Hotels for Christmas in Ireland

With breakfast served until noon, afternoon tea by the drawing room fire, shooting, fishing and communal dining, a house-party atmosphere prevails at this Georgian country house.

A former home for retired governesses, this boutique hotel has beautiful, quirkily styled rooms, from ‘shoebox’ to suites, with books by Irish writers, light bites in the Gin and Tea Rooms, a great breakfast in the Garden Room.