Gold Medal Award for Excellence 2009 & Country House of the Year 2009

Dunbrody Country House Hotel Ireland is a small luxury hotel in Wexford located on the dramatic Hook Peninsula on Ireland’s south coast.  Owned and operated by husband and wife team Kevin & Catherine Dundon, Dunbrody luxury hotel Ireland reflects their joint passion for excellence in all areas - fine food and a friendly, relaxed service combined with luxury accommodation all within the centuries-old walls of this beautiful Georgian property. 

Set in 300 acres of gardens and estate the luxury Dunbrody House hotel in Wexford is close to nature but far from the ordinary.  Re-define your interpretation of the traditional Irish country house hotel.  Yes, you will find the expected relaxed elegance of its Georgian origins with the original 1830s Irish oak floors, pitched pine window shutters, high ceilings, twinkling chandeliers and crackling turf fires.  But this is all mixed with a palette of rich, earthy colours, plenty of natural sunlight streaming in the picture windows, all the modern must haves such as wi-fi, Böse DVD/CD players, chic champagne bar and terrace. 

Also available to book is the Lodge at Dunbrody - a wonderful 3 bedroom lodge in the private courtyard with stunning formal sitting room, open turf fire, sunny and spacious kitchen with separate morning and evening patios.  All original features are intact and enhanced with beautiful interiors and very comfortable furnishings. 

"Ease, elegance, excellence." Seamus Heaney 18/06/08

"Smart and civilised, yet also sparky, Dunbrody in Co. Wexford is everything we want in a country-house hotel.

300 acres of parkland and the fabulous desolate rocky coast to explore. Rooms are filled with Victorian paintings,

thick, silky curtains and 50s Boy's Own books..."    Tatler Magazine September 2008.

Dunbrody country house hotel in Wexford has always been about chilling out and taking some me-time.  In the Winter months guests enjoy the late breakfast (served til Noon each day), reading the papers in front of one of the crackling turf fires, catching up on sleep with a lazy afternoon nap before sampling the delights of the Harvest Room restaurant later on.  Winter brings crisp frosty mornings perfect for a short stroll throug the woodland walk to visit the chickens or Kevin's pot-bellied pig Delago. When its blowing a gale head for the Hook Lighthouse or Carivan Beach for a more energising walk to really blow away the cobwebs and work up an oppetite for later on.  The Hook Peninsula boasts a host of different activities - 14 different beaches, plenty of ruined castles, abbeys and houses, the Kennedy Arboretum & Homestead and of course some lovely fishing villages complete with a choice of country pubs.

Don’t forget to recharge the body and soul at the intimate spa where the focus is all on pampering.   For those wishing to brush up on their culinary skills there is the world-renowned Dunbrody Cookery School.  Sometimes, it is all too easy to not leave the grounds of Dunbrody at all during your stay. 

Hotel & Catering Review

 

PRESS RELEASE 21 SEPTEMBER 2009

 

Dunbrody Country House Hotel Scoops Top Industry Award

 

DUNBRODY HOUSE, the country house hotel owned by celebrity chef Kevin Dundon and his wife Catherine, has been awarded the highest accolade in the Irish hospitality industry, the Hotel & Catering Review Gold Medal Award for Excellence 2009.

Described by the Gold Medal Awards’ esteemed industry judges as ‘the gem of the Irish hospitality industry’, Dunbrody Country House Hotel beat 13 other category winners to the top title, following its earlier triumph in the Country Houses & Guesthouses category, sponsored by Laurent-Perrier champagne. 

‘Dunbrody House, led by husband and wife team Kevin and Catherine Dundon, is a true standard-bearer for the Irish hospitality industry,’ said Sarah Grennan, editor of Hotel & Catering Review and chair of the Hotel & Catering Review Gold Medal Awards Jury. ‘This smart country house wows guests with its warm atmosphere, sumptuous facilities, stunning gardens, wonderful cookery school and spa, flawless service and its sophisticated, modern Irish food served in its award-winning restaurant. Dunbrody is a very worthy winner of our top award and should rightly be hailed a star of the Irish hospitality industry.’

"Thank you for the Fáilte", Mary McAleese, President of Ireland

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