Dog friendly accomodation in Ireland

Kajemo

Hi there,

just wondering does anyone have any suggestions? anywhere really in Ireland I'd be interested. I want to go away for a few nights and bring my two girls with me, so has anyone any experience?

thanks again.

coathanger

Kajemo wrote: »

Hi there,

just wondering does anyone have any suggestions? anywhere really in Ireland I'd be interested. I want to go away for a few nights and bring my two girls with me, so has anyone any experience?

thanks again.

Go to Northern Ireland, very dog friendly up there, stayed there in a dog friendly cottage with 3 dogs & ate out in different restaurants / hotels every day. Great walks & scenery too. We hope to go back this year !

sillysmiles

coathanger - any pubs/restaurants /walks you'd recommend?

woofadvisor has a list of hotels and on bookings.com you can select a pet friendly option. But for 2 dogs I think you'd be better with a cottage than a hotel as I tihnk a few hotels are one dog only, or it must be a small dog etc.

irish_goat

coathanger wrote: »

Go to Northern Ireland, very dog friendly up there, stayed there in a dog friendly cottage with 3 dogs & ate out in different restaurants / hotels every day. Great walks & scenery too. We hope to go back this year !

Just a note on this, Derry isn't particularly dog friendly. I'd always advocate Derry as a tourist spot but there's not many pubs that allows dogs in, unfortunately.

I have heard there's plenty of dog friendly accommodation elsewhere in the north though.

km991148

Irish landmark trust do dog friendly self catering places - only ones I've used.

B&Bs and hotels seem very mixed - most of them dont allow it (form my experience), or if they do its not in the bedroom (One place wanted me to use a kennel out the back where the bins and kegs were kept!)

The problem is - if you want to go for a stroll and a drink/ lunch etc - unlike the UK and NI - there are a lot of places that will not allow this at all (but you probably know this anyway as no doubt you cant do this at home anyway!)

coathanger

sillysmiles wrote: »

coathanger - any pubs/restaurants /walks you'd recommend?

woofadvisor has a list of hotels and on bookings.com you can select a pet friendly option. But for 2 dogs I think you'd be better with a cottage than a hotel as I tihnk a few hotels are one dog only, or it must be a small dog etc.

Beech hill hotel Derry, Marine hotel Ballycastle, inn on the coast portrush.
If u r on Facebook, have a look at dogs ni page, very helpful & loads of info.

Kajemo

Kajemo wrote: »

Hi there,

just wondering does anyone have any suggestions? anywhere really in Ireland I'd be interested. I want to go away for a few nights and bring my two girls with me, so has anyone any experience?

thanks again.

There's a dog friendly hotel in galway I've heard great things about

http://www.thetwelvehotel.ie/pet-friendly

Knine

I often stay at Ballinwillin House in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork. It is an organic deer/wild boar farm. Dogs welcome in the rooms & a short walk into the town for dinner.

cocker5

Kajemo wrote: »

Hi there,

just wondering does anyone have any suggestions? anywhere really in Ireland I'd be interested. I want to go away for a few nights and bring my two girls with me, so has anyone any experience?

thanks again.

In 2016 we did two doggie holidays one in Galway and one in Baltimore cork - both accommodations super dog friendly , surrounding areas (pubs etc) all dog friendly.. great local walks both trips took ferry to surrounding islands - no probs we had a ball.

Here they are! Both pretty cheap but super dog friendly!

http://www.renvyle.com/

http://www.harbourapartments.com/

Do it it's great craic!

Wexy86

I stayed in Castlemartyr over the summer with my little fella, they accept up to two dogs in the pet friendly rooms, you just have to ring to book, think it was an extra €50 per night for for the dog - would highly recommend

Kajemo

Thanks everyone for all the replies, its definetly something I want to do!! have lots of suggestions to check out now, great!!

Zapperzy

Stayed in a house called dustys place in donegal years ago with dogs. Great place for exploring inishowen peninsula. They've a website if you just Google dustys place donegal. The enclosed garden kept two escape artist dogs safely enclosed and plenty of local beaches and dog walking spots.

