Irish Country inns & Historic Homes, The Friendly Homes of Ireland 2007 Castles, Inns & Historic Houses

BALLINAGAPPA HOUSE, Myles Doyle CLANE, CO. KILDARE TEL & FAX 045 892087 B&B from €45.00 SINGLE SUPPLEMENT from €19.00
Built in 1862, Ballinagappa Country House is a very elegant, spacious building. The guest rooms are bright, airy and warm - with excellent views over farmlands. It has a magnificent and secluded location in the rich green velvet landscape of County Kildare. It is an easy 20 minute stroll to Clane, our nearest village - where you can enjoy the local restaurants and pubs It is also very convenient for visiting horse race meetings. A short drive will take you to the world-famous Kildare National Stud Farm and the adjoining Japanese Gardens. Locomotion enthusiasts will enjoy a trip to the Steam Museum. During the summer months, the Butterfly Museum is well worth a visit. Fans of motorsports can visit the nearby Mondello Park, and those interested in golf can go for a round on the K-Club Golf Course. Dublin airport 30 - 40 minutes. Open 01/01 - 31/12. Credit cards. Children welcome. Dogs allowed. 1 double room, 1 single room, 1 family room, all en suite.	Reserve your rooms! Return to Top
COURSETOWN HOUSE, Iris & Jim Fox STRADBALLY ROAD, ATHY Tel 059 8631101 Fax 059 8632740 B&B from €50.00 SINGLE SUPPLEMENT from €10.00
Immaculately maintained & very comfortable 200-year-old farmhouse surrounded by secluded gardens in the centre of a 260 acre arable farm. Great breakfasts. Superb natural history library. Malting Barley Research Trials. 'Little Gem' 2000 Award Winner. AA 5 Diamond RAC 5 Diamond, RAC "Warm Welcome" & "Sparkling Diamond" Award 1999 & 2000. Open 02/01 - 23/12. No smoking house. Credit cards. 4 ensuite rooms. "A hospitable couple, they have been welcoming bed & breakfast guests here since 1996. Iris is famous for her superb breakfasts at which guests are offered a wide choice that includes fresh fruit, home made bread and a low fat Irish cooked breakfast.. Jim has an extensive knowledge of local attractions, supplemented by a large collection of books of reference in his library." Country Living Magazine	Reserve your rooms! Return to Top
GRIESEMOUNT, Robert & Carolyn Ashe BALLITORE, CO. KILDARE. TEL (0)59 862 3158 / (0)86 830 8676 FAX (0)59 914 0687 B&B from €45.00 SINGLE SUPPLEMENT from €10.00 . DINNER (On request) from €30.00
Griesemount is a small Georgian house, built by Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton's grandfather in 1817, set outside the historic Quaker village of Ballitore. It is close to the Griese, a well known trout stream. Comfortable rooms and a friendly, relaxed atmosphere. Ideal golfing centre - Rathsallagh Golf Course 4 miles, Carlow Championship Golf Course 10 miles. The Curragh and Punchestown are also nearby and Dublin, Kilkenny and Glendalough.are less than an hour. Good choice of restaurants locally. Open 15/01 - 30/12. French spoken. Suitable for children. Dogs allowed outside. 3 en-suite double bed rooms. Some quotes from the visitors book: 'warm welcome', 'could not have chosen a better place', 'beauty at every turn', 'wonderful views', 'best spot of our holiday', 'superb nights sleep', 'terrific breakfast', 'would love to stay longer', 'home from home', 'hate to leave', 'best stay of our holiday', 'will be back'. The charming elegant yet rural decoration reminds me of an Agatha Christie country house (ed.)	Reserve your rooms Return to Top
SPRINGFIELD, Libby Sheehy CELBRIDGE, CO. KILDARE. B&B from €80.00 - €120.00 DINNER only by prior arrangement from €40.00
Splendidly comfortable and discreet accommodation in a haven of Georgian tranquillity only 12 miles from Dublin. Refurbished by its American owners to a very high standard. Minutes from one of Ireland's finest golf course, the K Club. Dinner for private parties can be arranged. Open all year. Most Credit Cards. 6 rooms, all en-suite.	Reserve your rooms! Return to Top
KILKEA LODGE FARM, Marion Greene CASTLEDERMOT CO. KILDARE TEL (0)59 9145112 B&B from €:45.00 - €:55.00
Historic Kilkea Lodge has been in the same family since 1740. Set in 260 acres of tillage and rolling parkland, this tranquil setting offers guests the opportunity to relax in the comfort of warm hospitality and log fires. Home from Home. Especially suited to Artistic friendly guests seeking solace, walking, open spaces, painting, music, horses, dogs and gardens. Animal lovers will feel "At Home" here. 2 Double Bedrooms (2 Ensuite), 1 private adjoining Bathroom. 1 twin with private shower. 1 family studio (sleeps 4 sharing) own Bathroom. Occasional Painting & Musical Workshops. Approached down a long drive way, off the Castledermot Athy Road. Entrance opposite Kilkea Bridge on the turn, left hand side of road.	Reserve your rooms!
