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We are delighted Ballyvolane House is a finalist of the Gold Medal Awards in the Ireland’s Country House/Guest House Experience category. The winners will be announced on 30th January 2024. In good company too. Fingers crossed. We are honoured to have been nominated as finalists in the following categories:

• Ireland’s Best Country House / Guest House Experience
• Ireland’s Menu Provenance Award
• Ireland’s Guest Experience

We would also appreciate if you could vote for us in the ‘Ireland’s Favourite Place to Stay’ category, just click on the link below to vote - we are in Munster.

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Justin Green is the owner of Ballyvolane House in County Cork. He is also the co-founder of Bertha’s Revenge Gin which is a small-batch Irish milky gin created on the grounds of Ballyvolane House. Here he talks to Melanie Mullan about Barbie, Action Man and a Dry Martini aperitif

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Dee Laffan chats with Justin Green of Ballyvolane House and Bertha’s Revenge Gin about celebrating 20 years running the historic house in Cork and creating one of Ireland’s best-loved craft gins.

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“Whilst chain hotels have careered down the path of the zombie breakfast buffet, there are still many, many people in Irish hospitality who understand that breakfast is the final experience that guests get to enjoy, so it is of the utmost importance to the experience of staying in Ireland.

Thing is, it’s not easy to do right.”

We are delighted Ballyvolane House was featured in this article by John and Sally McKenna as one of the standouts for championing Irish breakfast. Thank you!

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We are delighted Bertha’s Revenge Gin and our home Ballyvolane House are featured in Forbes Magazine in an article by Jillian Dara.

“It is the Irish equivalent of a French Chateaux with a vineyard on the estate. We have a historic house with a distillery in the farmyard,” shares Justin Green, cofounder of Bertha’s Revenge Irish Milk Gin and owner of Ballyvolane House.

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“When people speak of Ireland, they tend to get misty in the eye. Perhaps it’s because of familial connections, long ties that bind, or perhaps it’s due to the landscape dotted with ruins seemingly pulled out of a fairy tale. Maybe it is the Irish’s love of storytelling and music, or perhaps, as we would guess, it’s because of the Emerald Isle’s famed hospitality. Home to some of the most charming small hotels, family-run inns, and literal castles, staying in Ireland has the feel of moving in and out of a story book, where each day you can become something new, immerse yourself into a fresh page, another tale, and try it all on for size.”

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Ciara McQuillan singles out some hospitable hosts in The Gloss Magazine, Restaurant Notes Thank you for including Justin! In good company too.

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Massive thanks to Gemma Tipton for writing about Ballyvolane House in the Irish Times. The article coincides with National Heritage Week which is a celebration of Ireland’s built heritage.

Justin and Jenny took over the reins from Justin’s parents Jeremy and Merrie twenty years ago and the article looks back at how Ballyvolane House has evolved during this time. Preserving historic houses in important work and we were delighted to have had an opportunity to share our story with Gemma. She has captured the spirit(s) of the place perfectly (in terms of our ethos and in terms of another kind of spirit - Bertha’s Revenge Gin).

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