Springwell

I've stayed in some of the Landmark Trust places - would recommend them, often had 2-3 more dogs than offically allowed on agreement with the house manager/booking manager. They like well trained gundogs it seems

pilly

Stayed in a place called Eyries in West Cork Christmas before last, dog friendly cottage off Sky Cottages, beautiful place. They had their own dog next door. However in terms of going out for drink or meal I haven't found anywhere in Ireland dog friendly really. Just a case of leaving them at home a few hours.

pawrick

When I was last looking most of the places in areas I wanted to stay in seemed to have weight restrictions for dogs (limits of 40kg in many). Mine last time i weighted her was 43Kg and is still bulking out.

pilly

pawrick wrote: »

When I was last looking most of the places in areas I wanted to stay in seemed to have weight restrictions for dogs (limits of 40kg in many). Mine last time i weighted her was 43Kg and is still bulking out.

Really? I've never heard of that. Was that in hotels?

As an aside, I seen a huge bulldog get on a flight from Toronto to Dublin the other day, don't know where he was during the flight cause never heard a peep out of him! He either went in the hold or he was a very well behaved dog.

edeldonlon

This list might be a good start

http://www.independent.ie/life/travel/ireland/bowwow-factor-30-pet-friendly-places-to-stay-in-ireland-35241546.html

pawrick

Cant recall exactly the places but was looking at a mix of hotels and guesthouses from Clare to Cork and the 40Kg max seemed to appear in fine print in the ones i looked at online, perhaps if I called they would have been lax on the rules. Ended up leaving the dog in kennels and had a Cat/Parrot sitter (friend) for the rest of the pets as it was only a long weekend break and I don't trust other people to take her out on a lead due to her strength.

Knine

I stay in a lot of places more often then the average pet owner & I have a dog easily over 40kg. I have never had any issue with him because of his size

kylith

I stayed in a place called Rosturk Woods on Clew Bay a few years ago, which was lovely with great walks.

Dial Hard

pawrick wrote:

When I was last looking most of the places in areas I wanted to stay in seemed to have weight restrictions for dogs (limits of 40kg in many). Mine last time i weighted her was 43Kg and is still bulking out.

They're hardly going to whip out the scales when you arrive. Go for it.

Muppet Man

Stayed in dunmore house just outside clonakilty with my wife and my jacker. Really beautiful spot. Privately owned hotel, with Free private parking, free wifi, free pets. Beautful views across onto inchadony strand, very good food and a lovely bar. There was a "resident" jacker roaming freely around the bar and reception area. So very very relaxed towards dogs. They get weddings most weekends as far as I can tell. About 5k South west of clonakilty.

Also rented a house in lahinch one year which was pet friendly.

Muppet man

cocker5

pilly wrote: »

Stayed in a place called Eyries in West Cork Christmas before last, dog friendly cottage off Sky Cottages, beautiful place. They had their own dog next door. However in terms of going out for drink or meal I haven't found anywhere in Ireland dog friendly really. Just a case of leaving them at home a few hours.

Was in Baltimore cork in October - all pubs were dog friendly eveb the ones serving food ðŸ˜

CrowdedHouse

We stayed here a few years back https://www.kylemore-pass-hotel-connemara.com/

Dogs were welcome, some of the rooms had direct access outside, the dogs were allowed into the bar too.

Close to Connemara National Park and Kylemore Abbey (dogs allowed in here too)

slavetothegrind

https://www.tripadvisor.ie/VacationRentalReview-g651977-d4288592-Achill_Shore_View-Achill_Island_County_Mayo_Western_Ireland.html

nice part of the world!

Great for walks

gerrymolloy

Hi Kajemo

Have you tried WoofAdvisor? They have hundreds of dog-friendly places to stay in Ireland, mainly hotels, guest houses, B&Bs. Depends on which part of the country you are looking at but they have loads all along the wild atlantic way.

FrostyJack

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

We stayed here a few years back https://www.kylemore-pass-hotel-connemara.com/

Dogs were welcome, some of the rooms had direct access outside, the dogs were allowed into the bar too.

Close to Connemara National Park and Kylemore Abbey (dogs allowed in here too)

I stayed there too, nice place.

cocker5

Hi All,

Looking for your help (again) so Cody just turned 13 a few weeks ago so we brought him to Baltimore Cork for 3 nights (3rd time here) and we had a great time. my only issue is its 4 hours by car from where we live and as he has HD a 4 hour car drive isn't ideal for him. been to Renvyle numerous times with him now.. again a 4 hour drive ish

so this brings me on to our next trip looking to take him away again October bank holiday weekend.. preferably max (ish) 2 hours from Dublin.

now i just dont need a pet friendly hotel etc (as from experience most say pet friendly when in reality they are not... dogs not allowed anywhere in the hotel except your room etc)

so really what im looking for is somewhere i can bring with with some nice walks / things to do.. plus the local pubs are somewhat dog friendly (not asking for too much there )

any suggestions?

