Mornington House
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. More
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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. Anne and Warwick O’Hara first opened their doors to guests in 1986. ‘The house loves people,’ they say – and so, clearly, do they. Our inspector was much impressed by their hospitality and conversation. A stay begins with tea and cakes by the fire in an elegant dual-aspect drawing room with framed family photos on a grand piano, the wallpaper dating from 1896, when the building was substantially altered. The spacious bedrooms have period furniture, pretty fabrics, high ceilings, tall sash windows, fresh-cut flowers. A cooked breakfast, ordered the night before, is served at the dining-room table, with home-made bread and jams. They no longer offer dinner, but there is a well-liked gastropub in Multyfarnham, which is also home to a Franciscan abbey with life-size Stations of the Cross in the garden. Anglers can spend days fishing on loughs Derravaragh and Owel. There are golf courses nearby, and horse riding can be arranged.
Hotel details
Address
Multyfarnham
Co. Westmeath
N91N X92
Ireland
Telephone
00 353 44 937 219
Bedrooms
4.
Open
9 Apr–31 Oct (and for groups in Nov).
Facilities
drawing room, dining room, free Wi-Fi in reception and some bedrooms, 50-acre grounds (¾-acre garden, croquet, bicycle hire), converted stables (meetings, weddings, events), unsuitable for disabled.
Background music
none.
Children
welcomed by arrangement only.
Dogs
not allowed.
Credit cards
Amex, MC, Visa.
Prices
per room B&B single €105, double €160.
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This hotel accepts discount vouchers which entitle readers to a 25% discount off their normal B&B rate for a single night’s stay. Each printed copy of the Guide contains six vouchers worth in total about £150.
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