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We are delighted to have received this in the post last week - Tripadvisor 2019 Certificate of Excellence for Ballyvolane House.

Thank you to our Tripadvisor reviewers! Big thanks too to our brilliant staff who work tirelessly to delight our guests.

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We are looking forward to welcoming Clodagh McKenna and guests from Belmond Grand Hibernian to Ballyvolane House for a foraging trip and a Bertha’s Revenge Gin tasting next month.

Travel Writer Catherine Sabino writing for Forbes Magazine features Clodagh and how she has curated a gastronomy tour for the train. The article is entitled - Travel Ireland’s ‘Orient Express’ With This Cool Celebrity Chef.

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We are pleased to share this charming little film of the commissioning of our new gin still. The still was custom made for us by Carl in Germany. Many thanks go to Roger Overall of Show & Tell Communications for making the film. We hope you enjoy it.

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Delighted with this article on Ballyvolane House and Bertha’s Revenge Gin by Aisling O’Toole in ‘Ireland of the Welcomes Magazine’, May/June edition. Like the cover shot too. Thank you very much Aisling!

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We are delighted Bertha’s Revenge Gin has made the cut.

“Over the past couple of years, we’ve witnessed a number of new Gins popping up, all hailing from the Emerald Isle. Irish Gin is a relatively new thing, with distilleries in Ireland traditionally famed for producing Irish Whiskey. In fact, many producers started making Gin as a stop gap while their Whiskey matured.

Today, however, there are several Irish Gins which deserve recognition for being more than just commercial gimmicks or as stop-gaps in Whiskey production. Here’s our pick of the best Irish Gins. Sláinte!”

Thank you Flaviar!

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Happy and delighted. Ballyvolane House won Best Customer Service Award Munster at the Irish Restaurant Awards in Dublin.

The Irish Restaurant Awards took place on Monday, 13th May in the Clayton Hotel Burlington Road. Over 1,100 guests sat down to a black-tie gala dinner to celebrate and honour the hard work and achievements of those working in the Irish restaurant industry over the last 12 months. Attendees were treated to a black-tie gala dinner prepared by previous winners of the Irish Restaurant Awards. The Chef Team is handpicked by the Irish Restaurant Awards, with chefs representing each region of Ireland.

Loam Restaurant in Galway was named All-Ireland Best Restaurant 2019, while Graham Neville of Dax Restaurant, Dublin, was named All Ireland Best Chef and Everett’s Restaurant in Waterford was named All Ireland Best Newcomer. The All Ireland Pub of the Year is Doheny and Nesbitt from Dublin.

We are celebrating and this one is for the brilliant team working with us at Ballyvolane House. Thank you all.

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Cracking article entitled ‘Take to the Eire’ by Tatler’s Travel Editor Delilah Khomo. She says ‘What backstop? With grandeur, glamour and literary gems, the Emerald Isle sparkles this summer’, It’s in the June edition of Tatler Magazine UK. Delighted Ballyvolane House and Bertha’s Revenge Gin are featured and in such fine company too. Slainte and thanks Delilah!

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Nice piece in the Sunday Independent by Sophie White. Thanks Sophie!

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