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KINSALE MALLOW

Blue Haven Hotel This cosy, busy hotel is Longueville House The O’Callaghan family is
much loved by Irish and American media folk. back at Longueville after a 300-year absence;
Brightly painted in blue and yellow, it features from their imposing Georgian manor, the ruins
lots of nautical brass and plants; log fires in of their former castle can be seen. History blends
cold weather. Acclaimed seafood restaurant. well with the culinary brilliance of chef William
The largest bedrooms are in the next-door O’Callaghan, who uses produce from the estate’s
annexe. New owners took over in 1999. farm, gardens and nearby Blackwater River.
N 3 Pearse St, Kinsale, Co Cork. Map p56 C5. N Mallow, Co Cork. Map p56 C5. § (022) 47156.
§ (021) 4772209. ` (021) 4774268. ` (022) 47459. $ info@longuevillehouse.ie 0 b,d.
$ bluhaven@iol.ie 0 b,l,d. Rooms 17. Rooms 20. ∂¢ mid-Feb to mid-Mar.
¢ one week in Jan. / AE, DC, MC, V. ¡¡¡ / AE, DC, MC, V. ¡¡¡¡
LONDONDERRY MAYNOOTH

Beech Hill Country House Hotel In a quiet Moyglare Manor Half a mile of avenue leads to
suburb of Londonderry, within woodland with this Georgian country house, set in extensive
streams and a small lake, is this gracious late parkland near the historic town and within easy
18th-century house. Food – ‘Modern Irish with driving distance of Dublin airport. The interior is
global overtones’ – is taken seriously; formal, opulent yet unusual and comfortable, with
elegant restaurant. A leisure centre with sauna, furniture and fittings of many periods; antiques in
steam room and fitness room opened in 1999. the bedrooms. The cosy, intimate bar and dining
N 32 Ardmore Rd, Londonderry, Co Londonderry BT47 room are candlelit and have open fires.
3QP. Map p57 E2. § (028) 7134 9279. ` (028) 7134 N Maynooth, Co Kildare. Map p57 E3. § (01) 6286351.
5366. $ info@beech-hill.com 0 b,l,d. Rooms 27. ` (01) 6285405.$ moyglare@ iol.ie 0 b,l,d. Rooms
÷ ∂ ¢ Christmas. / AE, MC, V. ]] 17. ∂¢ Christmas. / AE, DC, MC, V. ¡¡¡¡
175#
GLENDALOUGH KENMARE
Glendalough Hotel Family-run hotel in the Sheen Falls Lodge Manor house in a splendid NT3-3
Wicklow Mountains. Good traditional cooking setting, in semi-tropical gardens, within sight and 1.30
and remarkable dining-room views. sound of the River Sheen. Heated indoor pool.
N Glendalough, Co Wicklow. Map p57 E4. § (0404) N Kenmare, Co Kerry. Map p56 B5. § (064) 41600.
45135. ` (0404) 45142. $ info@glendaloughhotel.ie ` (064) 41386. $ info@sheenfallslodge.ie 0 b,l,d. H60214
0 b,l,d. Rooms 40. ¡¡¡ Rooms 66. ¡¡¡¡
KENMARE KILLORGLIN
Park Hotel Kenmare Gracious living, world- Ard-na-Sidhe The ‘Hill of the Fairies’ is a suitably
class cuisine, friendly staff; newly opened luxury romantic Edwardian house in lakeside gardens.
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spa. Good base on the Ring of Kerry. N Caragh Lake, Killorglin, Co Kerry. Map p56 B5.
N Kenmare, Co Kerry. Map p56 B5. § (064) 41200. § (066) 9769105. ` (066) 9769282. $
` (064) 41402. $ info@parkkenmare.com 0 b,l,d. reception.ardnasidhe@kih.liebherr.com 0 b,l,d.
Rooms 46. ¡¡¡¡ Rooms 20. ¡¡¡¡
For key to symbols see backflap. For price categories see p55

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