Irish Breakfast Awards 2014 BEST B&B BREAKFAST AWARD 2014

The White Cottages, Skerries, Co Dublin

Although there are plenty of other reasons why people love staying at this outstanding B&B, the delicious and sociable way that each day begins is a big draw. In addition to the usual cereals, toast, juices, tea and coffee, hot breakfast options might include smoked salmon with scrambled eggs; bacon, egg and tomato; or a generous bowl of Greek yoghurt studded with fresh fruit, toasted almonds and honey.

You can have breakfast out on the terrace in fine weather – a perfect observation point for watching the seals and other wildlife, or you might spy the proprietor’s brother out in his fishing boat, checking his lobster pots.