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Ballyvolane House Review
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Ballyvolane House 
$$, Castlelyons
Fodor's Review:
With Georgian splendor in the terra-cotta, gilded, and black Italianate pillared hall and Regency coziness nonpareil in the daffodil yellow sitting room, Ballyvolane offers a setting as elegant as it is charming. Although this 1728 stone house looks imposing, life here unfolds with country-house informality. Expect to find old fishing gear and walking sticks lying about and the family dog greeting your return. The spacious bedrooms are beautifully decorated with a rich assortment of antiques and heirlooms, but also display an unpredictable sense of humor -- the tub in Roland's Room, in full view of all on a wooden pedestal perched to give a garden view, always raises a smile. The guest rooms look out onto wonderful gardens, with a 100-acre dairy farm beyond. Dinner is served at a large table in the formal dining room ($$$$), with family silver set on white linens (both dinner and rooms must be booked at least 24 hours in advance). The village of Castlelyons is signposted off N8 in Rathcormac, just south of Fermoy.
INFO
- Address: Castlelyons, Co. Cork
- Phone: 025/36349
- Fax: 025/36781
- Web site
- Hotel Details: 6 rooms
- In-room: no a/c, no phone.
- In-hotel: restaurant, no-smoking rooms.
- Rate includes: Full breakfast
- Credit Cards: AE, MC, V
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