TIA

Wildcard7

Self catering cottage ok?

https://www.sykescottages.co.uk/search.html?polygon=818&location=&location_long=&locationdist=10&num_sleeps=2&num_pets=2&startlabel=&start=&duration=7&fuzziness=3&rating=-1&property_type=-1&beds_single=-1&num_bathrooms=-1&distance_to_sea=-1&min_price=&max_price=&coordinates=&sort=&show=&page=&search_brand=1&_hsearch=1805095af2d8d862088

Moznips

We've stayed in Blanchville Demise just outside Kilkenny for the last four years with our kids and dog. It's a great spot. lots of land for our dog to go sniffing on and kids love being on a farm (they keep cows).

cocker5

Thanks All - i am also looking for details of where i can bring him IE local pubs that are dog friendly etc

boodlesdoodles

Do you mind me asking you how you got on in Baltimore? We are heading there later in the year with our pooch. TIA

cocker5

boodlesdoodles wrote: »

Do you mind me asking you how you got on in Baltimore? We are heading there later in the year with our pooch. TIA

It’s brilliant - really dog friendly!!

You can get the ferry’s out to cape clear (55 mins trip) and to Sherkin (10mins) - cotters pub on cape clear is dog friendly - good walks out there too! Sherkin the Jolly Roger is super dog friendly too- nice flat walks out here.

In Baltimore - Algiers and bushes bar - dog friendly .. good craic too! Lovely out side seating area in front of all the pubs but if not bring them inside it’s no problem.

Casey’s bar (not dog friendly inside ) but have a lovely outdoor area which u can have your dog.

Great walk up Lough hyne - folllow the signs!

There’s an amazing restaurant in Baltimore called Mews (not dog friendly and not cheap but well worth the money - bookings required)


Where are u staying?

cocker5

boodlesdoodles wrote: »

Do you mind me asking you how you got on in Baltimore? We are heading there later in the year with our pooch. TIA

What time of the year are u going?

boodlesdoodles

Oh thanks for all that info brilliant! We're heading 1st week of September have booked a dog friendly house. Friend of ours used to live there, so we said we'd give it a try this year.

I know it's far away but Friar's Lodge b&b in Kinsale is dog friendly as are a lot of pubs there. We have also stayed in the Twelve Hotel in Barna and that was fab. Dog treats on arrival, pricey but worth it. We've stayed in Donegal a few times but the pubs weren't really dog friendly, anyway our fella is a cranky auld man now and doesn't understand the pub isn't his if he's there first lol

cocker5

boodlesdoodles wrote: »

Oh thanks for all that info brilliant! We're heading 1st week of September have booked a dog friendly house. Friend of ours used to live there, so we said we'd give it a try this year.

I know it's far away but Friar's Lodge b&b in Kinsale is dog friendly as are a lot of pubs there. We have also stayed in the Twelve Hotel in Barna and that was fab. Dog treats on arrival, pricey but worth it. We've stayed in Donegal a few times but the pubs weren't really dog friendly, anyway our fella is a cranky auld man now and doesn't understand the pub isn't his if he's there first lol

Thank you I’ll check out kinsale!

You’ll love Baltimore it’s lovely and great craic!!

morebarn2

We stayed in the Ardilaun Hotel in Taylor’s Hill in Galway after Christmas and there were quite a few guests there with dogs. Don’t have pets ourselves but it seemed very nice and relaxed there with the doggies 😍.

They had special rooms set aside, Garden Rooms, which open straight on to the grounds for comfort. Dogs were allowed in the large Foyer. sitting area which is roomy and welcoming. I think I remember reading in their bedroom brochures that the cost was around e15 per night.

My sister who has several small dogs has stayed regularly in self catering cottages in Birr Castle estate , but normally in middle of Summer. Loves it there especially in evenings when grounds are closed and they have the place to themselves!

