2016 Award Winners FARMHOUSE OF THE YEAR 2016

Trean House, Inishowen, Co Donegal

The idea of a farm stay is heaven to many visitors to Ireland, and to families living in cities.

An engaging rural experience is what guests at Joyce and Mervyn Norris’s welcoming coastal farm can expect, and what a treat that is.

Ironically some technical detail has excluded them from the Wild Atlantic Way, but the Atlantic is there alright, just a few yards away, and you can enjoy the changing light on the sea while you watch the locals playing football on their beachside pitch.

Warm hospitality, good home baking, an open fire, lovely gardens and simple, immaculately clean accommodation is what’s on offer here - and if that isn’t authentic I don’t know what is.