K Club - Kildare Hotel & Golf Club

It would be hard to imagine a more luxuriously romantic location for a wedding than the K Club, especially for anyone with golfing connections - set in lush countryside, and overlooking formal gardens and its own pair of championship golf courses, the hotel boasts unrivalled opulence and provided a fine setting for the 2006 Ryder Cup.



Until it became an hotel in 1988 this magnificent building was known as Straffan House, and its history is known as far back as 550 AD - but it was the arrival of the Barton wine family in 1831 that gave it the distinctively French elegance we see today. The interior is magnificent, with superb furnishings and public areas are enhanced by a wonderful collection of original paintings by famous artists, including Jack B.Yeats, who has a room devoted to his work.



This wedding venues got Church of Ireland and Catholic churches nearby in the village, and wedding blessings can also be arranged at the hotel - which can cater for several very different types of weddings, ranging from small parties (up to 50 guests) in the Main House, to much larger parties (up to 250) in The Arnold Palmer Room or The Legacy Suite at the two golf clubhouses, where there is space for dancing. Everything is done on a grand scale at The K Club with, of course, a price tag to match - floral centrepieces, for example, come at €50 per table, and a wedding cake can be provided by the K Club’s chef - at about €1,250.



Menus are also predictably pricey, but outstanding food has always been one of the attractions of the hotel and the personal co-ordinator who assists with planning every aspect of the reception arranges a menu tasting with the chef for the bridal couple.



There are also some generous perks - a complimentary treatment for the bride and groom in the Kspa, for example, and also a complimentary bridal suite for the wedding night.



All suites and guest rooms at the hotel are individually designed in the grand style, with sumptuous bathrooms, superb amenities and great attention to detail - and there are no restrictions on the number of guests who qualify for the 10% discount offered.

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