CeilingFly

cocker5 wrote: »

Hi All,

Looking for your help (again) so Cody just turned 13 a few weeks ago so we brought him to Baltimore Cork for 3 nights (3rd time here) and we had a great time. my only issue is its 4 hours by car from where we live and as he has HD a 4 hour car drive isn't ideal for him. been to Renvyle numerous times with him now.. again a 4 hour drive ish

so this brings me on to our next trip looking to take him away again October bank holiday weekend.. preferably max (ish) 2 hours from Dublin.

now i just dont need a pet friendly hotel etc (as from experience most say pet friendly when in reality they are not... dogs not allowed anywhere in the hotel except your room etc)

so really what im looking for is somewhere i can bring with with some nice walks / things to do.. plus the local pubs are somewhat dog friendly (not asking for too much there )

any suggestions?

TIA

I understand from hotel point of view about dogs not in public areas due to danger of "wet patch" being left that another customer could slip on.

Our favourites are Lough eske castle in Donegal town and gregans castle in ballyvaughan.

In Kerry, the sneem hotel im kenmare or the towers hotel in glenbeigh are both great. But may be a little too far.

Lough eske definitely our number one.

cocker5

CeilingFly wrote: »

I understand from hotel point of view about dogs not in public areas due to danger of "wet patch" being left that another customer could slip on.

Our favourites are Lough eske castle in Donegal town and gregans castle in ballyvaughan.

In Kerry, the sneem hotel im kenmare or the towers hotel in glenbeigh are both great. But may be a little too far.

Lough eske definitely our number one.

Thanks for your reply and I’ll def check them out

Just on the wet patch .. you know we’ve done 6 dog weekends away in Ireland over the last 3 years .. 3 times in renvyle (in a hotel) and 3 times Baltimore (self catering) been in many pubs too during all the trips and not once was there a wet patch and I didn’t see any other guests with dogs where there were wet patches either!

What I did see in the hotel numerous times was mess from humans.. crisps and straws thrown all over the place.. knocked over glasses

Personally I think it’s less to do with wet patches and more to do with they way in which we view and treat our animals in Ireland ..

CeilingFly

cocker5 wrote: »

Personally I think it’s less to do with wet patches and more to do with they way in which we view and treat our animals in Ireland ..

More to do with insurance scammers who search for any opportunity to sue a place and the minority of dog owners who are a law upon themselves and don't thinks of others.

But certainly Lough Eske go all out and even provide dog beds, bowls and allow you sneak a sausage or two from breakfast and we found most pubs that did not serve food had no issue with our dogs coming in.

Rules/advice on dogs in food premises have also now changed and you may start to find some food places now permitting dogs. The hse advice was that dogs were not allowed in any part of a food premises, now they have finally interpreted the eu legislation that it is only the food preparation area is prohibited to dogs - but allowing dogs is entirely at the discretion of the premises. (excl. sight dogs)

tiredblondie

cocker5 wrote: »

It’s brilliant - really dog friendly!!

You can get the ferry’s out to cape clear (55 mins trip) and to Sherkin (10mins) - cotters pub on cape clear is dog friendly - good walks out there too! Sherkin the Jolly Roger is super dog friendly too- nice flat walks out here.

In Baltimore - Algiers and bushes bar - dog friendly .. good craic too! Lovely out side seating area in front of all the pubs but if not bring them inside it’s no problem.

Casey’s bar (not dog friendly inside ) but have a lovely outdoor area which u can have your dog.

Great walk up Lough hyne - folllow the signs!

There’s an amazing restaurant in Baltimore called Mews (not dog friendly and not cheap but well worth the money - bookings required)


Where are u staying?

I'm going to baltimore in 3 weeks with my 9 year old shih tzu in tow so that's a great post to read

cocker5

ahhh enjoy!! You'll have a ball trust me!

boodlesdoodles

Can't wait to hear how you got on!

cocker5

boodlesdoodles wrote: »

Can't wait to hear how you got on!

Ohhhhh we’ve just booked kinsale in the place you recommended for October BH wooo hoooo

Thanks x

cocker5

We’d also love to try and do a cheeky 2 nights with Cody between now and octopus bet so if anyone knows anywhere in Wexford / east coast with no more than a 1/2 hours drive I’d greatly appreciate it x

Hi all,

Myself and my partner just spent 3 days in cork with one of our dogs and I thought I'd share our experience here for anyone interested. Hopefully it will be helpful to someone.


