"One of Ireland's best-loved country-house hotels, this quiet, low-key retreat is a romantic, creeper-covered Georgian house, set amid pretty gardens with a splendid view." Full review

"Family-owned 18th-century country house hotel in The Burren, overlooking beautifully landscaped gardens, mountains and Galway Bay." Full review

"Robbie McCauley is the new head chef at the exceptional in-house restaurant of the Gregans Castle Hotel...he continues the restaurant's tradition of creating exquisite menus " Full review

"This hidden Clare gem is housed in a grand 18th-century manor...21 rooms and suites combine antiques with contemporary countrified furnishings (and purposely no TVs); some open to private garden areas" Full review

"Far from the grim stone fortress conjured by the name, Gregans Castle turns out to be something quite a bit more refined and urbane: not a castle at all, it’s a 250-year-old manor house, lovingly maintained, thoroughly renovated, and reopened as a charming and elegant country house hotel, the sort of place that’s far too high-class to boast about the famous names in the guest book" Full review

"Amid beautiful gardens beside a river and cascade, 1km west of Oughterard's centre, this double-fronted B&B is garlanded by wisteria." Full review