One of the best reasons to venture out from Kilkenny city to nearby Bennettsbridge is to visit the Nicholas Mosse Pottery in their old mill which is located in a lovely rural setting on the banks of the River Nore.
The restored mill is beautifully sit ... more...
Gina Murphy's welcoming wine bar and restaurant is easily recognised by its bright turquoise facade. Its location very close to St Stephen's Green has attracted a lot of customers and they've also built up a clientèle of regulars who enjoy the f ... more...
The Slattery family’s unique property is an old railway junction, which was closed in 1963, and all the various buildings were converted to a make an hotel of charm and character.
Set in the heart of the Boyne Valley on 12 acres of woodlan ... more...
Brilliantly located in the heart of Georgian Dublin, The Leinster hit the ground running on its opening early in 2024. With its vivacious yet respectful reinvention of a classic 18th century townhouse, great staff – and the rooftop restau ... more...
Owned by Kevin and Caroline Clarke since 2007, Strabane’s leading restaurant is an attractive building near the courthouse, with pretty hanging baskets to welcome arriving guests, and menus displayed on both sides of the front door.
Inside, a se ... more...
The name of this delightful cafe is a bit of a double-entendre as relates to the Dublin word 'pup' meaning bold (naughty) child - and is also a place where customers' pups are made to feel welcome.
The café is in a series of higgledy pigg ... more...
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In rich pasture land beside the River Erne, Silke Cropp makes her wonderful range of goat, sheep and cows' milk cheeses. Silke is one of Ireland's longest-practising cheesemakers, and the original, Corleggy, is a natural rind hard goats' cheese with co ... more...
Just the sort of old pub advertising people dream about, this old bar looks as it must have done a hundred years ago, with its low ceilings, an ancient weathered bar and furniture and fires in winter in a big old room and then another behind.
Then it ... more...
Produced on the longest-established organic farm in Ireland, which was established by her parents Ben and Charlotte in 1976, Kitty Colchester’s ‘Second Nature’ Happy Heart extra virgin rapeseed oil was an early success story in the ne ... more...
Overlooking a park and the famous Siamsa Tire folk theatre, and close to the Aquadome, Tralee’s largest hotel is at the heart of activities throughout a wide area. A major refurbishment programme has recently been completed and all areas of the ... more...