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Top 24 hotels in Ireland

24 memorable places to stay in Ireland, from grand landmarks to characterful boutique hotels.

24 hotels

  1. 1
    Grand & luxury

    The Shelbourne

    Dublin

    Landmark hotel on St Stephen's Green, opened in 1824, where the Irish Constitution was drafted in 1922.

  2. 2
    Historic & heritage

    Ashford Castle

    Cong

    Thirteenth-century castle on Lough Corrib, once a Guinness family estate, now a luxury hotel.

  3. 3
    Historic & heritage

    Adare Manor

    Adare

    Neo-Gothic manor house on the River Maigue with extensive parkland and a championship golf course.

  4. 4
    Grand & luxury

    The Merrion

    Dublin

    Hotel in four restored Georgian townhouses facing Government Buildings, known for its Irish art collection.

  5. 5
    Historic & heritage

    Dromoland Castle

    Newmarket-on-Fergus

    Ancestral seat of the O'Brien clan, a sixteenth-century castle hotel set in a large Clare estate.

  6. 6
    Country house

    Ballyfin Demesne

    Ballyfin

    Restored Regency mansion in 600 acres of parkland at the foot of the Slieve Bloom Mountains.

  7. 7
    Country house

    Park Hotel Kenmare

    Kenmare

    Victorian country hotel overlooking Kenmare Bay, a long-standing base for touring the Ring of Kerry.

  8. 8
    Country house

    Sheen Falls Lodge

    Kenmare

    Former residence of the Marquis of Lansdowne beside a waterfall on the Sheen River near Kenmare Bay.

  9. 9
    Country house

    Ballynahinch Castle

    Recess

    Former fishing lodge and castle estate on a salmon river amid the lakes and mountains of Connemara.

  10. 10
    Resort

    The K Club

    Straffan

    Estate hotel on the River Liffey built around Straffan House, host of the 2006 Ryder Cup.

  11. 11
    Resort

    Powerscourt Hotel

    Enniskerry

    Palladian-style resort hotel on the Powerscourt Estate with views of the Sugar Loaf mountain.

  12. 12
    Resort

    The Europe Hotel & Resort

    Killarney

    Lakeside resort on the shore of Lough Leane facing the MacGillycuddy's Reeks.

  13. 13
    Country house

    Mount Juliet Estate

    Thomastown

    Eighteenth-century Georgian manor in a 500-acre Kilkenny estate with a Jack Nicklaus golf course.

  14. 14
    Resort

    Castlemartyr Resort

    Castlemartyr

    Restored seventeenth-century manor beside the ruins of a medieval castle in East Cork.

  15. 15
    Historic & heritage

    Lough Eske Castle

    Donegal

    Restored nineteenth-century castle hotel in woodland near Donegal Town and the Bluestack Mountains.

  16. 16
    Country house

    Gregans Castle Hotel

    Ballyvaughan

    Country house hotel in the limestone landscape of the Burren, looking towards Galway Bay.

  17. 17
    Boutique & design

    The Cliff House Hotel

    Ardmore

    Contemporary hotel built into the cliffs above Ardmore Bay on the Waterford coast.

  18. 18
    Historic & heritage

    The Gresham

    Dublin

    Historic hotel on O'Connell Street, trading since 1817 and central to Dublin's social history.

  19. 19
    City hotel

    The Westbury

    Dublin

    Central Dublin hotel just off Grafton Street, popular with visitors to the city's main shopping district.

  20. 20
    Boutique & design

    The Dean

    Dublin

    Design-led hotel on Harcourt Street with a rooftop bar overlooking Dublin's Georgian skyline.

  21. 21
    Boutique & design

    The g Hotel

    Galway

    Galway hotel with interiors by milliner Philip Treacy, overlooking Lough Atalia.

  22. 22
    City hotel

    Hayfield Manor

    Cork

    Red-brick manor-style hotel in walled gardens near University College Cork.

  23. 23
    Resort

    Kelly's Resort Hotel

    Rosslare

    Family-run seaside hotel on Rosslare Strand, operated by the Kelly family since 1895.

  24. 24
    Budget & hostel

    Isaacs Hostel

    Dublin

    Long-established independent hostel in a former wine vault near Dublin's Busáras and Connolly Station.

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