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We are delighted that Ballyvolane House is the recipient of TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Best of the Best Award 2020. We are chuffed to bits. Thank you to all of our guests who took the time to review us on TripAdvisor and not forgetting our wonderful colleagues who strive tirelessly to ensure our guests have a wonderful time when they stay with us.

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We are delighted to share our latest news. Jump on the link below to view our latest e-zine…

Splendid Isolation - Big House Rental summer 2020. COVID-19 Safety Promise. Tying the knot 2021 and beyond. Bertha’s Revenge ‘Herd Immunity’ Hand Sanitiser. Irish Times Restaurant Review by Catherine Cleary. Bertha’s Revenge Gin summer tipples.

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We hope you are all keeping safe and well. The gardens at Ballyvolane House are looking magical now and it’s a real shame we don’t have any guests here to take in the sights, sounds and smells. The house feels a bit quiet too as it purrs when it is full of people. We suspect options to rent a villa overseas this year will be somewhat curtailed and why not ‘staycation’ at home this summer in a glorious authentic Irish country house? The safety and well-being of our guests and staff is incredibly important to us now, more than ever. Rest assured we will follow and comply with all the Government guidelines and we feel Ballyvolane House is the perfect place to stay safe, relax in splendid surroundings and be your ‘home from home’ during the summer of 2020. All being well, we will reopen from 20th July 2020. 

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We are currently closed at present due to the Irish Government restrictions during this health crisis. The situation in Ireland is improving by the day with local transmissions falling. Following the Government’s roadmap to the easing of restrictions, we are looking forward to reopening Ballyvolane House to guests from the 20th July 2020.

The safety and well-being of our colleagues and guests is incredibly important to us now, more than ever. Rest assured we will follow and comply with all the Government guidelines to help prevent the spread of coronavirus.

We are so sorry that so many of our guests from overseas won’t be able to make it here this year, but we look forward to welcoming them next year instead. This summer we look forward to welcoming lots of guests based here in Ireland, especially those who would normally rent a villa somewhere in Europe but due to COVID-19, have decided to ‘staycation’ at home this year.

In the interests of protecting the safety of our staff and guests, we have decided to open the house on a private rental basis only this summer. It will be much easier to manage the risk of infection by having one family group or a small group of friends to stay.

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Ballyvolane House Spirits Company are following the World Health Organisation Guidelines and we have produced a liquid hand sanitiser and disinfectant that is highly effective and carries an alcohol content of between 75% to 80%. It’s quick drying and is ideal for refillable spray bottles.

Our sanitiser available to the public and to people in need in our community. Hand sanitiser plays a vital role is reducing and slowing the infection rates of Covid-19.

Please contact us on 025 36349 or email info@ballyvolanespirits.ie if you need supply.

We can supply in bulk too if you are looking for large volumes of hand sanitiser.

Keep safe and keep healthy!

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Delighted to share this blog posted by Celina from One Fab Day of a recent wedding featuring a lovely Irish couple living in Edinburgh. Like us, they are fans of Winnie The Pooh and the tables were named after locations in the 100 acre wood. Stunning pics by Martina California.They honeymooned in Japan for the Rugby World Cup 2019 afterwards. Happy memories of what was a very happy day. Thanks again for having chosen Ballyvolane House as the location for your wedding!

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We are delighted to be included in this feature in Conde Nast Traveller. HRH The Prince of Wales and HRH The Duchess of Cornwall stayed at Ballyvolane House in June 2018 and they were utterly charming as were their entire entourage. It was fantastic for Cork and the locality and we loved having them here. They enjoyed Bertha tipples too.

Written by Annabelle Spranklen for Conde Nast Traveller.

“BALLYVOLANE HOUSE, COUNTY CORK, IRELAND This magical family-run hotel in the County Cork countryside was the ideal place for a royal sleepover when Prince Charles and Camilla were on an official tour of Cork in the summer of 2018. Built in 1728, this historic house, which has been in the hands of the Green family since the 1950s, is surrounded by a bluebell-carpeted woodland and acres of luscious emerald fields, giving guests as much seclusion as they wish. Inside, gleaming polished floors and doors with painted panels of intricate flowers and chirpy birds await, a nod to the antique, vintage-inspired décor that takes over the rest of the house. There’s a homely feel to the place – expect one of the family’s terriers to roll over for a rub as well as a tasting of the homemade gin, called Bertha’s Revenge Gin; Prince Charles even took a bottle home.”

Thank you Annabelle!

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Due to the unprecedented and tsunami-like effects of the Coronavirus Covid-19 global pandemic and in the interests of the health and well being of our guests, colleagues, family and community, we have decided to temporarily close Ballyvolane House.

During this time, we applaud the amazing work of the healthcare professionals who together with other front line services are working tirelessly to diagnose, treat and heal those of us who are vulnerable or who have been infected.

We very much look forward to welcoming everyone back again to Ballyvolane House in the coming months when the weather is warmer, the gardens are more lush and the world has managed to get to grips with this dreadful virus.

In the meantime, should you need to get in touch, the office will remain open to take calls and respond to your emails and questions.

Mind yourselves, your families and your communities.

Best wishes,

Justin, Jenny and the team at BH

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