabh Aughty Honey Loughrea, Co. Galway
  Near Loughrea in East Galway fourth generation conservationists, Leahy Beekeeping, produce the gorgeous Sliabh Aughty Honey - and it’s not o ...

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• TASTE OF THE WATERWAYS AWARD 2024

  Purple Onion Bar & Restaurant, The Tarmonbarry, Co. Roscommon
  Ireland’s inland waterways are nothing short of a national treasure yet – despite the very welcome recent opening of greenways and blu ...

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• CASUAL DINING AWARD 2024 -SMART CASUAL DINING

  The Glass Curtain
  What do you mean ‘smart-casual dining’ I hear you say… Well it’s the way people so often describe The Glass Curtain a ...

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• SEAFOOD RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR 2024

  Quinlan & Cooke Boutique Townhouse & QCs Seafood Restaurant Cahirciveen, Co. Kerry
  With its welcoming fire, striking modern zinc-topped bar and nautical antiques and pictures, Kate Cooke’s atmospheric bar and restaurant wit ...

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• ‘HOSPITALITY HERO’ AWARD 2024

  Dromoland Castle Hotel Newmarket-on-Fergus, Co. Clare
  The ancestral home of the O’Briens, barons of Inchiquin and direct descendants of Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, Dromoland Castle is one ...

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• CASUAL DINING AWARD 2024 - HISTORIC DESTINATION

  Stitch & Weave Londonderry, Co. Londonderry
  When it comes to restaurants, they don’t do more historic than the delightful Stitch and Weave. Situated on historic Ebrington Square, right ...

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• SMALL STAY AWARDS 2024 - GUESTHOUSE

  Teach de Broc Ballybunion, Co. Kerry
  Ballybunion has long been a popular seaside resort, welcoming visitors from near and far since the 19th century. And, since 1994, many have wisely ...

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• ATMOSPHERIC DESTINATION OF THE YEAR 2024

  Old Inn, The Crawfordsburn, Co. Down
  Simply oozing with genuine old-world ambience, this famous 16th century inn - the oldest in continuous use in all Ireland - is sure to steal your ...

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• SMALL STAY AWARDS 2024 - COUNTRY HOUSE

  Ballyvolane House Fermoy, Co. Cork
  ‘Proper country houses’ that have not been over-modernised and remain true to their roots are becoming a rarity these days, but Justin ...

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• NEIGHBOURHOOD FINE DINING RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR 2024

  Lemon Tree Restaurant Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
  A Letterkenny favourite since 1999, this family-run restaurant celebrates 25 years in business this year although it has been in a spacious new se ...

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• BIJOU FINE DINING RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR 2024

  Restaurant Chestnut Ballydehob, Co. Cork
  ‘Small’ is not the word for this famously big-hearted little restaurant – but ‘bijou’ describes the former pub well, ...

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• CASUAL DINING AWARD 2024 - BAKERY-CAFE

  Ursa Minor Ballycastle, Co. Antrim
  All over Ireland, there’s been an exciting increase in the number of small bakeries with a deli or café in recent years and this one, ...

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• FINE DINING RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR 2024

  OX Co. Antrim
  Consistency is one of the main themes of this year’s awards and - when a respected reviewer comments that “We had dined here before an ...

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• GLOBAL CUISINES AWARD 2024

  Nightmarket Dublin 6
  Restaurateur Conor Sexton and his partner Juturat Suwankeeree (aka R) bring deeply flavoured regional Thai cooking of the rustic food of Chiang Ma ...

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• 4-STAR HOTEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024

  Kilkea Castle Hotel & Golf Resort Castledermot, Co. Kildare
  Ireland’s oldest inhabited castle, Kilkea dates back to the 12th century. The original structure is surprisingly small - a ‘boutique c ...

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• ‘NATURAL FOOD’ AWARDS 2024 (PRODUCERS) - FRESH PRODUCE

  Waterfall Farms Co. Cork, South West
  A name to look out for on menus in the Cork region, Declan and Rosemary Martin started Waterfall Farms in 1967 growing just a few vegetables and s ...

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• FINE DINING HOTEL RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR 2024

  The Cliff House Hotel Ardmore, Co. Waterford
  A bold modern boutique hotel overlooking Ardmore Bay, this chic five-star bolthole near Dungarvan has many strings to its bow, not least its setti ...

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• WINE EXPERIENCE 2024

  Ristorante Rinuccini Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
  Established in 1989 by Antonio and Marion Cavaliere, this well-known restaurant is in a semi-basement in the impressive terrace opposite Kilkenny ...

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• 3-STAR HOTEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024

  Foyles Hotel Clifden, Co. Galway
  As many will know, the Guide has a soft spot for traditional three-star hotels, which so often provide an unassuming, authentically Irish and kind ...

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