Mark and Emma Hewlett’s peaceful and relaxing late Georgian country house is set in Heritage Gardens, including formal walled gardens - and, having completed an impressive programme of improvements to the property, the range of amenities offered ... more...
Legend has it the original owner of Scannell’s Pub used to open just for maintenance hours to keep the licence, and no-one could get in. In 2002, friends and business partners, Kevin O’Donovan and Shane Lowney took over Scannell’s and ... 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...
Only 10 minutes from Shannon airport and in a beautiful rural setting, Carrygerry is a lovely residence dating back to 1793. It overlooks the Shannon and Fergus estuaries and, peacefully surrounded by woodlands, gardens and pastures, seems very distant ... more...
In December 2022 Barry and Georgina O'Sullivan passed on the baton of the wonderful gastropub that had delighted so many for 30 years. And, while sad to see them retire, customers were also excited by the handover, as the new owners were none other tha ... more...
Not a lot of people know this, but An Port Mor is named after Portmor House in Blackwatertown, Co Armagh, which is proprietor-chef Frankie Mallon’s home town – a pleasingly familiar place to us, from researching our Taste of the Waterways G ... more...
A property of historical and architectural significance - and one with many treats to discover within, as well as in the surrounding area - Cashel Palace was acquired in 2016, after a long closure, by the Magnier family of the nearby Coolmore Stud, whi ... more...
Younger sister to the excellent Hartes of Kildare, brothers-in-law Ronan Kinsella and Paul Lenehan have built up another modern classic here just off the N7, in the attractive village of Kill - and this one has its own craft brewery too.
With its expo ... more...
Chefs Eamon Connors and Roisin O’Connor started their little café and larder in the Waterford village of Kilmacthomas realtively recently and were quick to make their mark, with their talents already earning them an invitation to contribut ... more...
Set well back from the road with plenty of parking at the front, Siobhan Sweeney’s atmospheric restaurant is warm and welcoming, with a big open fire, lots of wood, good art on the walls and views over to the harbour from some upstairs table ... more...