2023 Award Winners

  • Francis & John Brennan
    Francis & John Brennan - Park Hotel, Kenmare
    When Francis and John Brennan announced their intention to pass on the baton at the legendary Park Hotel Kenmare, it sent shockwaves rippling through the hospitality world – and indeed the g ...
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    • Darina Allen & Rory O’Connell
      Darina Allen & Rory O'Connell - Ballymaloe Cookery School, Organic Farm & Gardens
      It may seem like yesterday to many of its fans, but the internationally renowned Ballymaloe Cookery School founded by Darina Allen and her brother Rory O'Connell has been in business since 1983. I ...
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      • Ballyfin
        HOTEL OF THE YEAR 2023
        5-Star Hotel of the Year: Ballyfin Demesne Ballyfin Co Laois It’s worth remembering that the late Chicago businessman Fred Krehbiel, his Irish wife Kay and renowned landscape gardener Jim ...
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        • Neighbourhood Restaurant
          Neighbourhood Restaurant, Naas, Co Kildare
          Neighbourhood hit the ground running when it opened in 2022, and no wonder. Before you have eaten a morsel, you're sure to be charmed by the TLC that owner Tom McGrath and his team have put into r ...
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          • Angel Pirev
            Angel Pirev - The Mustard Seed Ballingarry Co Limerick
            Established in Adare as a restaurant by the original owner Dan Mullane in 1985, The Mustard Seed later moved just ten minutes drive away to this special and hospitable Victorian country residence ...
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            • Dunmore House Hotel Clonakilty Co Cork
              Dunmore House Hotel Clonakilty Co Cork
              Home to the O’Donovan and Barrett families since 1934 and welcoming guests since 1948, this beautifully located and immaculately maintained hotel on Clonakilty Bay has a sea view from most o ...
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              • The Parson’s Nose Hillsborough Co Down
                The Parson's Nose Hillsborough Co Down
                Previously named after its original owner, The Marquis of Downshire, Ronan and Jennie Sweeney’s charming 18th century pub and restaurant is a sister to that great dining pub, Balloo House in ...
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                • The Grapevine Lounge Wineport Lodge Glasson Co Westmeath
                  The Grapevine Lounge Wineport Lodge Glasson Co Westmeath
                  Ray Byrne and Jane English never stand still at the wonderful Wineport Lodge. What started out as a rustic little shoreside restaurant 30 years ago has been reinvented and upgraded time and again, ...
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                  • Burren Fine Wine & Food Ballyvaughan Co Clare
                    Burren Fine Wine & Food Ballyvaughan Co Clare
                    A wine award with a difference, this is all about the unique experience offered in a scenic West of Ireland setting. Since 1999 Cathleen Connole’s interesting seasonal restaurant in an old c ...
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                    • Vintage Tea Trips Dublin
                      Vintage Tea Trips Dublin
                      Now if it’s a Happy Place you’re after, what’s not to love about a Vintage Tea Trip? Afternoon tea on a bus driving around Dublin’s Georgian streets and Phoenix Park may so ...
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                      • Bramley Restaurant Abbeyleix Co Laois
                        Bramley Restaurant Abbeyleix Co Laois
                        Abbeyleix is a popular destination for many reasons - including wonderful gardens to visit, the Collin's Bog Looped Walk, Heritage House museum, and one of the country's finest old pubs, Morrissey ...
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                        • The Sea Rooms Kelly’s Resort Hotel & Spa Rosslare Co Wexford
                          The Sea Rooms - Kelly’s Resort Hotel & Spa Rosslare Co Wexford
                            One of our most popular awards, as Irish diners place a high premium on atmosphere – often rating it even above the quality of food when choosing where to eat out. But, as everyone f ...
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                          • Oscars Seafood Bistro Galway
                            Oscars Seafood Bistro Galway
                            Ask a local food lover which is their favourite Galway seafood restaurant and, even in this city of great choice, chances are they’ll come up with Oscars. Together with his wife Sinead Hughe ...
