Bed and Breakfasts in Ireland offer a real home from home experience to visitors. With a warm Irish Welcome and hospitality second to none, it is time to take a fresh look at Ireland’s wonderful B&B’s. B&B’s in Ireland are located nationwide and many within walking distance of town and city centers. If you like the quiet country lifestyle, stay in a farm or country B&B and take that well deserved break from your busy lifestyle.
From the moment you arrive in an Irish B&B, the warmth of the Irish family home welcome will embrace you. Irish B&B owners pride themselves on their fresh home baking provided for guests on arrival and the home cooked full Irish breakfast each morning. In an Irish B&B you are not just a room number, you are a welcome guest and you will soon feel like part of the family. What better way to experience Irish life and cultures, than in an Irish home setting. The personal touches and great care taken by your B&B host will ensure you have a most memorable Irish vacation.
Don’t spend hours trying to choose the best places to go, your B&B host can recommend all the best local restaurants, pubs, shops, attractions and activities. For those who love their activity vacations, B&B’s now offer specialist services that cater for activity enthusiasts such as golf, walking, adventure seekers breaks and farm stays. B&B Ireland have launched a walking vacation website with the latest information on top walking routes in Ireland, walking specialist B&B’s and details of walking festivals and events. For those who enjoy a more relaxed break, why not learn to make Irish soda bread at a food specialist B&B or learn to speak Gaeilge at a Gaeltacht B&B.
Irish B&B’s are available to book online with instant e-mail confirmation or directly by e-mail or telephone. Your host can even telephone ahead and book a recommended B&B for you in the next town. Many B&B’s do not require pre-booking so you can often travel as you please.
In a B&B you will get to know your host family and you will also meet fellow visitors to Ireland. The cosy and intimate atmosphere in a B&B is unique and cannot be found in other types of accommodation. Guests chat and mingle in the evenings over an Irish coffee or at breakfast over a delicious full Irish. You will arrive as a guest and leave as a friend!
Irish B&B’s are very good value for money and offer great special offers all year round.
Do you need a lift into town or from the airport when you arrive in Ireland? Call your B&B hosts and they would be delighted to pick you up in their car.
If you like a quiet and restful stay, choose a lovely B&B in a rural or village setting where you will get a good nights sleep without listening to pub or club noise that often disturbs your rest in hotels. You can also have a peaceful stay in a city B&B often within walking distance of the city centre.
Experience the charm and character of your B&B, individually decorated guest bedrooms with ensuite facilities. Dining and lounge rooms with personal mementos of your hosts life and travels adorn the rooms. A refreshing change from the standard designs found in other types of accommodation.
Irish Bed and Breakfasts offer modern conveniences found in many types of accommodation such as satellite TV's, wireless Internet, tea/coffee making facilities and easy access to public transportation. Staying in an Irish B&B gives visitors a sense of how the real Irish people live, their daily activities and how they interact. You will feel welcome in an Irish Home from Home.
Would you like to trace your Irish Roots? Stay in an Irish B&B in your old home town. Your hosts will know the local families and give you help and advice on tracing your Irish roots and details of who to visit in the local area that can help. You will certainly never forget your Irish B&B vacation taking home the memories you can treasure forever.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.johnpom | Jul 05, 2012, 02:44 AM EDT
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dude19 | Jun 14, 2012, 04:19 PM EDT
My own experience is that the B&B's used to be great, then they slipped quite a bit. It got to the point where a small hotel was better value, as hotels had greater range of services for similar or even better price. I think B&B's have noticed and have responded to the competition, which is nice.
GeorgeDillon | Jun 07, 2012, 11:14 AM EDT
I have hated Irish Bed and Breakfasts ever since the days when I used to find the woman's underwear hung up to dry in the bathroom or hear from next door the grunts and groans of her nocturnal activities with her husband. I'd sooner sleep in the Phoenix park than in B and B.
Bythebay | Jun 07, 2012, 10:34 AM EDT
B&Bs in Ireland will treat you the way they treat anyone from all the other dozens of countries of the world. You are getting a very good deal for bed and breakfast. That's what they are. B&B owners and staff aren't the Tourist Board or the Genealogy Service. They have guests from dozens of countries of the world. Americans are a small portion of millions of tourists who visit Ireland. After breakfast you're on your own. Your hosts aren't holding your hand for your stay.
