2024 Awards

• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• GASTRO-PUB OF THE YEAR 2024

  Deerpark Inn Virginia, Co. Cavan
  Nobody does it better than Richard Corrigan when it comes to creating a sense of authentic Irish atmosphere - and with terrific local food, friend ...

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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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• 5-STAR HOTEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024

  Sheen Falls Lodge Kenmare, Co. Kerry
  Open since 1991 and set in a 300-acre estate across the river from Kenmare town, this gently contemporary hotel has welcoming fires burning in the ...

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• HOSTS OF THE YEAR 2024

  Marlfield House and The Duck Cafe-Restaurant Gorey, Co. Wexford
  The hospitality gene runs strong and deep in the Bowe family, who have operated their Wexford gem, Marlfield House, as ‘the luxury country h ...

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

  Dart Mountain Cheese Claudy, Co. Londonderry
  Dart Mountain Cheese is the big dairy success story of the North-West region. Julie and Kevin Hickey’s business on the banks of the Faughan ...

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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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• GLOBAL CUISINES AWARD 2024

  Nightmarket Dublin 6
  Restaurateur Conor Sexton and his partner Juturat Suwankeeree (aka R) bring deeply flavoured regional Thai cooking of the rustic food of Chiang Ma ...

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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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• BUSINESS HOTEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024

  Horse and Jockey Hotel Thurles, Co. Tipperary
  Once discovered, few would travel between Cork and Dublin without a stop at the Horse & Jockey and there are good reasons for that. A hotel of ...

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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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• BOUTIQUE HOTEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024

  Elephant Rock Hotel Portrush, Co. Antrim
  The rise of the boutique hotel is a welcome trend in Irish hospitality and, at its best, this is a genre that is providing a wonderfully quirky mi ...

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• ATMOSPHERIC DESTINATION OF THE YEAR 2024

  Old Inn, The Crawfordsburn, Co. Down
  Simply oozing with genuine old-world ambience, this famous 16th century inn - the oldest in continuous use in all Ireland - is sure to steal your ...

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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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• TRADITIONAL PUB OF THE YEAR 2024

  Thomas Connolly Sligo, Co. Sligo
  Everybody loves a good old fashioned Irish pub complete with cosy snugs and grocery shelves behind the bar, but too many are closing and we need t ...

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• INNOVATION AWARD 2024

  Ballykilcavan Farm & Brewing Company Stradbally, Co. Laois
  It's hard to get your head around the story of a place like Ballykilcavan Farm in deepest Laois, where the Walsh family has worked the land since ...

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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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• 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 - 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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• 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 - 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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• ‘NATURAL FOOD’ AWARDS 2024 (PRODUCERS) - FRESH PRODUCE

  Waterfall Farms Co. Cork, South West
  A name to look out for on menus in the Cork region, Declan and Rosemary Martin started Waterfall Farms in 1967 growing just a few vegetables and s ...

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• VISITOR ATTRACTION 2024

  The Shed Distillery & Jackalope Café Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
  Build it and they will come could have been the mantra for P.J. Rigney whose vision conceived The Shed Distillery in Drumshanbo. Taking quality an ...

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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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• 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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