Hello, hello, hello! In today’s blog, I want to share with you my experience at the beautiful Kinnitty Castle Hotel in County Offaly in Ireland. Now first off let me tell you that when my husband told me we were staying in a castle for a couple of nights in Ireland for Thanksgiving week I wasn’t sure what to expect. You know not all castles look the same especially after they’ve been renovated from a castle to a hotel. I have to say I was more than pleasantly surprised when we drove up to Kinnitty Castle Hotel, in fact, my jaw dropped when I saw the castle and I said “No way”!
This castle hotel was gorgeous to look at on the outside. When we opened the door to go in and up the stairs, I was blown away. The entire inside of Kinnitty Castle is gorgeous. The castle was decorated for the holidays which made it even more gorgeous. When I saw the knights armor to one side of the stairs and the tree at the top of the stairs leading to the main floor I couldn’t believe my eyes. Yes, this castle hotel would definitely be another dream come true for me. The way the owners of this castle hotel were able to remodel the castle and still keep that what I like to call medieval feel to it was wonderful. They had me in awe.
Our rooms were in, I guess, what would be considered the attic, but I’m okay with that because those rooms were by themselves gorgeous. I mean if I could have a bedroom like that all the time I’d take it! Seeing the original walls was cool. Sleeping in a bed with a canopy was great. The entire feel of that room was medieval and I absolutely LOVED it! And to top it off all the rooms have names and our room was named Maureen. To most people, that name probably doesn’t have much meaning, but to me it does. That was my moms’ name and she passed away 8 years ago this January 1st, so to see my mom’s name on our room’s door in that castle meant a lot to me.
Call me crazy, but I loved walking through the halls and walking up and down all those stairs going from our room to the main floor of Kinnitty Castle. I loved looking at all the decorations. I loved getting that medieval feel of the castle. And I enjoyed sitting by the fire in one of the castle’s main rooms, with my husband. The fire was warm, the music was soft, the company was sweet and while we sat there together we caught up with what we needed to do on our phones. Yeah, I know so romantic. Well, it may not have been romantic, but the setting was and we were enjoying having some quiet time just the two of us in that room.
I don’t want to forget about the food. We had supper and breakfast in the Kinnitty Castle Hotel and I must say the food was good. They make some tasty fish and chips. One morning for breakfast I had a bowl of oatmeal with milk and honey and the following morning I had a full Irish breakfast. Either way, the food was good. If you are going to visit Ireland and you are looking for a hotel to stay in I would highly recommend the Kinnitty Castle Hotel. This place is absolutely gorgeous. And if you love any medieval stuff as much as I do I think you will love this place. If you don’t care for medieval times I think you will still like this hotel.
Kathleen Smith author of Miscarriages My Story, Brooklyn Raised Livin’ Upstate & Hey You Moments to Remember. Blogs about a variety of things. Has her own podcast Kathleen’s Korner and she is the CEO of BearsWithApps. OH, let’s not forget her YouTube channel