An enchanting country house paradise in Cork, Ireland
The daffodils and crocuses are just out, the wild garlic is showing, spring is here at last!. Join us at O\'Brien Chop House this spring for our monthly Beer & Curry Feast...embrace your Irishness for a night of trad-music, feasting and singing on Paddy\'s Day Eve...treat your mother to a fine traditional Sunday lunch roast on April 03...
On Wild Salmon Day, we are raising the flag for a species that once shaped life and livelihoods along the River Blackwater.
In the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, spring, summer and autumn at Ballyvolane were defined by salmon anglers travelling here to fish the Blackwater. It was a vibrant part of rural tourism, supporting accommodation providers, ghillies, pubs, restaurants and local communities.
Today, that angling tourism has all but disappeared. Wild Atlantic salmon, once so abundant and so deeply woven into Irish folklore that it appeared on the old 10p coin, are now in crisis.
There are many contributing factors: climate change, rising sea temperatures, reduced zooplankton energy, overfishing, predation, poor river management, and the impact of fish farming — from sea lice to escaped farmed salmon weakening wild genetics.
But what is most difficult to accept is the lack of urgency in protecting one of Ireland’s most iconic species.
The collapse of wild salmon is not only an environmental tragedy. It is a cultural, economic and rural tragedy too.
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LOVE IS A STRANGER
JULY 17th – 19th 2026
LOVE IS A STRANGE returns to Ballyvolane House this summer. Full info coming soon…
Loyalty tickets - sold out Tickets on general release - June 4th
For up to date info, sign up to ALS mailing list on WWW.ANOTHERLOVESTORY.IE
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We are delighted to share that Ballyvolane House has been featured in HTSI in the Financial Times, in Cliodhna Prendergast’s segment on the world’s best hotel breakfasts.
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