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Burlington Hotel, The
The Burlington Hotel is one of Dublin’s legendary Hotels, an iconic landmark in an upmarket ... more
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Clarence Hotel, The
Bono and The Edge, of rock group U2, not only had an ear for music, they also had an eye for a goo... more
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Aberdeen Lodge
You won't find any "Basil Fawltys" at Pat Halpin's Aberdeen Lodge, in the heart of Dubli... more
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Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resort
I once heard somebody say she always wanted an avenue long enough to reach third gear in her car! ... more
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Aghadoe Heights Hotel & Spa
Aghadoe Heights Hotel at Killarney is not just any ordinary Hotel it is an experience. 5 star unpr... more
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Aldridge Lodge
A great attraction of France are the little restaurants with rooms where you will dine on superb r... more
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Ashford Castle
The former country home of the Guinness family, Ashford Castle is on 350 acres of the most fantast... more
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Ashley Park House
The first time I saw Ashley Park House I took a deep intake of breath and thought I had entered th... more
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Athenaeum House Hotel
“I watched the Tall Ships sail gracefully by from here – it was absolute heavenly"... more
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Baileys Hotel
Baileys Hotel is a mélange of the best of the old and the new. The original very fine old h... more
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Ballinalacken Castle Country House Hotel
Even the name sounds romantic – you just couldn’t invent it. It smacks of history and ... more
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Bansha Castle
I got a tall order from an English PR agency representing the Boss of a large Legal Firm. The Boss... more
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Bayview Hotel
Ballycotton is a completely unspoiled Fishing Village in East Cork dating back to 1250 AD. Not onl... more
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Beacon Hotel, The
You have to smile every time you walk into the hip Beacon Hotel - and that’s a very good thi... more
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Bellinter House
The boys of Bellinter, hardly seem to have put a foot wrong since they cut a swathe through the Ir... more
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Blue Haven Hotel
I was at the very first Kinsale Gourmet Festival in the mid 70’s when it was a fledgling eve... more
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Brehon, The
This four star celestial establishment’s manifesto is “grace, elegance and relaxation&... more
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Brook Lane Hotel
The Brook Lane Hotel, which is the only 4 Star boutique hotel in Kenmare, adds an urban chic dim... more
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Cahernane House Hotel
My first introduction to the Cahernane House Hotel was over twenty years ago when my better half a... more
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Carrig House
Caragh Lake is a lush magnificent area virtually hidden away from the Tourist be they Irish or oth... more
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Carton House
We have been fair deluged with openings in recent times of Country Estate Hotels with de rigueur S... more
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Castle Murray House Hotel and Restaurant
Castle Murray House Hotel is fabulously located on a cliff top, with spectacular sea and stunning ... more
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CastleCourt Hotel, The
The CastleCourt Hotel is part of Westport Hotels Resort, which also includes the 4 Star Westport P... more
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Castlemartyr Resort - The Dromoland Collection
I don’t know whether I was relieved or disappointed at not seeing ebullient Celebrity Banest... more
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Castlewood House
The Dingle peninsula is so intensely shatteringly beautiful that one can almost feel its raging te... more
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Coolbawn Quay Lakeshore Spa
Twenty years ago if you said you were going to a Spa people would have thought you weren’t w... more
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Cottages, The
‘The Thatcher’s Rest, ‘Rose Cottage’, ‘Apple Loft’ the names ... more
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D Hotel, The
My father was a scratch golfer but it didn’t ever end there – there was always the 19t... more
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Delphi Mountain Resort
Delphi Mountain Resort is a really very special place. It offers those who want to push themselves... more
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Downhill House Hotel
Downhill House Hotel was a destination hotel long before people ever heard the phrase “desti... more
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Drummond Mews
The south coast of Dublin is an upmarket suburban area on the DART line with very pretty villages ... more
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Dunmore House Hotel
Clonakilty in West Cork is definitely worth exploring. With its colourfully painted houses and Geo... more
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Dunraven Arms Hotel
Every November I look forward to an Invitation from my Horsey friends to The Hunt Ball in Adare. W... more
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Dylan Hotel
“It was the White Rabbit, trotting slowly ..looking anxiously …The Duchess! The Duche... more
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Europe Hotel & Resort, The
