| there's a bar and a salon, plus grand parlours with stained-glass and chandeliers. there's free wi-fi in public areas. archery and clay pigeon shooting can be arranged. annexe rooms are traditional and offer sleigh or 4-poster beds. cooked irish breakfast and candle-lit dinners in the opulent restaurant are included. this elegant hotel in a lavish 1715 castlesque mansion with multiple annexes is 22 km from dunmore caves and 27 km from ballaghmore castle. some have exposed beams and fireplaces. genteel rooms in the home's original bedrooms offer high-end georgian decor and furnishings. . old-school rooms in the eaves offer classic asian decor
Dublin Airport 1 hr 20
Catholic Church of the Most Holy Rosary, Abbeyleix (11 min) The Blackbird Gallery (14 min)
Art museum and art Castleview Open Farm (9 min) Abbeyleix Bog Walk (9 min) Aghaboe Abbey (14 min) Cullahill Castle (8 min) Heywood Gardens (Lutyens) (14 min)
50-acre gardens designed by Lutyens & finished in 1912 featuring a sunken walled garden with a pond. Abbeyleix Heritage House (10 min) Dunmore Cave (22 min)
Striking calcite formations adorn this cave system that was the site of a Viking massacre in 928AD. Donaghmore Workhouse & Agricultural Museum (22 min) Castlecomer Discovery Park (22 min)
80-acre activity park with walking trails, kids' play areas, fishing lakes and a canopy walkway. | 
