Latest News & Events

We are delighted Ballyvolane House is a finalist of the Gold Medal Awards in the Ireland’s Country House/Guest House Experience category. The winners will be announced on 30th January 2024. In good company too. Fingers crossed. We are honoured to have been nominated as finalists in the following categories:

• Ireland’s Best Country House / Guest House Experience
• Ireland’s Menu Provenance Award
• Ireland’s Guest Experience

We would also appreciate if you could vote for us in the ‘Ireland’s Favourite Place to Stay’ category, just click on the link below to vote - we are in Munster.

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Recharge after the festive madness with a stay at Ballyvolane House. It’s the perfect remedy with bracing walks in the glorious countryside (bring your pooch), warming tipples, cosy fires, hearty food and long soaks in deep baths. We are open from Wednesdays to Saturdays throughout the winter months and we look forward to welcoming our guests in 2024. 

We have extended our opening times to include Sunday night for all the bank holidays. Also, we have extended our opening dates for the Easter holidays. 

St. Brigid’s Weekend - 2nd to 4th February

St. Patrick’s Weekend - 15th to 17th March

Easter Hols - late March to early April

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Or friend and fly-fishing legend Glenda Powell is launching the FISH-LIVE-LEARN with Glenda Powell Irish Salmon Challenge for the coming season. As keen conservationists and anglers ourselves (when time allows), we are delighted to support this event and we have donated a magnum of Sloe Bertha which the winner will receive along with lots of other fabulous prizes.

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We would like to wish all our dear friends, family, our amazing team working with us, guests, producers and suppliers a merry Christmas and a peaceful and happy New Year. Thank you for your support throughout 2023.

We are living in challenging times and whilst we are lucky to be living in the safety and security of Ireland, let’s hope 2024 brings peace and joy to all.

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Justin Green is the owner of Ballyvolane House in County Cork. He is also the co-founder of Bertha’s Revenge Gin which is a small-batch Irish milky gin created on the grounds of Ballyvolane House. Here he talks to Melanie Mullan about Barbie, Action Man and a Dry Martini aperitif

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Dee Laffan chats with Justin Green of Ballyvolane House and Bertha’s Revenge Gin about celebrating 20 years running the historic house in Cork and creating one of Ireland’s best-loved craft gins.

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“Whilst chain hotels have careered down the path of the zombie breakfast buffet, there are still many, many people in Irish hospitality who understand that breakfast is the final experience that guests get to enjoy, so it is of the utmost importance to the experience of staying in Ireland.

Thing is, it’s not easy to do right.”

We are delighted Ballyvolane House was featured in this article by John and Sally McKenna as one of the standouts for championing Irish breakfast. Thank you!

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HAPPY WORLD SUSTAINABILITY DAY! We are passionate about sustainability, reducing our carbon emissions and improving biodiversity. We have been working hard over the past few years and we have set ourselves some ambitious targets in an effort to become more sustainable.

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