2024 Awards

• 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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• 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 - 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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• FINE DINING HOTEL RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR 2024

  The Cliff House Hotel Ardmore, Co. Waterford
  A bold modern boutique hotel overlooking Ardmore Bay, this chic five-star bolthole near Dungarvan has many strings to its bow, not least its setti ...

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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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• 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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• 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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• ‘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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• ‘MOVERS & SHAKERS’ AWARD 2024

  Woodcock Smokery Castletownshend, Co. Cork
  A passionate believer in the value of tradition when it comes to indigenous food – and especially fish - the legendary West Cork fish smoker ...

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• PET FRIENDLY DESTINATION OF THE YEAR 2024

  Seaview House Hotel Ballylickey, Co. Cork
  Finding the right place to stay can make all the difference to a holiday or short break when travelling with your four-legged friend. But it&rsquo ...

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• ‘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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• CHEF OF THE YEAR

  Ballynahinch Castle Hotel Recess, Co. Galway
  Hailing originally from Northern Ireland, Danni Barry worked in many acclaimed kitchens including Simon Rogan’s L’Enclume before retur ...

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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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• 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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• IRISH BREAKFAST AWARDS 2024 - IRISH BREAD AWARD

  Castle Grove Country House Hotel Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
  Simple as it may sound, The Irish Bread Award is one of our most important accolades. Originally the idea of Donegal native and former Director Ge ...

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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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• WINE EXPERIENCE 2024

  Ristorante Rinuccini Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
  Established in 1989 by Antonio and Marion Cavaliere, this well-known restaurant is in a semi-basement in the impressive terrace opposite Kilkenny ...

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