Mount Vernon

The name of Sorcha Molloy’s delightful accommodation is far from fanciful - when looking for it along the Longwalk, you may well find it signed by Arthur the visiting heron, sitting on a car roof at her door. The location must be the best of anywhere you could sta ...

This handsome waterside Georgian house was built on the early 1800's and completely rehabilitated by the present owner operators Victoria and David Bohan, before opening as Tea Rooms and Guest Accommodation in October 2011. It is wonderfully located in the centre of Gal ...

This deservedly popular Italian restaurant is part of an attractive off-street complex in the centre of Oranmore, which includes (in common ownership) The Coach House Hotel and a bar/bistro where a shorter version of the Basilico menu is served, offering stone baked pizz ...

Half an hour or so west of Galway city and handily located next door to TG4’s headquarters, Cork chef Diarmuid O'Mathúna's vibrant bi-lingual café is billed as 'the last stop before the Aran Islands' - and, scenically set in the thatched two storey bu ...

Handily located about halfway between the Dublin-Galway motorway and Loughrea, chef Danny Africano's unusual restaurant, Lignum, opened to well-deserved acclaim in September 2019. Instantly making rural East Galway a must-visit destination for food lovers, Lignum quickl ...

Emily Furey realised her dream of owning a coffee house and café when she opened Kelly’s in Mountbellew in spring 2021. She says it just felt right when she first walked into this former pub on the square in the thriving market town - there's a cast-iron pla ...