Samraire | Jun 07, 2012, 09:07 AM EDT
@Bythebay Thank you. You confirmed my statement. This article is misleading. And your life would become less miserable perhaps if you took jamieLM's advice to heart. @CelticQueenUSA I'm well aware of the Irish's welcoming attitude. My friends there are shining examples. And you're the first person who's ever suggesed I might be obnoxious. But then, someone who calles themselves a "Celtic Queen" would know all about that...
jamieLM | Jun 06, 2012, 06:47 PM EDT
@Bythebay, why don't you grow up and spare all of us your nasty, idiotic comments? You are NOT the spokesperson for everyone in Ireland. You've been in every B&B in Ireland and surveyed every guest that's ever stayed in one in the last 25 yrs., have you? What, Ireland appointed you to run the B& B industry? I'd sure hate to be an Irish person and have you as a guest in my B&B with your big mouth.
suzicooks | Jun 06, 2012, 06:09 PM EDT
Per my previous post, I should have said "one or two less than wonderful stays AT OTHER B&Bs"!
suzicooks | Jun 06, 2012, 06:06 PM EDT
While some of the hotels are quite nice, you miss out on the warmth of the typical owners of a B&B. 2 of my favorites are Gallowsview, a 10 minute drive from Shannon airport, (and 2 minutes from Bunratty Castle/Durty Nelly's), and Tailor's Lodge in Castleisland, outside of Killarney. Mary, at Gallowsview, will go out of her way for your comfort, even setting up an early breakfast for those of us with early flights back to the U.S. Breda, at Tailor's Lodge, is a wonderful cook, and full of knowledge of the local area. I can't wait to stay with both of them again this year. I've had one or two less than wonderful stays in 33 years of traveling to Ireland. B&Bs are Irish hospitality at its' best!
TimWhitmore | Jun 06, 2012, 05:02 PM EDT
I come to Ireland at least once and usually twice a year. I have almost exclusively stayed in B&Bs. There have been a couple which i would not recommend to a friend and where I would not stop again. Most have been great and there are two I am particularly fond of and would like to mention. Heatherview B&B, in Malahide, is owned and run by Maura and Jim Halpin. They are warm and gracious and accommodating beyond any expectation. Mary Earle's Glenomra House, in Ennis, County Clare offers the west coast visitor similar warmth. I cant't wait for my next visit to Ireland to start in 3 days.
CelticQueenUSA | Jun 06, 2012, 04:32 PM EDT
The Irish are always welcoming but if you exhibit obnoxious behavior, they will not make you welcome. Maybe that was the problem for Samrarie
carrickcourt | Jun 06, 2012, 03:59 PM EDT
In general I would agree that B & B's in the Republic and in Northern Ireland are the way to go for accommodations. I have found my experience with B & B's in larger places to be a bit of a mixed bag compared to B & B's in smaller places in Ireland. Make sure the owner of the B & B lives at the B & B. The last time I stayed at a B & B in Dublin I discovered that owner did not live at this B & B. The breakfast at this B & B was not good. While this B & B was just across the road from the RTE studio in Dublin I could not get RTE on the TV at this B & B!
RedBranch | Jun 06, 2012, 03:29 PM EDT
Ah Yes, 1984 when the $ equaled the punt, alll along the road into Galway every house had a shingle out advertising B&B in dollar prices. Capitalism, you can't beat it, although I often wonder what happened to the children who were dispossed of their rooms, poor mites.
Bythebay | Jun 06, 2012, 03:17 PM EDT
Samraire, yes, that's what they're like now. You're paying very low prices for bed and breakfast and that's it. They're not holding your hands, or acting like you're doing them a favor staying with them. They're not your best friends and they're not getting paid to help you with your tourist questions or to help you with your genealogical research. Tourists from every other country of the world come to Ireland and don't act the prima donnas those from the US do. Grow up. It's a bed and breakfast and you're on your own otherwise.
johnshiel | Jun 06, 2012, 03:01 PM EDT
hooray b and b's! They are always there where you need them. Inexpensive, and who does not have other things to spend on than their overnight? A great morning feed lasts thru the day. Walking distance ususally to/from a pub. And a pretty simple form of free enterprise that allows regular people to derive an income without major disruption of their lives. Finally, if you travel out of season as I always have, no reservations needed at all. The soul of simplicity.
Samraire | Jun 06, 2012, 02:58 PM EDT
Not sure about this article... Went to Ireland two years ago and stayed in over 10 B&Bs around the country. A couple places were vaguely comparable to what this article describes, but most I felt like the host/owner was merely tolerating our presence. It was just me and Mom - and although the rooms and breakfasts were just fine, with few exceptions, a warm welcome was not what we experienced.
Bythebay | Jun 06, 2012, 12:44 PM EDT
"some years ago" an apt description of these opinions. For several many years ago.
slainte9 | Jun 06, 2012, 12:05 PM EDT
B & Bs are great in Ireland. Always a hearty breakfast and accomodations good to luxurious at the one we found in Dublin, almost as good as the best ever we stayed in Vancouver, run by a gay guy couple, I don't know if they were Irish. Disappointed in by the B & B in London: do your research if you're going there. Also, the cottages out in Dingle were good, no food, but restaurant's nearby. When we arrived the restaurant up the street was closed, but they opened the door for us and hearing our plight gave us food to take home and told us to return their china and silverware in the morning. Only in Ireland, though some years ago.
Murph46 | Jun 06, 2012, 10:55 AM EDT
Fhe ONLY way to go!
CelticQueenUSA | Jun 06, 2012, 10:07 AM EDT
The absolute best way to go!!