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Ballymaloe House
Shanagarry, Cork, Ireland · Independent · Accessible Luxury
Myrtle Allen's country house in Shanagarry helped reset Irish cooking around local produce decades before that became a slogan. It still runs as a restaurant with rooms: an open-plan dining room where you order as much as you want, then a dessert trolley from pastry chef JR Ryall. Organic gardens, pastures, a farm shop, and a nearby cookery school share the name. Lute recalls a retro outdoor pool, nearby beaches, and diners converging in the drawing room for an impromptu sing-song after dinner.
- 32 rooms
- Opened 1964
- Neighborhood: Ightermurragh
- Rooms from 237 sq ft (22 m²)
About Ballymaloe House
- Ballymaloe House opened in 1964 in Shanagarry, County Cork, Ireland.
- Pastry chef JR Ryall's dessert trolley closes the open-plan dining room, where guests are encouraged to order as much as they want.
- The house keeps expansive organic gardens, pastures, a farm shop, and a nearby cookery school of the same name.
- A retro outdoor pool sits on the grounds; nearby beaches handle ocean swimming.
- Entry-level rooms start at 237 sq ft (22 m²).
The setting
9.1 km from Castlemartyr Resort Golf Course.
Amenities
- Organic gardens and farm shop
- Retro outdoor pool
Awards
- Andrew Harper Members Choice (2025)
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