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BALLYVAUGHAN BUSHMILLS

Gregans Castle High standards of service and The Bushmills Inn This restored coaching inn
an excellent table are assured at this country is the perfect place to enjoy an evening in front
house hotel, set in a green valley in the limestone of a turf fire, and a Black Bush from the nearby
Burren area. The dining room has views of Bushmills whiskey distillery. The Victorian-style
Galway Bay; lunch is served in the bar, with bar (gas lighting) adjoins the original kitchen.
turf fires and beams. The largest bedrooms are Bedrooms in the Coaching Inn are smallish; those
in the west wing. Good walking country, within in the riverside Mill House are much larger.
easy driving distance of Shannon. N 9 Dunluce Rd, Bushmills, Co Antrim BT57 8QG.
N Ballyvaughan, Co Clare. Map p56 C3. § (065) Map p57 E1. § (028) 2073 3000. ` (028) 2073 2048.
7077005. ` (065) 7077111. $ res@gregans.ie 0 b,l,d. $ mail@bushmillsinn.co.uk 0 b,l,d. Rooms 32.
Rooms 22. ∂¢ Nov to early Mar. / MC, V. ¡¡¡ ∂ ¢ Never. / MC, V. ]]
BELFAST CASHEL (CO TIPPERARY)

McCausland Hotel In the city’s commercial Cashel Palace Hotel At the foot of the Rock of
heart, two former seed warehouses opened as a Cashel (dramatically lit at night), a lovingly
stylish luxury hotel in 1998. Individually designed restored and intriguing 18th-century townhouse in
bedrooms, including three for disabled guests, delightful walled gardens. Public rooms are
provide state-of-the-art technology. Fine dining in panelled in pine; bedrooms have canopied beds
the Merchants Restaurant, or enjoy the continental and good-sized bathrooms. New rooms in former
atmosphere of Café Marco Polo. stables opened in 1999. Historic town.
N 34-38 Victoria St, Belfast BT1 3GH. Map p57 F2. N Main Street, Cashel, Co Tipperary. Map p57 D4.
§ (028) 9022 0200. ` (028) 9022 0220. § (062) 62707. ` (062) 61521. $ reception@
$ info@mccauslandhotel.com 0 b,l,d. Rooms 60. cashel-palace.ie 0 b,l,d. Rooms 23. ∂¢ Christmas.
¢ Christmas. / AE, DC, MC, V. ]]] / AE, DC, MC, V. ¡¡¡¡

CARNLOUGH CASHEL (CO GALWAY)
Londonderry Arms Hotel Georgian coaching Zetland Country House Hotel The 19th-century
inn, once bequeathed to Winston Churchill, in an manor house is garlanded in awards for its food
historic fishing village; rooms with harbour views. and care. Pretty gardens; sea views; tennis court.
N Carnlough, Co Antrim, BT44 OEU. Map p57 F1. N Cashel Bay, Connemara, Co Galway. Map p56 B3.
§ (028) 2888 5255. ` (028) 2888 5263. $ info@ § (095) 31111. ` (095) 31117. $ zetland@iol.ie
glensofantrim.com 0 b,l,d. Rooms 35. ]] 0 b,l,d. Rooms 20. ¡¡¡
CASHEL (CO GALWAY) CLIFDEN
Cashel House The relaxed country house has Ardagh Hotel Purpose-built, family-run hotel,
winding paths through exotic gardens to its own as close to the seashore as could be managed;
beach. Antiques, turf fires; tennis, riding. wonderful sunset views from the dining room.
N Cashel Bay, Connemara, Co Galway. Map p56 B3. N Ballyconneely Rd, Clifden, Co Galway. Map p56 B3.
§ (095) 31001. ` (095) 31077. $ info@cashel-house- § (095) 21384. ` (095) 21314
hotel.com 0 b,l,d. Rooms 32. ¡¡¡¡ $ ardaghhotel@eircom.net 0 b,l,d. Rooms 20. ¡¡¡
For key to symbols see backflap. For price categories see p55