Ballyvolane House - At A Glance

Know It All

Hit the spot
In the depths of rural County Cork

Be savvy
There are no room keys, locks or room numbers – and guests dine en famille

Be smitten
Knockout grounds and real family hospitality

Bedtime...

Rooms and suites
Six rooms

Special features
Bedrooms have huge beds, large baths, TV, radio and wi-fi.

Also…
Nibble at complimentary homemade chocolate biscuits, accompanied by the home-produced elderflower or blackcurrant cordial.

Pillow Talk
We liked Gran's Sitter, with its huge free-standing clawfoot bath inviting long soaks with a view.

Eat & Drink

Dining in
Dinner at Ballyvolane is served en famille. The dining room is old-fashioned country house, with ancestral portraits, a grand mahogany table laid with family silver and white linen, and spectacularly high ceilings laced with elaborate cornice work. Tuck into steamed globe artichokes (plucked from the walled garden) with hot butter, poached whole wild Blackwater salmon and wicked steamed syrup pudding. For breakfast expect the best in traditional Irish; with award winning white and black puddings, organic sausages and hen’s eggs from the family coop. Dinner à deux can be arranged if you prefer to dine privately.

Breakfast
Full breakfast is served until noon

Room service
No

See & Do

See & Do
Stroll through Ballyvolane's peaceful woods,  rhododendron-lined paths and statue-dotted gardens. Go fishing on some of the best beats on the Blackwater river (Ireland's finest salmon river) or – even if you're a novice – pick up a rod and try landing a rainbow trout from one of Ballyvolane's own lakes. Take a trip to the beautiful village of Lismore, or walk around the yacht-filled harbour of Kinsale. Immerse yourself in the area and watch a traditional hurling match or some Gaelic football (rather like a cross between rugby and soccer).

Spa
Try the Escape Salon & Spa at the Imperial Hotel in Cork, 30 minutes away.

Diary Dates
June
The Cork Midsummer Festival celebrates local, national and international arts.

October
Catch some of the biggest names in music at the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival.