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The Old Butter Roads Food Trails is super excited to be organising the 2nd year of the Summer Féile and this year looks to be even better than last year. Festivities kick off on Saturday May 05 with the Blarney/Cork Féile which will also include the official launch of The Féile.

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Photographer Grace McMahon took some great photos of a recent Bertha sessions evening at Ballyvolane.

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Delighted to be listed in One Fab Day’s ‘100 Best Wedding Venues in Ireland’. Thank you!

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Eat and drink your way around Co. Cork. We are delighted Ballyvolane House and Bertha’s Revenge Gin are featured in the new Taste Cork website. Really stunning pics by Jacqui McSweeney Photography. …

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Reena stayed at Ballyvolane House recently and wrote about her experience in these two stunning blogs.
“When you discover a secret gem like this one, it takes everything to stop yourself from sharing it with the world. I’ve been putting off …

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Listen back to Newstalk’s ‘Down to Business’ with Bobby Kerr chatting about Boutique Hotels with Justin of Ballyvolane House, Ray Byrne of Wineport Lodge & Patricia Roberts of One Perry Square. Great experience, thanks for having us on the …

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SLOE BERTHA – a warming tipple made by infusing wild sloes with Bertha’s Revenge Gin. The wild sloes are picked from the hedgerows around Ballyvolane and beyond when they ripen in the autumn. We then steep them in Bertha’s Revenge Gin for several months …

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We are also thrilled with the Good Hotel Guide 2018 Editors’ Choice Award for Fishing Hotel. Massive thanks to all the editors of the GHG. The salmon fishing season on the river Blackwater runs from 01 February to 30 September. …

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