Rathsallagh House Golf & Country Club

Dunlavin
Co. Wicklow
Rathsallagh House
www.rathsallagh.com

• Gracious, spacious, charming and totally relaxing.
• One of Ireland’s top golfing destinations.
• Award winning gourmet restaurant.

The approach to Rathsallagh House through the 18-hole golf course on hundreds of acres of mature grounds is seriously impressive. You know you are entering a special world here. But the vital ingredient that brings a hotel or guesthouse to a higher level is the people who work there and the service they deliver to their guests. We really encountered the excellence of Irish hospitality at Rathsallagh House. There is so much to love at this wonderful country house that it is difficult to choose the highlights. But top of the list would be location, ambiance, facilities, charm, friendliness, food and comfort. The place was full the weekend we visited, and it is obvious that this house is a favourite with local diners, weekend breaks from Dublin, and foreign guests alike.

ACCOMMODATION AT RATHSALLAGH HOUSE

Rathsallagh was converted from a Queen Anne stable block and offers accommodation with exceptional character and charm. Our beautiful bedroom was in the new block which is built behind the main courtyard. We had plenty of space, a huge bathroom with walk in shower, separate bath, stylish bathroom ware and under-floor heating. Free broadband, king size super-comfortable bed, fresh flowers and views over the gardens. There is an old-world elegance in the sensitively designed new block and the whole complex bends together in beautifully ramshackle fashion. Little touches like wild flowers from the gardens and family photographs add to the feeling of staying with friends in the country. Our room was serviced while we were at dinner, towels, toiletries and water replenished, and chocolates on the pillow! We woke to the sounds of the cocks crowing and the sight of horses having a morning sprint across the field. A walk around the grounds and the lovely walled garden set us up for the multi-award winning breakfast.

DINING AT RATHSALLAGH

The restaurant is renowned throughout the country as delivering fantastically tasty and totally unpretentious food which is always in season, usually organic and often from the immediate area. We had beef from local Doyle’s butchers which was up there with the best, whole black sole on the bone which was enough to feed a family of four yet far too good to leave anything but the bone, and scallops that melted in the mouth. The arrival of the cheese trolley was a dramatic ending to a sumptuous meal. All too often nowadays the cheese will come plated up with no choice and sometimes less than fresh offerings. At Rathsallagh the choice is vast, the quality is excellent and the portions are very generous. Home-made biscuits, crackers, grapes and fig cake are all kindly offered, and you have to forget the previous courses if you are to do it any justice! It is no surprise that the restaurant here has won numerous awards and the breakfast is recognised as certainly one of the best in the country. Fresh ham on the bone; choices of plaice or john dory or kippers; local sausages and bacon, free-range eggs any way you desire, fresh juices, home made breads and pastries and so many other choices that we once again ate like kings.

THE BEAUTY ROOMS AT RATHSALLAGH

While not opting for a full spa, Rathsallagh House has incorporated a couple of treatment rooms in the new wing and offer an extensive range of treatments. I opted for an eye and neck collagen treatment and therapist Anne Kealty was so soothing and gentle that I almost dozed off! She offered some very sound advise for keeping the effects of light nights and red wine at bay, and I felt so relaxed afterwards that it was one of the most un-winding facial treatments I have ever enjoyed.
Rathsallagh House is undoubtedly one of Ireland’s premier family-run country houses and offers unparalleled standards of service. If only all our hospitality experiences could be this good!
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Whats to do in the area

Golf and dining are the two main attractions that make Rathsallagh worth making a special journey for. But since they are only an hour from Dublin, the journey is not such a hardship for many. However, there is so much more to do that the O’Flynn family have put together a list of some one hundred things that you could do while staying here. We include just some of them here:

1. Play 18 holes of Golf.
2. Get golf lessons with Brendan Mc Daid.
3. Practice your putting skills on our putting green
4. Practice you chipping skills on our chipping green.
5. Hit a basket of balls from our covered driving range.
6. Try our Shaft Lab and have your clubs custom fitted.
7. Fishing
8. Shooting
9. Deer Stalking
10. Archery.
11. Snooker room
12. Try your hand at Clay Pigeon Shooting.