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Barberstown Castle Straffan, Co Kildare TEL (01) 6288157 B&B around €120.00 The nearest real medieval castle to Dublin that offers accommodation	Reserve your rooms! Return to Top
Martinstown House The Curragh B&B from €95.00 - €110.00 Grand & elegant beautifully decorated gothic lodge, reputedly built as a ducal love nest. Outside there are wonderful trees, a well-maintained walled garden with a hard tennis court, an old icehouse, cattle, sheep and a donkey and proper free-range hens. OpenFenruary until November. Four double rooms with private bathrooms From Dublin take M7 south, then M9 to Kilcullen exit. Turn right onto N78 (towards Athy) for 1 mile, to crossroads sign-posted Martinstown to the right.	Return to Top
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Silken Thomas, The Square, Kildare Tel 045 521695 Bar food & a well crafted traditional interior in the heart of this historic town
Moone High Cross Inn, Bolton Hill, Moone Tel: 0507-24112 18th C. country inn. Pleasant lunching stop.	Return to Top
The Ballymore Inn, Ballymore Eustace Tel: 045 864585 Sophisticated country pub, excellent food & an attractive village, 45 minutes from Dublin. A small detour off the beaten track & well worth it.
The Johnstown Inn, Johnstown, Naas, Tel: 045-897547 Quiet historic village, 40 minutes from Dublin. A traditional pub with Irish music.
Berney's Kilcullen, Tel 045 481804/481260 Excellent food in the restaurant & a hospitable bar to relax in just by the Liffey Bridge.	Return to Top
Furey's Moyvalley, Tel 0405 51185 Old fashioned bar, where the road, railway & canal meet in the middle of nowhere, between Enfield & Moyvalley. Great snacks.
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Larchill Arcadian Gardens Kilcock TEL & FAX (01) 6284580 Ornamental garden of 18th C. origin. Walk through a landscape of follies and exotic animal breeds.	Return to Top

BALLAGHMORE MANOR HOUSE, Grace Pym BORRIS IN OSSORY, CO. LAOIS B&B from €60
A 16th Century Manor House within the Ballaghmore Castle grounds offers bed and breakfast accommodation in a secluded setting of 30 acres. Historical Roscrea town close by. An accomplished horsewoman, Grace is also an expert on old master paintings, and has a flair for elegant decoration. Accommodation available: 2 Double rooms 1 Twin room 1 Single room 1 En-suite room	Reserve your rooms!
BALLAGHMORE HOUSE, Carole England BORRIS IN OSSORY, CO. LAOIS TEL (0)505 21366 FAX (0)505 23669 B&B €30 - €35, SINGLE SUPPLEMENT €18, DINNER €25
Ballaghmore House,is a charming family run country house in the monastic medieval heart of Ireland and the land of antiquity.. a land of adventure, a holiday with a difference. Old style 7 modern facilities are combined here amidst tranquil surroundings. Activities include Golfing (only 1km from the nearest 18hole golf course and a choice of four others within a 20min drive). Fishing on a private lake, stocks include Carp, Tench, Pike, Rudd, Perch and Roach. Equestrian (trail rides through the Slieve Bloom mountains). Walking and cycling through the unspoiled environmental park. Home produced food with wine licence. All rooms en-suite with tv, tea/coffee facilities, telephone. Open 02/01-21/12. Credit cards accepted. 6 ensuite rooms.	Reserve your rooms! Return to Top
IVYLEIGH Dinah & Jerry Campion BANK PLACE, PORTLAOISE TEL (057) 86 22081 FAX (057) 86 63343 B&B from €550 Single supplement from €20
5 Diamond. RAC "Little Gem" Award for excellence. Recently refurbished, luxurious, and outstandingly comfortable listed Georgian townhouse. Excellent service & superb breakfasts, combined with traditional Irish warmth & friendliness. Close to town centre & railway station, Slieve Bloom Mountains, Historic houses & gardens, riding, golf & fishing locally. Open 03/01-22/12. Credit cards accepted. Children over 8 welcome. 6 ensuite rooms.	Reserve your rooms! Return to Top
TULLAMOY HOUSE, Pat & Caroline Farrell STRADBALLY, CO. LAOIS TEL & FAX (059) 8627111 B&B €32.00, SINGLE SUPPLEMENT €10.00, DINNER €25.00
Pleasant 19th century stone built farmhouse beside an ancient castle, with large drawing room & dining room for relaxing & enjoying a fresh farm breakfasts. Sheep and beef farm just off N80 5km from Stradbally. The heart of rural Ireland 1 hour from Dublin; Dinner at 7.00, book by 12.00. Children welcome. Dogs allowed. Open 01/01-20/12. 4 en suite rooms, 1 suitable for less mobile guests.	Reserve your rooms! Return to Top
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Roundwood House, Mountrath Frank & Rosemarie Kennan Tel 057-8732120 B&B from around €60.00 DINNER €35.00 Charming Georgian Manor with good food, in the foothills of the Slieve Bloom mountains Open Jan- Dec, 10 en suite rooms	Reserve your rooms!
