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Built for a bishop in about 1760, Rathmullan House has been a beacon of Donegal hospitality since the early ’60s.

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Limerick

It’s hard to believe that this boutique hotel, in a Grade 1 listed town house, at the corner of one of Ireland’s most perfectly preserved Georgian terraces, was once a youth hostel.

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Temple House, Ballymote

The anticipation builds as you follow a half-mile drive through sheep-grazed pastures to Roderick and Helena Perceval’s 18th-century classical mansion, remodelled in 1864.

Gregans Castle Hotel, Ballyvaughan

This ‘epitome of Irish country house hospitality’ overlooks Galway Bay, in the dramatic Burren landscape, said to have been the inspiration for Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.

Enniscoe House, Ballina

‘More comfortable home than guest house’, this classic Georgian house stands in deep countryside at the foot of Nephin mountain.

Marlfield House, Gorey

Built for the Earls of Courtown, this Regency-style, 19th-century dower house has been run as an ‘absolutely lovely’ hotel by the Bowe family for more than 40 years.

Newport House, Newport

‘It was like going back into the past and being treated like guests in a private home’ for a reader this year after a stay at Kieran Thompson’s Georgian mansion overlooking the estuary and quay on Clew Bay.

Ballymaloe House, Shanagarry

Fifty-seven years after Myrtle Allen opened a restaurant in her home on her husband’s farm, her values are still articles of faith at this legendary country house hotel.

Ballyvolane House, Fermoy

A house-party atmosphere prevails at Jenny and Justin Green’s Italianate mansion set amid romantic gardens and parkland.

Mornington House, Multyfarnham

Home to the O’Hara family since 1858, this Irish country manor house with its gardens and wooded grounds lies just outside the village, in a landscape of rolling hills and ancient forests.

The Quay House, Clifden

There’s personality aplenty at this family-run B&B ‘stuffed with antiques and curios’ in a former Georgian harbourmaster’s house and three of its neighbours, overlooking Owenglin estuary.

Castle Leslie Estate, Glaslough

The claim that Clan Leslie ‘can trace its ancestry back to Attila the Hun’ might give you pause, but fear not: the warmest Irish welcome awaits at this baronial-style Victorian pile on a 1,000-acre estate with three lakes and an equestrian centre.

Sheedy’s, Lisdoonvarna

The small town ‘wraps itself around’ Martina and John Sheedy’s peachy yellow hotel, on a hilltop with ‘lovely’ views of Clare ‘to catch the heart off guard and blow it open’, as the poet Seamus Heaney puts it.

Viewmount House, Longford

This elegant 17th-century country house set among orchards and beautifully designed gardens ‘ticks every box’ for readers.

Lorum Old Rectory, Bagenalstown

If the locally made grandfather clock in the hall is the beating heart of this Victorian rectory-turned-B&B in the Barrow river valley, hostess Bobbie Smith is the life and soul.

Sea Mist House, Clifden

Just off the scenic Connemara Loop, this B&B has been in the same family for three generations, giving it a rich, lived-in patina and making guests feel it is ‘like staying with friends’.

Killiane Castle Country House and Farm, Drinagh

If murder holes in a 15th-century fortified tower hint at a want of hospitality, the welcome in the adjacent stone farmhouse could not be warmer.

The Wilder Townhouse, Dublin

Frankie and Josephine Whelehan have transformed a Victorian red brick property a short walk from St Stephen’s Green into a chic city-centre bolt-hole.

Bushmills Inn, Bushmills

A short stroll from the world’s oldest distillery, there are peat fires, cosy nooks, a ‘secret’ library and well-considered bedrooms at this amiable 17th-century coaching inn on the Causeway Coastal Route.

Ard na Sidhe Country House Hotel, Killorglin

On the wooded shores of Lough Caragh, silent glades in the extensive gardens of this Irish sandstone-built manor house are ripe for discovery; hidden pathways open on to the water, and the mountains beyond.

Glenlohane, Kanturk

History is in the walls of this ivy-clad Georgian country house, which stands in lawns and parkland in the Blackwater valley, surrounded by the stately trees that have looked over it for centuries.

Frewin, Ramelton

From the stained-glass windows and airy, white-linened bedrooms to the bone china cups at tea, there’s an old-world charm at this creeper-covered former rectory, on the outskirts of a Georgian port town on the Wild Atlantic Way.

Ghan House, Carlingford

A tree’s length from the medieval town, the Carroll family’s listed Georgian house sits within castellated walled gardens, with views of the mountains that surround.

Knockeven House, Cobh

A gracious hostess in an elegant Victorian house, Pam Mulhaire welcomes B&B guests with hot drinks and home-baked scones.

Rosquil House, Kilkenny

Across the River Nore from the medieval town, Phil and Rhoda Nolan’s friendly B&B is well located for visiting Kilkenny’s castle and cathedral.

Schoolhouse Hotel, Dublin

In Ballsbridge, a tree-lined residential district within walking distance of the centre, this 19th-century schoolhouse by the Grand Canal is today a hotel with a restaurant and a ‘very jolly’ bar.

How to decide where to stay in Ireland

Ireland is one of the most beautiful islands in Western Europe. Dubbed the Emerald Isle, it is renowned for its stunning landscapes, beautiful rivers and lakes, and wind-swept beaches. Beautiful hotels, historic hotels, hotels for salmon and trout fishing, hotels for golf, and hotels for walking are all easily at hand.

But above all it is the charm of the natives that is reflected in some of the Good Hotel Guide’s favourite hotels where the warmth of the welcome remains truly Irish. In many of the smaller places, you will be received as a friend and given an unforgettable insight into the gentle Irish way of life.

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