When the 5 Star Hotel Europe opened in Killarney many years ago there was a tremenduous fuss - it ... more
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Fairhill House Hotel
I am one of those people, as I have said before, who always thinks there is something better aroun... more
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Ferrycarrig Hotel
Ferrycarrig is an area just on the edge of Wexford Town, on the estuary of the Slaney River, of gr... more
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Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel
The first time I was ever in Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel I was very very young! I was there with my p... more
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Fota Island Hotel and Spa
Fota Island just east of Cork City is one of the most beautiful places in Ireland. It is best know... more
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Foxmount Country House
Our French visitors, Michelle and Zandra, had expressed a definite interest in visiting the Waterf... more
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Frewin
Ramelton is an old plantation town with beautiful Georgian buildings sited on the River Lennan tha... more
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Friar's Lodge
The first time I met Maureen Tierney we had arrived with two small boys in the car, hot, tired and... more
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Galway Bay Hotel
“If you ever go across the sea to Ireland, Then maybe at the closing of your day; You will... more
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Garryvoe Hotel
Garryvoe in East Cork is to scores of Corkonians what Skerries is to Dubliners, and maybe what Lon... more
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Harrington Hall
This welcoming family-run Georgian jewel makes the very best of its charming period features while... more
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Harvey's Point Country Hotel
In 1983 whilst on holidays from Switzerland, Jody Gysling, attracted by the stunning Swiss like sn... more
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Hayfield Manor Hotel
“Thelma and Louise” said the General Manager, of the 5 Star Hayfield Manor Hotel welco... more
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Heaton's Guesthouse
We had intended setting off for Dingle early in the morning but we fell by the wayside. We had sta... more
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Horse and Jockey Hotel
Horse and Jockey is the rather unusual name of a village and prominent crossroads, close to Thurle... more
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Hotel Isaac's Cork
The idea for Hotel Isaac’s Cork was inspired. A vast, red bricked, Victorian landmark buildi... more
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Hotel Isaac's Dublin
The owners of Hotel Isaacs showed great foresight in 1979 when they first opened up their Isaacs H... more
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Hotel Kilkenny
Everything has changed for the better in the past few years on the accommodation and restaurant sc... more
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Huntsman Inn, The
This was a fairly last minute trip to Galway – not like a long planned holiday – we w... more
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Ice House, The
You only have to look at the cool romantic picture of the Ice House to know that it is a special p... more
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Inch House
Eamonn de Valera was President when I was a child. A very old man at that stage, he was almost bli... more
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Kelly's Resort Hotel and SeaSpa
Since 1895 four successive generations of the Kelly family have each added their own stamp to Kell... more
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Kilkenny Hibernian Hotel
Kilkenny as a City and as a County rocks as far as I am concerned, but I guess I am kind of biased... more
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Killarney Royal Hotel
“How can you buy Killarney?” Went the old song made famous by Bing Crosby. Well you ca... more
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Killeen House Hotel
Killeen House Hotel is a picture postcard pretty little hotel set on one and a half acres of garde... more
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Kilronan Castle Estate & Spa
Ireland abounds with beautiful old heritage houses and castles and if many of them could speak for... more
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Kingsley Hotel
I was out to lunch with a T.V. producer friend of mine recently and we were talking about a presen... more
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Knockranny House Hotel
“I can resist anything but temptation” quotes Knockranny House Hotel of Oscar Wilde. H... more
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Langton House Hotel
Kilkenny City is a hot hot destination for young and old alike. It has a zing and zest in mediaeva... more
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Lisloughrey Lodge
Obviously Jane Byrne and I have a lot in common - a love of water and cats being two things - as w... more
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Lismore House Hotel
When Prince Charles introduced Camilla Parker Bowles as his fiancee onto the world stage, the firs... more
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Lord Bagenal Inn
As a child my mother regaled me with stories and adventures of how she and her younger brother had... more
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Lough Rynn Castle
County Leitrim remained for many years one of the most beautiful and undiscovered areas of Ireland... more
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Luxury Randles Court Hotel
Killarney has hundreds of hotels, but not hundreds of hotels that have people going home to variou... more
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Malton, The