Spoil yourself
13. Get your hair done at rathsallagh
14. Pedicure, including foot massage and Saga Foot Spa
15. Facial Treatments
16. Massages. Body Care full massage for one hour
17. Waxing.
18. Nail file and Paint.
19. Eye Treatment
20. Cleanse and Make-up
21. Electrolysis
22. Eyebrow and Eyelash grooming
23. Manicure, including hand and arm massage.
24. Total Body Care Treatment.
25. Therapeutic Full Body Massage.
26. Therapeutic Back and leg Massage
27. Therapeutic Hands and feet massage.
28. Cellulite Consultation and massage.
29. Anti Cellulite Massage.
30. Head and Neck Massage.

Do something together
31. Picnics. A basket can be organised for you, if you are travelling around Wicklow.
32. Try out our Golf Club Restaurant.
33. Dinner in our dinning room from 7.00 to 9.00
34. Afternoon tea by an open fire in our dining room
35. Continental breakfast in your room,
36. Talk a stroll in our walled garden.
37. Play a game of Tennis.
38. Play a game of Croquet.
39. Spend an hour in our play room, Jacuzzi and steam room
40. Use our Sauna
41. Sit in our Bar, and read or play cards.
42. Rent a DVD movie at Reception, and watch it in your room with a bottle of wine.
43. Walk to Grange Con and have lunch at Jennies Deli, or a drink in Moore’s.
44. Walk to Dunlavin and have a drink in Bourkes or Graces.
45. Sit in the Orangery and read a book.

Go for a drive.
46. Visit The Irish National Stud and Japanese Gardens, 20 minutes drive.
47. Drive to historic Glendalough, where you can lunch.
48. Visit Powerscourt Gardens and House
49. See Russborough House, and the Alfred Beit art Collection,
50. Visit Avoca Hand Weavers.
51. Shop at Rathwood, Home and Garden World Tullow.
52. See Mount Usher Garden.
53. You are 21 miles from the Glenroe Animal Farm.
54. Baltinglass Abbey, about 15 minute drive.
55. Michael Dwyre Cottage, about 20 minute drive.(Historical Event).
56. Visit Round Tower at Glendelough.
57. Take a scenic drive over the Sally Gap and Wicklow Mountains.
58. Take the interpretative tour of Wicklow Goal.
59. Visit the Athy Heritage Centre.
60. Crookstown Mill and Heritage Center, Ballitore, is only a 10 minute drive.
61. Take the South Kildare Heritage Trail.
62. Visit Blessington Sports Centre, where canoeing, sailing can be organised.
63. One hour to Kilkenny Castle and City for shopping..
64. For a change of scenery Kilkea Castle Hotel and Golf Club 15 minutes away.
65. Ask Reception about the Straffan Butterfly Farm.
66. Timolin Pewter Mill is 15 minutes drive
67. Straffan Steam Museum is about 45 minutes away.
68. Ballitore Quaker Museum just down the road.
69. Go motor racing at Mondello, Naas. 30 minutes.
70. Try your hand at 4x4 driving and Aughium, one hour away.
71. Check at reception and they will advise if Racing is on at Puncherstown, Naas or the Curragh.
72. Visit Rathcon Fly Fishing Lake, 5 minutes drive from Rathsallagh.
73. Visit the Abatorium Garden Centre, on the Carlow Kilkenny road.
74. We can organise a table at the Ballymore Inn for Dinner.

What else is there to do?
Play Golf at:
75. K-Club – 40 minutes.
76. Druids Glen – 55 minutes.
77. Mount Juliet – 1 hour.
78. Powerscourt Golf Club – 55 minutes.
79. Carlow Golf Club – 30 minutes
80. Curragh Golf Club, oldest Course in Ireland 20 minutes.
81. Luttrellstown Castle – 1 hour.
82. Portmarnock Links – 1 hour.

Corporate Visit.
88. Organise a day of team building exercises at Rathsallagh.
89. Utilise our extensive Conference facilities.
90. Take your guests to Rathsallagh for Breakfast, followed by golf.
91. Early Bird, play golf before 9.30am and get a reduced green fee.
92. Hold your corporate day at Rathsallagh, we can organise it all for you.