2024 Awards

• LONG HAUL HERO 2024

  Hanora's Cottage Ballymacarbry, Co. Waterford
  It’s been a tough time for Irish hospitality over the last few years - but the resilience of the industry is extraordinary and the way that ...

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• BIJOU FINE DINING RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR 2024

  Restaurant Chestnut Ballydehob, Co. Cork
  ‘Small’ is not the word for this famously big-hearted little restaurant – but ‘bijou’ describes the former pub well, ...

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• ‘HOSPITALITY HERO’ AWARD 2024

  Dromoland Castle Hotel Newmarket-on-Fergus, Co. Clare
  The ancestral home of the O’Briens, barons of Inchiquin and direct descendants of Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, Dromoland Castle is one ...

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• NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR 2024

  Farmgate Lismore Lismore, Co. Waterford
  The Newcomer award is always exciting and every year the nominations list is very long indeed. Even at a time when the talk is mainly of closures, ...

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• SMALL STAY AWARDS 2024 - B&B

  Barnahown Mitchelstown, Co. Cork
  You don't have to be seeking an active holiday to love Barnahown, but it must help - with wonderful mountain treks and bike trails nearby, you won ...

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• IRISH BREAKFAST AWARDS 2024 - COUNTRY HOUSE

  Rathsallagh House Dunlavin, Co. Kildare
  The O’Flynn family’s large, rambling country house on the Wicklow-Kildare border is just an hour from Dublin, but it could be in a dif ...

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• TASTE OF THE WATERWAYS AWARD 2024

  Purple Onion Bar & Restaurant, The Tarmonbarry, Co. Roscommon
  Ireland’s inland waterways are nothing short of a national treasure yet – despite the very welcome recent opening of greenways and blu ...

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• CASUAL DINING AWARD 2024 - BAKERY-CAFE

  Ursa Minor Ballycastle, Co. Antrim
  All over Ireland, there’s been an exciting increase in the number of small bakeries with a deli or café in recent years and this one, ...

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• HAPPY PLACE AWARD 2024

  Osteria Lucio Dublin 2
  ‘The food of friendship’ is what they say on their website and, when it comes to explaining why Osteria Lucio might be the restaurant ...

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• SMALL STAY AWARDS 2024 - GUESTHOUSE

  Teach de Broc Ballybunion, Co. Kerry
  Ballybunion has long been a popular seaside resort, welcoming visitors from near and far since the 19th century. And, since 1994, many have wisely ...

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• ‘NATURAL FOOD’ AWARDS 2024 (PRODUCERS) - MEATS

  Higgins Family Butchers Dublin 13
  Rick Higgins is the fourth generation to run this business and it is no ordinary butchers. How many butchers have a glass-walled dry-ageing room a ...

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• ‘NATURAL FOOD’ AWARDS 2024 (PRODUCERS) - HONEY

  Leahy Beekeeping & Sliabh Aughty Honey Loughrea, Co. Galway
  Near Loughrea in East Galway fourth generation conservationists, Leahy Beekeeping, produce the gorgeous Sliabh Aughty Honey - and it’s not o ...

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• SEAFOOD CHEF OF THE YEAR 2024

  Goldie Co. Cork
  At the helm of this small but very exciting fish restaurant in Cork city centre, Goldie, the talented young owner-chef Aishling Moore’s cour ...

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• IRISH BREAKFAST AWARDS 2024 - GUESTHOUSE

  Castlewood House Dingle, Co. Kerry
  Run by Brian and Helen Heaton - who have both worked in some of Ireland’s finest hotels, and for whom nothing is too much trouble to ensure ...

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• SMALL STAY AWARDS 2024 - COUNTRY HOUSE

  Ballyvolane House Fermoy, Co. Cork
  ‘Proper country houses’ that have not been over-modernised and remain true to their roots are becoming a rarity these days, but Justin ...

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• IRISH BREAKFAST AWARDS 2024 - CAFE

  POTA Café Inverin, Co. Galway
  Half an hour west of Galway city on the Wild Atlantic Way, Cork chef Diarmuid O’Mathúna’s vibrant bi-lingual café is bil ...

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• CASUAL DINING AWARD 2024 - HISTORIC DESTINATION

  Stitch & Weave Londonderry, Co. Londonderry
  When it comes to restaurants, they don’t do more historic than the delightful Stitch and Weave. Situated on historic Ebrington Square, right ...

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• CASUAL DINING AWARD 2024 -SMART CASUAL DINING

  The Glass Curtain
  What do you mean ‘smart-casual dining’ I hear you say… Well it’s the way people so often describe The Glass Curtain a ...

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• IRISH BREAKFAST AWARDS 2024 - HOTEL

  Gregans Castle Hotel Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare
  One of Ireland’s top food destinations for many years, Simon and Freddie Haden’s quietly luxurious and restorative country house hotel ...

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• NEIGHBOURHOOD FINE DINING RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR 2024

  Lemon Tree Restaurant Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
  A Letterkenny favourite since 1999, this family-run restaurant celebrates 25 years in business this year although it has been in a spacious new se ...

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• FINE DINING RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR 2024

  OX Co. Antrim
  Consistency is one of the main themes of this year’s awards and - when a respected reviewer comments that “We had dined here before an ...

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• 4-STAR HOTEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024

  Kilkea Castle Hotel & Golf Resort Castledermot, Co. Kildare
  Ireland’s oldest inhabited castle, Kilkea dates back to the 12th century. The original structure is surprisingly small - a ‘boutique c ...

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• CASUAL DINING AWARD 2024 - NEIGHBOURHOOD RESTAURANT

  No. 14 at the Georgian House Comber, Co. Down
  A lovely listed building dating back to 1722, No. 14 Georgian House makes an atmospheric setting for this thoughtfully structured enterprise by th ...

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• CASUAL DINING AWARD 2024 - STREET FOOD

  Pyke’N'Pommes - 53-55 Strand Road Londonderry, Co. Londonderry
  A legend for his authentic, quality-driven street food in Derry since 2013, the internationally-experienced chef and entrepreneur Kevin Pyke devel ...

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• SMALL STAY AWARDS 2024 - HIDEAWAY

  No. 1 Pery Square Hotel & Spa Limerick, Co. Limerick
  There is something seriously enticing about the idea of a hideaway in a city, somewhere special to retreat to away from the hustle and bustle. And ...

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• SUSTAINABILITY AWARD 2024

  Wren Urban Nest Dublin 2
  The 2007 closure of Andrew's Lane Theatre caused a lot of angst, but its eventual replacement with 'Dublin's most sustainable hotel' has proved a ...

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• FAMILY FRIENDLY HOTEL OF THE YEAR 2024

  McWilliam Park Hotel Claremorris, Co. Mayo
  In new ownership since 2018 and recently revamped, this well located, well-run and fairly priced hotel makes a good base for exploring the wider r ...

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• MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE AWARD 2024

  Ashford Castle Cong, Co. Mayo
  The ‘Memorable Experience’ award is one that resonates with everyone – and it’s interesting to see how many of those exper ...

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• CASUAL DINING AWARD 2024 - RESTAURANT & BAR

  Sadlers Restaurant & Bar Fethard, Co. Tipperary
  A new venture from the team behind the Cashel Palace Hotel (and with a good kitchen team overseen by their Director of Culinary, Stephen Hayes) an ...

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• BEST SUPPORTER OF IRISH FOOD & DRINK PRODUCERS 2024

  Coach House Boutique B&B Dromore, Co. Down
  Exciting developments in County Wicklow saw The Coach House in Roundwood re-opening in new ownership recently - and joining up with the brilliant ...

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