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Irish Times - Travel section - 4th June 2011
Irish Times - Go Ireland - Kilmaneen Farmhouse - 4 June 2011
Kilmaneen Farmhouse
What’s a farm without a dog? With Kilmaneen, the great thing is that Fido gets to come too.
Kevin and Bernadette O’Donnell’s award-winning four-star BB farmhouse in Tipperary lets you book your dog in to one of its kennels for the duration of your stay. Book its self-catering cottage and he can stay indoors with you.
The farm has been in the family for six generations and sits in a Special Area of Conservation, aka a quiet, unspoilt, rural setting. What’s more, they use environmentally friendly farming practices, so it’s likely to stay that way.
As well as wandering the land and gardens, there’s private fishing on the farm’s stretch of the rivers Suir and Tar plus hill-walking in the Knockmealdown, Comeragh and Galtee Mountains. The Rock of Cashel, fresh from its brush with the world’s press, is nearby too.
Having worked up an appetite on those, it’s nice to know you can request a home-cooked meal on your return – with home grown fruit and veg and Aberdeen Angus beef from the field next door.
Cost: B&B prices start at €35 per person. Seven nights self-catering in the three-bedroom farmhouse, which sleeps six, costs €549 in high season.
