[sweetie]

All manor houses will stuggle with those numbers. Have you considered Step house in Borris, Co Carlow or Rathsallagh or the Millhouse Slane. Whilst not quite a Manor the step house is a lovely boutique hotel and has nice garden and function room. The latter two have permanent marquees which are very nice and better than the average rented marquee. I fear you will need to compromise somewhere!

[campo]

Have you tried Ballyvolane House in Cork

[joeymaccy]

thanks for all the suggestions; I'm going to check Leixlip Manor out this weekend!

[Sleepy]

Moy Valley could be an option for the best of both worlds if you have bigger numbers: you can have your drinks reception in the old manor house and saunter across the courtyard to the meal/reception in a bright and modern hotel. Was at a friends wedding there recently and thought it was a nice idea: get the show of the old house for the arrival and photos and all the convenience of a modern building (bathrooms, large function room, smoking balconies etc.)

[Borderfox]

Clonabreany is really nice but its a marquee beside the main house with accomodation across the road

[Penny Dreadful]

Not pushing the venue just because its where I'm having my wedding but consider The Station House Hotel.

I liked it because it has lovely grounds for guests to enjoy themselves outside when the weather is like this. The food is great (actually that was one of the biggest factors for us), the hotel can deal with a good number of guests and has houses too that people can use. I think it can cater for up to 180 people (although how I don't really know) but we're looking at 120-130 on the day and they can sit that many comfortably.

[joeymaccy]

Hi Campo, Ballyvolane looks like the type of thing I'm after in terms of the gardens - it's got a great quirky festival vibe going on. I'm not sure about the marquee dinner room. it looks a bit pokey from the photos..? Have you been to Ballyvolane yourself?

Originally Posted by campo

Have you tried Ballyvolane House in Cork

[ABajaninCork]

Originally Posted by Balmed Out

If your heading to west cork could check out the following places too:

Blairscove - far west, not been but meant to be ver good. Think the max is 100.

Why are you going for a manor house? I looked at them as well as regular hotels but not sure why you would specifically choose one. If its a privacy thing then plenty of hotels are geared so much towards weddings that pretty much all their business is weddings. Fern hill in clonakilty and the innishannon hotel have nice gardens, dunmore house hotel has no gardens but does have an outdoor area with a spectacular view of inchydoney. Those 3 would have restraunt / bar services for locals but 90 % of guests are probably for weddings.

I'd agree with this. Look for a hotel that does only one wedding a day. Innishannon is lovely, I've been to weddings there, and has gorgeous grounds.

If you're looking to book a manor house, then expect to pay a lot. They will usually ask that all the rooms are booked, especially in peak wedding season.

[pwurple]

I thought Ballyvolane was restricted to 75? Give them a ring I'd say and ask.

[PCPhoto]

finnstown house, lucan, dublin

is an option - has grounds, gardens and accomodation for your group (we're having our wedding there and it can accomodate upto 200 for a meal and I think they have approx 80-90rooms (so thats about 180ish people sorted for accomodation)

[moco]

If you're willing to venture over the border...

http://www.manorhousecountryhotel.com/home.htm

[Ms Mustard]

Originally Posted by joeymaccy

Has anyone heard of the rectory in Cork?

Yes, going there for a wedding in July if you can wait that long for feedback.

[okiss]

I would have a look at the Annebrook House Hotel in Mullingar. They do one wedding a day.
One of my family members had there wedding there and they spoke very highly of the staff. The food was lovely and you did not have to book very expensive accommodation in order to have the venue. The accommodation also includes Apart-hotel Rooms.
There website address is http://www.annebrook.ie.

[AngelaB]

Originally Posted by Borderfox

Clonabreany is really nice but its a marquee beside the main house with accomodation across the road

Tinakilty House Wicklow is a lovely venue for a Wedding unsure of numbers they can take . For smaller more intimate weddings the newly opened Old Rectory Centre in Donard is a beautiful place www.theoldrectorydonard.com

[Gatica]

Originally Posted by fuddy1

It only hosts weddings so its all yours with no exclusive use fee like the likes of killashee house has.

Did you mean Kilshane House by any chance?

If you're looking for a stunning venue, Kilshane House would definitely be at the top of my list but they do charge an insanely high exclusivity fee - we couldn't afford it nor did I wanna give them the money for technically "nothing", as that's what it seems like to me.
Castle Durrow is another stunning venue. It's more like a country house than a castle. I loved it so much, and a fab garden. Didn't have our date and the other dates worked out too expensive for us.

Ballymagarvey Village is really lovely.
The Village at Lyons is a stunning location.
Rathsallagh House as someone suggested is a proper country manor. I didn't like it when I saw it though because of the layout. The same went for Leixlip Manor, for me personally. I wanted an open room where I could see one end to the other. Leixlip and Rathsallagh both have a kind of 90 degree angle in the layout.

Cashel House Hotel in Connemara was another pretty country house but their limit is 120, i.e. at a squeeze.
Mount Falcon has fabulous grounds and a country house feel to it. They do require all rooms to be booked though.(not unlike many of the other venues listed above).
SummerHill House Hotel is pretty, but I didn't like the coordinator there.
Killashee house is also nice, but they can do two weddings a day - one in the old house and one in the main hotel.

The others to check out would be Castle Oaks House Hotel, Springfort Hall Country House, Brooklodge, Tulfarris.

Best of luck!