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The Fisherman's Inn Fisherstown, Ballybrittas Sean Ward, Tel (057) 86 26488 Cosy rambling thatched bar, a remote cross roads on the 18th C. main road to the West. Just off the Cork - Dublin road. Wild ceilis some evenings. Other times sit outside & listen to hens cackling. Irish nights are Thursday & Sunday night. Set-Dancing Thursday night. Traditional/Folk night – Sunday night.
Morrissey's Bar Abbeyleix, Tel (057) 86 31233 Famed throughout the land - the finest original Victorian interior in Ireland	Return to Top
Foxrock Inn, Clough, Ballacolla Tel (057)-873-8637 Rural pub with accommodation and music on Fri. and Sat. nights. 6 en suite rooms B&B from €25.00
Vicarstown Inn, Vicarstown Tel (057) 86 25189 Canalside pub with accommodation B&B from €25.00
Village Inn, Coolrain Tel (057) 86 – 35145 Thatched pub for locals, but strangers are welcomed, even by the mountainy men! This is a real traditional Irish pub, not one created by a designer or a flat pack from Homebase!	Return to Top

RAHAN LODGE, Carole & Paddy McDermot KILLINA, TULLAMORE, CO OFFALY TEL (0506)55796, FAX (0506)55606 B&B from €40 - €55 Dinner from €45 (on request)
Built by Henry Petty in 1740 as a hunting lodge and enlarged in the 1850s, this country house is set in the heart of the Midlands in a tranquil setting of farmland and wooded areas, where you can enjoy comfort & seclusion with good food & open fires and old world charm. Direct dial telephone in all rooms. Guest sitting room with tea and coffee facilities. Close to all amenities. A perfect breakaway retreat from all the hustle and bustle of busy, busy, busy. Open. 01/03-30/10. Wine Licence. Credit Cards. 5 bedrooms with private bathrooms.	Reserve your rooms Return to Top
SPINNERS TOWN HOUSE & BISTRO CASTLE STREET, BIRR, CO OFFALY. TEL & FAX (0509)21673 B&B €42.00 - €45.00
A contemporary modern revival of Georgian architecture against a backdrop of Birr Castle. Luxury accommodation in sharp uncluttered rooms overlooking a courtyard garden, an award winning oasis of tranquility, a magical setting in which to relax & rejuvenate. Enjoy our renowned Bistro. A remarkable place to explore the intriguing Midlands. Dublin/Galway/Cork & Shannon 90 mins. Ideal central touring base. Fun & exciting location for all age groups. Traditional music, equestrian, fishing, golf, walking, historical tours, sailing. Open all year; credit cards; 13 ensuite rooms	Reserve your rooms Return to Top
WHIGSBOROUGH HOUSE, Anna Heagney FIVE ALLEY BIRR, CO OFFALY. B&B €30.00 - €50.00
Whigsborough House is a beautiful Georgian House set in mature grounds, just 5 miles from Birr town. Whigsborough House has a growing reputation for hospitality, good food and wine and is a unique and very special dining experience. 1 double, 1 four-poster; 1 double with separate bath.	Reserve your rooms Return to Top

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