Ireland

The O’Haras tend their house, park, donkeys and giant oak with loving care, and their walled garden grows ingredients for delicious dinners

The garden-blessed Lodge is quiet, friendly, cleancut and smart. Family-run and with great staff - award-winning breakfasts too

Escape to a tiny Aran island of seals, birds and rich Irish history. Feast on Enda and Maria's fish pie; sleep in spotless, homely rooms

Sheep's Head Way is reputedly one of the best walks in Ireland. Come back to roaring fires, Rayburns, art and style - terrific restorations

Anglo-Irish meets Italian and Indian; the owners have peppered this charming home with furniture and artefacts from their broad travels

A remote and totally peaceful little annexe in the Blackstairs mountains next to a 200-year-old farmhouse

Books, meadow flowers, a rocking chair by a cosy fire at this treasure-trove cottage of beautiful things - down tiny lanes in west Cork

This place will feed your soul: peaceful, uncluttered bedrooms with woodland views and books to browse by the fire in the snug

Fall asleep to the sound of the sea in your dreamy thatched cottage, one of 6, right on the beach for those head-clearing walks...

Peacocks add glamour to the gardens, there are lovely walks all around, sensational lough views – and Verity’s cooking is a fresh delight

Escape the dramatic Ring of Kerry to this serene cottage with wide views over Derrynane Harbour and Atlantic islands.

Susan’s much-loved family house has a spectacular view of Lough Conn, and she cooks delicious dinners

Superb home-grown food in a genuine family mansion (ancestors are everywhere) with flags, stags, antiques and croquet. Amazing rooms, too

Genuine Irish grandeur, ancestors gazing down, a relaxed young 400 year-old family and a huge sheep-grazed park: fabulous for house-parties

Your own rustic-chic cottage, with a velvet antique sofa and a wood-burner in the bathroom - lit on arrival. Beautiful, original, enticing!

Choose the quirky, atmospheric family house or the new annexe: Paul will make you feel genuinely welcome, and provide delicious dinners

Regal interiors at reasonable prices. Pam’s hospitality is heartwarming - flowers fill the sitting room, breakfast is sumptuous

A modern home tucked into the amazing landscape of the Burren, loved for its windswept walks and wildflowers