The Best Hotels Near Chez Hans, by the Record
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A Palladian manor on the main street of Cashel, where the Rock of Cashel's medieval towers are visible from the garden and some suites look straight up at them. It's been around forever, had its celebrity moment, went a bit quiet, then came back sharper after a full renovation by new owners who also happen to be in the equestrian business, so a trail ride can be arranged. The hotel holds 2 Michelin Keys, and dinner at Bishop's Buttery rounds out the stay nicely.
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A restored 1830 Georgian townhouse in Limerick's handsome Pery Square, holding a Michelin Key, with period rooms whose tall sash windows overlook the garden and a candlelit basement spa. Fifteen rooms lean toward a clubbier modern feel, but the original-style ones are harder to shake. The Long Room restaurant and a bar doing bespoke cocktails round things out, with afternoon tea in the drawing room for anyone who needs a reason to sit still.
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A Regency country house an hour from Dublin, sitting on 614 acres of parkland with just 20 rooms and a Gardeners Cottage that sleeps two in its own private residence. The interiors are the kind of opulent antique-and-modern mix that makes you feel vaguely underdressed. The conservatory is reached through a secret door hidden in the library bookshelves, which is exactly as good as it sounds. Michelin awarded it 3 Keys.
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The indoor pool hangs over the Atlantic, which is either the hotel's greatest trick or its most unfair argument for booking a second night. The Cliff House is a sleek, contemporary hotel on Ireland's south coast, an hour outside Cork, where every room faces the sea through floor-to-ceiling glass and the beds are the kind you negotiate with at checkout. A spa, a Michelin-starred restaurant, and very little reason to leave the property.