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2007 Award Winners
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Mount Juliet Conrad, Thomastown, Co KilkennyLying amidst 1500 acres of unspoilt woodland, pasture and formal gardens beside the River Nore, our Hotel of the Year is one of Ireland’s finest Georgian houses - and one of Europe’s g ...
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MacNean House & BistroAs all Ireland now knows, some of the best cooking in the country is to be found in the little border town of Blacklion, Co Cavan. I’ll never forget my first visit, early in 1993 - the resta ...
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The Roundwood Inn, Roundwood, Co WicklowModern gastro-publicans eat your hearts out: there’s nothing new in all this at all, as the owners of this atmospheric 17th century inn in the highest village in the Wicklow Hills could tell ...
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Stefan Matz, Ashford Castle, Cong, Co MayoIreland’s grandest castle hotel and one of the most beautifully located establishments in all Ireland, Ashford Castle needs no introduction from me – it is, quite simply, stunning.&nbs ...
more... - Féile Bia Award 2007
Sponsored by Bord Bia
The Ballymore Inn, Co KildareWe next move to Co Kildare, where we find a bar and restaurant that gives out a few subtle hints about what’s in store as you approach: the neatly painted cream and navy exterior, the clippe ...
more... - Seafood Restaurant of the Year 2007
Sponsored by Bord Iascaigh Mhara
Fishy Fishy Café, Kinsale, Co CorkStill in Co Cork, we move west to Kinsale. Martin and Marie Shanahan’s original Fishy Fishy Café was our Seafood Restaurant of the Year in 2001, when we noted that it was “the f ...
more... - Seafood Bar of the Year 2007
Sponsored by Bord Iascaigh Mhara
Aherne's Seafood Bar & Restaurant, Youghal, Co CorkNow in its third generation of family ownership, Aherne’s has a great reputation on several counts, including the FitzGibbon family’s hospitality and their luxurious accommodation. But ...
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Brooks Hotel, Dublin 2Tucked away in a narrow street just off St Stephen’s Green, this discreetly luxurious family-owned hotel is one of Dublin’s most desirable addresses, especially for business guests &nd ...
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Ely CHQ, IFSC, Dublin 1And now we move back to Dublin, and to a pair who have previously won the same award – but, in contrast to the cosy atmosphere of their original Dublin 2 premises, the style of their brave n ...
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Seamus & Aoife Brock, Teach de Broc, Ballybunion, Co KerryYou don’t have to play golf to appreciate this highly popular guesthouse but it certainly must help, as it’s almost within the boundaries of the Ballybunion links. The standard of comf ...
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Gregans Castle Hotel, Ballyvaughan, Co ClareWhat do we look for in the perfect Hideaway? Peace and quiet, big log fires, discreetly hospitable staff, soothing luxuriously furnished bedrooms – many of them romantic – and deliciou ...
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La Peniche, Grand Canal, Dublin 4Now we move back to Dublin and the Atmospheric Restaurant of the Year - we always have great fun thinking about the best establishments in this category and there are usually some real ...
more... - Ethnic Restaurant of the Year 2007
Sponsored by Sharwoods
Rasam, Dun Laoghaire, Co DublinIreland’s fast-growing multi-cultural population has seen an explosion of ethnic restaurants over the last few years but few can offer the combination of authentic regional Indian cooking, s ...
more... - Féile Bia Dish Award 2007
Sponsored by Bord Bia
Kevin Dundon, Dunbrody Country House Hotel, Co WexfordThere is a lot of talk about ‘modern Irish cooking’ these days, but it’s a rare enough treat to find it on your plate. But, down Wexford way, there’s a chef who loves nothi ...
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Farmgate, Midleton, Co CorkThis is the older sister to Kay Harte’s Farmgate Café - since 1983 Maróg O’Brien has been delighting visitors to Midleton town and consistently pleasing a happy band of d ...
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Sha-Roe Bistro, Clonegal, Co CarlowVisitors to the pretty village of Clonegal (“on the road to nowhere, on the border of Carlow and Wexford…”) have treat in store, as this is where Henry Stone and Stép ...
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Rathmullan HouseDonegal has an other-worldliness that is increasingly hard to capture in the traditional family holiday areas and, although it has grown a lot of over the years – most recently with the addi ...
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Killyon House, Navan, Co MeathOf late much has been made of the difficulties faced by the traditional B&B sector in Ireland – but don’t be too quick to write it off, as long as places like Michael and Sheila Fo ...
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Glasha, Ballymacarbry, Co WaterfordHigh up in a mountain valley in beautiful, unspoilt West Waterford, Paddy & Olive O’Gorman’s spacious farmhouse beside the River Nire is idyllically located where the Comeragh and ...
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Dingle Skellig Hotel, Dingle, Co KerryThere is a special art to providing the framework for successful family holidays in an hotel, and it lies firstly in ensuring that the different needs of both adults and children are catered for a ...
more... - Irish Breakfast Awards 2007
Sponsored by Rudd's
National Breakfast Awards 2007There are many small ways in which establishments can make a lasting impression on their guests but – although this is in a sense beginning at the end – there are few to beat the impac ...
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Farmgate Café, Englishmarket, Cork CityA younger sister of the Farmgate Country Store and Restaurant in Midleton, Kay Harte’s Farmgate Café shares the same commitment to serving fresh, local food - and, as it is located in ...
more... - - Best Hotel Breakfast 2007
Sponsored by Rudd'sPortaferry Hotel, Co Down - - Best Country House Breakfast 2007
Sponsored by Rudd'sBallinderry Park, Co Galway - - Best Guesthouse Breakfast 2007
Sponsored by Rudd'sGlenogra House, Dublin 4 - - Best B&B Breakfast 2007
Sponsored by Rudd'sKillyon House, Co Meath - - Best Café Breakfast 2007
Sponsored by Rudd'sFarmgate Café, Cork City
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Apps and Books
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Georgina Campbell's Ireland - The Best of the Best
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From Tide to Table by Georgina Campbell
Paperback edition of From Tide to Table - Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Buying, Preparing & Cooking Fish and Seafood by Georgina Campbell