So we stayed in Glebe Country House in Balinadee which is about 15 mins outside Kinsale. It's a dog friendly house and they say on their website that they can provide anything you might needs (bowls, crates etc), although we came with all our own paraphernalia! It's a really lovely house, run by two very nice women. Our room was quite small so I don't think I'd liked to have had more than one dog with me (or two small ones) but it was very clean and comfortable. They have lovely grounds as well with plenty of space to walk your dog around and lots of trees if you have a dog that needs to cock their leg on something. They also have an enclosed area to the side where they keep their own two little dogs and you're welcome to pop your pupper in there. We didn't because the gate is only about 4 foot and Khali would be over that in a shot.


Khali outside Glebe House


Inside


On the grounds


We did a different walk with Khali each day. All of which were 10 mins from the house. The first was garretstown blue flag beach. Then in inishshannon we went to Dromkeen Woods one day and the Clare O Leary Walk the next. The woods were good because that day was the warmest of the three so it was good to have tree cover and there's a stream at the start which Khali walked in afterwards and drank from,cooling herself down. The Clare o Leary walk follows alongside the Brandon river but a road separates them. Both very nice spots.

Dromkeen Woods


Clare O Leary Walk


More to follow...

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We arrived on Sunday , so in Kinsale we went straight to the Greyhound pub to watch the WC Final. Naturally it was packed so I decided to sit outside with khali, having no interest in the football myself. I don't know if we would have been allowed have her inside but there was no issue with her sitting at their outside seating. I'm not normally one for chatting with strangers but Khalis presence I ended up chatting with loads of people who wanted to know all about her/have photos with her or let their dogs say hello as they passed. So that was really nice since my OH was inside watching the match.

Here she is outside pleased from all the attention


Kinsale is a lovely place for just wandering around and we met loads of friendly dogs and there was definitely at least one or two shops that didn't mind dogs popping in.




We went to The Bullman in kinsale for dinner that evening and a few more drinks. We knew it was dog friendly but asked to sure. Waitress confirmed it was but said if someone near us complained we'd have to move to another seat. She said that had only ever happened once. We sat in a corner seat and had a lovely meal and Khali was good as gold.

At The Bullman


In Kinsale we also went to The Nine Market Cafe for lunch on our last day. They are also totally dog friendly. Lovely staff and gorgeous food!!! Definitely recommend

Nine Market





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On our second day we decided to take the recommendation of Cocker5 here in this thread (Thank you cocker!!) and we headed to Baltimore. (Just over an hour away). Here we got the ferry to Sherkin , safe in the knowledge that there would be a dog friendly pub when we arrived. So we headed up to the jolly Roger and sat outside in the sunshine eating toasties. There was nothing special about the food and the toilets had seen better days but it was lovely to sit outside and they were most definitely dog friendly, bringing her out a big bowl of water and refilling her water bottle for us.

Then we took a walk to a gorgeous beach on the island, which we had all to ourselves for the most part. Khali had a brilliant time and again got to cool down in the water, although it wasnt overly hot like recent times.

the beach






The views on the island were fab and Khali loved taking the ferry there and back.



View


Waiting for ferry


On the ferry


Finally back in Baltimore we had really nice pizza for dinner in Jacobs bar and grill. We didn't think it would be dog friendly so we sat outside but they told us to come on in and there was already a dog in there. There was loads of outside seating for all the bars and restaurants in Baltimore so lots of options for eating with your pet and cocker5 above has mentioned some of the other places there that allow dogs inside.

Over all it was a great holiday. As you can see from pics Khali had a ball. I think that whole area of cork seems to be really really dog friendly and if I could change anything I'd have gone for an extra day and stayed two in Glebe house/Kinsale and two in Baltimore and done cape clear on the extra day.

cocker5

Wooo hooo so glad you guys enjoyed Baltimore!! It’s a great place for doggie holidays!

And thanks so much for kinsale recommendations we’re heading there in October for a doggie stay cation so that’s excellent !

Love all the photos xx

CeilingFly

I think I'll be heading to Kinsale & Baltimore in Sept

The Friars Lodge in Kinsale itself is dog friendly too http://www.friars-lodge.com/

cocker5

cocker5 wrote: »

Wooo hooo so glad you guys enjoyed Baltimore!! It’s a great place for doggie holidays!

And thanks so much for kinsale recommendations we’re heading there in October for a doggie stay cation so that’s excellent !

Love all the photos xx

It really is. I'll definitely go again! You'll really enjoy Kinsale with Cody.