Rural Irish hotels are places that are deeply embedded in their local community; they reflect both their home place, and the personality of the owners. The folk who run these country hotels have often inherited the family gene for hospitality, so instinct runs right to the bone.
These destinations are some of our favourite places to stay. We admire how instinct is so much more commanding that running things by the rule book or the service manual.
Here are 30 charmers which we have chosen along Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way. They’ll look after you.