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                            • Fisk Seafood Bar Downings Co Donegal
                              Tony Davidson - Fisk Seafood Bar Downings Co Donegal
                              With top Donegal producers and products - including Mulroy Bay mussels and Scarpello’s famous sourdough bread - name checked on the menu, there’s a real sense of locality at Tony David ...
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                              • CHAKRA by Jaipur Greystones Co Wicklow
                                CHAKRA by Jaipur Greystones Co Wicklow
                                A delightful sister to Asheesh Dewan’s other successful Jaipur restaurants in Dalkey, Dublin and Malahide, Chakra was refurbished with verve in 2021, with its stylish and comfortable interio ...
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                                • The Club at Goffs Kill Co Kildare
                                  CASUAL DINING AWARDS 2023
                                  BAR-BISTRO: The Club at Goffs Kill Co Kildare Opened to great excitement in March 2023, this new Thoroughbred Country 4-star is the latest venture from industry leaders Eoin Doyle and Ray Byrne - ...
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                                  • Mountain View Ballyhale Co Kilkenny
                                    Mountain View Ballyhale Co Kilkenny
                                    As lock-down projects go, what the O'Neill family have done on their 120-acre Kilkenny farm is epic by any standards. Siblings Bee O’Grady and Michael O’Neill are the driving forces be ...
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                                    • The Salthouse Hotel Ballycastle Co Antrim
                                      The Salthouse Hotel Ballycastle Co Antrim
                                      With magnificent sea views across to Rathlin Island and beyond, this unique and constantly evolving 4-star eco hotel on the edge of Ballycastle town counts the freshest of local foods and a spa wi ...
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                                      • Ashley Park
                                        'SMALL STAY' AWARDS 2023
                                        COUNTRY HOUSE: Ashley Park House Nenagh Co Tipperary From the moment you turn off the busy Nenagh - Borrisokane road to Ashley Park, you enter a time warp. Margaret (née Mounsey) and Davi ...
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                                        • John & Elizabeth Barrett Bervie Guest Accommodation Achill Island Co Mayo
                                          John & Elizabeth Barrett - Bervie Guest Accommodation Achill Island Co Mayo
                                          The Barrett family’s magical beachside house is a low, tucked-in kind of a place with a little wicket gate giving direct access to Keel beach, and an otherworldliness which is very rare thes ...
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                                          • Clanard Court Hotel Athy Co Kildare
                                            Clanard Court Hotel Athy Co Kildare
                                            Arriving at the Fennin family's well-presented purpose-built 4-star on the edge of town is sure to put a smile on your face – how many hotels say welcome with a grassy enclosure where exotic ...
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                                            • Ocean Sands Hotel Enniscrone Co Sligo
                                              Ocean Sands Hotel Enniscrone Co Sligo
                                              Not only the stuff of a lifetime’s shared memories but family holidays are also the beginnings of attachment to places that we keep going back to – so important for hospitality and for ...
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                                              • Cashel House Hotel Connemara Co Galway
                                                Cashel House Hotel Connemara Co Galway
                                                  We have always featured a Pet Friendly Destination in our awards and this one has been quietly welcoming dogs since 1968. “Mum loved all animals,” says Cashel House Hotel own ...
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                                                •  Sham Hanifa
                                                  Sham Hanifa Carrick-on-Shannon Co Leitrim (The Cottage Jamestown; My Kitchen by Sham Hanifa; Buffalo Boy)
                                                  A driving force in the region’s food and hospitality sector - and a true Taste of the Waterways hero - the engaging Malaysian-born Euro-Toques restaurateur, chef and cookery teacher Shamzuri ...
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                                                  • The Stables Café Mount Congreve House & Gardens Kilmeaden Co Waterford
                                                    Mount Congreve House and Gardens & The Stables Café Kilmeaden Co Waterford
                                                    Ireland’s Visitor Attractions have been moving up to a new level of late, lifting the destination appeal of their regions and not only delighting visitors but also creating a real sense of p ...
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                                                    • Rock Farm Slane Co Meath
                                                      Rock Farm Slane Co Meath
                                                      We’ve included a Natural Food Award in our annual collections since the awards, under the current branding, took over from the Egon Ronay’s Guides in 1997. Carina and Alex Conyngham' ...
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