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Galley Head Lightkeeper's HousevsBallymaloe House
Both properties are praised by professional travelers. Overall, Ballymaloe House Hotel is the choice of most professionals compared to Galley Head Lightkeeper's House. Ballymaloe House Hotel scores 85 with recommendations from 5 publications such as Frommer's, Afar Magazine and Fodor's.
Galley Head Lightkeeper's House
Frommer's
Afar Magazine
Dun Deide, Clonakilty, Co.Cork, Clonakilty
From $0/night
- Free Parking
- Kitchenette
Frommer's "It's actually two connecting houses, which can be rented separately or together...Both houses have sturdy mahogany furnishings, oversized sofas and armchairs, a fireplace in every room." Full review
Afar Magazine "The lightkeepers at Galley Head Lighthouse, County Cork, once lived in these houses, set right beside the lighthouse tower." Full review
Ballymaloe House
Fodor's
Condé Nast Traveler
Hideaway Report Frommer's
The Telegraph
Lonely Planet
Shanagarry
From $333/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
Fodor's "The fountainhead of New Irish cuisine... a bigger dose of country charm can be found in some guest rooms cocooned in floral wallpapers." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler "Spread across a 400-acre estate in rural eastern Cork, this seventeenth-century stone mansion earns a perfect score for "service that has to be experienced to be believed."" Full review
Hideaway Report91.0
"Gastronomic hotel in a charming country house with a vine-clad façade east of Cork near a lovely part of the coast." Full review
Frommer's "Combining a Georgian farmhouse facade with the tower of a 14th-century castle, this ivy-covered enclave of hospitality... is on a working farm, complete with grazing sheep and cows." Full review
The Telegraph9.0
"Ballymaloe has been run as a hotel and restaurant by Myrtle Allen and her family since 1964, in conjunction with the famous Ballymaloe Cookery School founded by her daughter-in-law, Darina Allen." Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"The rooms have been individually decorated with period furnishings and are a pleasing mass of different shapes and sizes." Full review
