Best romantic hotels in Ireland - Good Hotel Guide

Best romantic hotels in Ireland

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Temple House

Temple House, Ballymote

A private drive loops through native woodland and pastures to this classical mansion overlooking a ruined Knights Templar castle and teeming fishing lake in W B Yeats country.

Gregans Castle Hotel

Gregans Castle Hotel, Ballyvaughan

It may not be a castle but this rambling 18th-century manor house, wrapped in gardens and with views over the otherworldly karst landscape of the Burren, has its own romantic charm.

Ballymaloe House

Ballymaloe House, Shanagarry

‘We enjoyed a walk in the extensive grounds with the hotel’s biodiversity champion,’ write readers on a visit to this legendary Irish country house hotel that is passionate about locally sourced food.

Ballyvolane House

Ballyvolane House, Fermoy

With breakfast served until noon, afternoon tea by the drawing room fire, shooting, fishing and communal dining, a house-party atmosphere prevails at this Georgian country house.

The Mustard Seed at Echo Lodge

The Mustard Seed at Echo Lodge, Ballingarry

Every painting, sculpture and piece of furniture feels cherished and chosen at John Edward Joyce’s Victorian country mansion in landscaped gardens.

Killiane Castle Country House and Farm

Killiane Castle Country House and Farm, Drinagh

Guests are welcomed with tea or coffee and home-baked biscuits at the Mernagh family’s farmhouse B&B beside a 15th-century fortified tower house.

Frewin

Frewin, Ramelton

On the outskirts of a Georgian port town on the Wild Atlantic Way, peaceful, old-world charm is found at Regina Gibson and Thomas Coyle’s relaxing B&B in a Victorian rectory.

Rosleague Manor

Rosleague Manor, Letterfrack

Drive under a leafy canopy to this pink-washed manor house ‘in rhododendron-filled gardens rolling down to the shore of Ballinakill Bay’.

Coopershill

Coopershill, Riverstown

Simon and Christina O’Hara and rescue collie Juno delight in welcoming guests to their Georgian ancestral home, a mile off-road, on a 500-acre wooded estate with deer park.

Castle Leslie Estate

Castle Leslie Estate, Glaslough

The Leslie clan's High Victorian pile overlooking a lake is a stupendous trove of Grand Tour treasures and family lore.

Stella Maris

Stella Maris, Ballycastle

Though it styles itself a ‘country house’ and stands amid gently rolling hills, the sea provides the drama at Frances Kelly-McSweeney's former coastguard’s HQ on the Wild Atlantic Way.

Inis Meain Restaurant and Suites

Inis Meain Restaurant and Suites, Aran Islands

Remote and remarkable, Ruairí and Marie-Thérèse de Blacam’s sustainably run restaurant-with-suites blends in to the rugged landscape of Aran island.

The Montenotte Hotel

The Montenotte Hotel, Cork

In tiered gardens, an impressive panorama spreads over the city and harbour from this large, modern hotel with an artistic bent.

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