The first time I was in Killarney was many years ago, with a gang of girls, for the Circuit of Ire... more
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Markree Castle
Through a beautiful old stone archway and out into a wide expanse of rambling Connacht countryside... more
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Marriot Druids Glen Hotel and Country Club
I thought I had lost him. He thought he was in Heaven. We were in the 5 Star Marriott Druids Glen ... more
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Merchant Hotel, The
I was in Belfast as a guest judge for the filming of the BBC’s Great British Chefs . Richa... more
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Monart Luxury Destination Spa
Monart is the jewel in the crown of the Griffin Group Hotels. Liam Griffin spotted the beautiful 1... more
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Mount Falcon Country House Hotel
One of the great romantic stories of the 19th Century was that of Elizabeth Empress of Austria, be... more
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Mount Juliet
Mount Juliet is a magnificent Georgian Mansion built by the Earl of Carrick, overlooking the River... more
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Muckross Park Hotel
Jackie Lavin and Bill Cullen are one of Ireland’s celebrity couples. Kerry born Jackie, is l... more
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Mullingar Park Hotel
This four star hotel on the Dublin side of Mullingar town is equipped with 95 bedrooms, a fitness ... more
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Muxnaw Lodge
There is a wide variety of accommodation and high prices in Kenmare so finding that something in b... more
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Old Bank House
My favourite place in the whole world is undoubtedly Kinsale. The first time I went away from home... more
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Old Ground Hotel
The Gardening Editor of the up market American magazine, Traditional Home, was visiting Ireland la... more
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Osprey Hotel & Spa
The exterior and interior of the Osprey Hotel and Spa is futuristic chic and was the talk of the c... more
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Parknasilla Resort
I love Parknasilla so much I always insist we set off a day early, and break the journey, because ... more
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Radisson Blu Hotel and Spa, Cork
When I read “Sensual Chocolate Wrap”, I immediately thought, that sounds tasty. Well,... more
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Radisson Blu Royal Hotel
Offering luxury, style and a prime city centre location, this spanking new hotel is a cut above bu... more
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Red Bank Restaurant and Guesthouse
Skerries is a fishing village north of Dublin which is forever in my heart as I spent summers ther... more
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Renvyle House Hotel
“My house…stands on a lake, but it stands also on the sea – waterlillies meet t... more
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River Lee Hotel, The
I remember many years ago, when my better half was in the Theatrical business, having to get up at... more
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Ross Lake House Hotel
Fancy waking up in a four-poster bed in a splendid Georgian house, on 6 acres of rambling woods an... more
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Sandhouse Hotel & Marine Spa
Just off the main road, between Bundoran and Donegal Town, is the magnificent sweeping beach at Ro... more
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Seaview House Hotel
“Yes, we do breakfast in bed………if necessary,” said the wonderful ... more
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Shearwater
Without a doubt, Kinsale is on the itinerary of pretty well every tourist who comes to our shores,... more
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Shelbourne Hotel, The
There were a lot of lost sheep wandering around Dublin for the year or so that The Shelbourne Hote... more
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Sneem Hotel
Sneem or, as Gaeilge, An tSnaidhm, means a “knot” and the very pretty village of Sneem... more
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Station House Hotel, The
As the name suggests, this charming hotel was converted from a former railway station in the 1980&... more
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Tankardstown House
I had heard a report of Tankardstown House and consumed with curiosity I decided to check out whet... more
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The Lodge at Doonbeg
As a Canadian friend said to me, the remote rugged beauty of Co. Clare is the Real Ireland, it is ... more
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Viewmount House
Viewmount House is a beautiful Georgian house built in 1740 by the Cuffe family. Viewmount was in... more
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Waterford Castle
Somebody said to me one time “Waterford Castle is decorated just the way a Castle should be&... more
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Waterfront Guest House, The
It’s many a long year now since the legendary Youen Jacob Snr set sail from his native Britt... more
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Waterside House Hotel, The
It seemed like endless glorious summers of sunshine and sand when my mother would make egg sandwic... more
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Westport Plaza Hotel
Westport is one of those very special Irish towns that is a definite destination. People do not ... more
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White House, The
I was at the very first Kinsale Gourmet Festival more years ago than I care to remember, and I am ... more
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Woodlands House
Kinsale is virtually a second home to me so I know every stone on the streets and what is good and... more