The Best Hotels Near Courthouse, by the Record
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The old locomotive workshop is now a carriage house of guest rooms, which tells you everything about how this family-owned boutique hotel came to be. Set in the Boyne Valley village of Kilmessan, it's under an hour from Dublin and works equally well for a city escape or a longer stay. The main house keeps its period bones while the interiors lean into contemporary country-house comfort, and the Signal Restaurant pulls ingredients from the valley on most nights.
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A five-room guesthouse in the County Down hills where the beds are handmade and dressed in silk cashmere, and dinner is candlelit with produce from the property's own walled kitchen garden. The couple behind it met in Swiss finance, which explains the combination of Irish hospitality and very precise attention to detail. Small enough that you'll probably end up chatting with the owners, which, in this case, is a genuine draw.
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The Mountains of Mourne rise right outside the windows, which is reason enough to book a room at this grand Victorian hotel on the County Down coast. It has been around forever, and a recent renovation refreshed the lobby and guest rooms without stripping the old bones. Four restaurants keep you fed without venturing out, though the golf courses and coastal walks will pull you outside regardless.