News › Archive of 2021

A massive thank you to everyone who stayed and visited Ballyvolane House over the last year. It’s been a challenging time for everyone and especially the hospitality sector but we did enjoy a busy summer of hosting staycationers, house parties, glamping as well as some weddings. We would also like to thank everyone involved in our shoot which brings us a lot of fun during the winter months.

Our sympathy goes out to so many of our wedding couples who have had to postpone, postpone and postpone again and all being well, we are looking forward to finally hosting their weddings in 2022.

We also opened the gardens and a café to the public during the summer which was really well supported by the local community. We did miss visitors from overseas and we hope to see them trickling back next year. We also missed not being able to put on our monthly Bertha Sessions live-music and other cultural events - next year.

Bertha’s Revenge Gin is trucking along well despite the on-trade being closed for a large part of this year. We have got Bertha into some new export markets around the world and we are excited and optimistic about the future. We are especially looking forward to jumping on a plane again in 2022 to share Bertha love with our friends and distributors overseas.

The biggest thanks of all go to our amazing team who work with us day in day out and keep the ship sailing on. They have been utterly brilliant during what has been a very testing time for everyone.

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Love and best wishes,

Justin & Jenny

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We are delighted to have a stall at “A Taste of Christmas” this coming Sunday, 28th November from 12noon to 4pm at Fr. Ferris Park in Castlelyons.

Hope to see you there!

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Our boxes are back! From sloe gin cocktails to the Ballyvolane breakfast mugs, these gift boxes represent all things great about staying at Ballyvolane House. Or give one of our vouchers to a loved one, so they can enjoy the experience of Ballyvolane House for themselves.

We have created three one-of-a kind boxes. A huge amount of time and thought has gone into sourcing high quality items that compliment each other, and we have carefully put them together into a number of beautifully presented boxes. Some gifts are from the house itself accompanied by other fantastic treats from across Ireland and beyond!

They all have the theme of an indulgent stay at Ballyvolane House. These boxes can be sent throughout the island of Ireland.

Alternatively give one of our vouchers to a loved one, so they can enjoy the experience of Ballyvolane House for themselves.

Our gift vouchers can be sent out worldwide.

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The European Historic Houses represents +50,000 private historic houses across Europe and the EHH has launched an initiative called ‘Houses of the Month’ which is an invitation to take part in a journey through the cultural heritage premises. With this new project, the EHH wants to offer their audience more than a guided tour. The objective is to spotlight the passion, talent, courage and hard work of our owners, as well as the importance of such buildings in our common history.

Ballyvolane House is part of Ireland’s privately-owned built heritage. Preserving built heritage in private hands in Ireland and across Europe is important work as they add enormously to our cultural and heritage landscape. Ballyvolane House is a member of the Historic Houses of Ireland.

Thank you to the EHH for giving us an opportunity to share our journey and to showcase how we are committed to preserving our home for the future.

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Bertha’s Revenge Navy Strength picked up 2 Gold Stars at the Great Taste Awards 2021. This is the highest score Ballyvolane House Spirits Company has achieved for their gin so far.

Great Taste is the largest and most trusted accreditation scheme for fine food and drink. It supports, promotes and mentors artisan food producers large and small, who want to supply the UK independent retail sector and overseas stores selling fine food.

Great Taste offers a unique benchmarking and product evaluation service leading to an independent accreditation that encourages confidence and commercial success for small business, generating greater awareness for products locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.

Since 1994, more than 130,000 products have been put through this robust judging process. Each one is fastidiously blind-tasted by selected chefs, buyers, fine food retailers, restaurateurs, food critics and writers over 70 judging days.

We are delighted with this award.

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It was an absolute pleasure to host the Historic Houses of Ireland AGM at Ballyvolane House on 3rd September. It was lovely to see everyone face to face at last. The AGM was held in the hay barn which was followed by lunch in the dining terrace. Justin gave everyone a tour of the house and gardens after lunch. Thank you to everyone for coming.

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We are chuffed to bits that Naval Bertha has reached the finals of the Blas na hÉireann Irish Food Awards 2021. The winners will be announced on 2nd October.

Now in it’s 14th year, Blas na hEireann, The Irish Food Awards is the biggest competition for quality Irish produce on the island of Ireland. Products from every county on Ireland were entered into the 2020 competition to win Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards in a broad range of food and drink categories as well as key awards such as Supreme Champion and Best Artisan Producer.

The Blas na hÉireann Awards are a fantastic showcase of the best artisan produce from the island of Ireland.

Fingers-crossed!

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