Vineyard Suite (#1/20) Vineyard Suite
A Spacious, comfortable room with king size bed, separate sitting area, decorated in traditional country house style -normally booked by our brides on their wedding night or by couples on a romantic break away...
Meeting Facilities (#2/20) The calm & quiet coupled with privacy and staff discretion make Longueville House a much sought after venue for business meetings & conferences with over three different rooms to choose from.
Turner Conservatory by night (#3/20) Used for dining in the summer months, our Turner Conservatory, is itself an important piece of architectural history, designed by Richard Turner and built in 1865. Don't miss an opportunity to dine in this marvelous structure!
Palladian Courtyard (#4/20) Our Palladian courtyard is located at the rear of the hotel. Today it is currently used by The O'Callaghan family as their dwelling place as well as housing five of our pet dogs and visiting swallows. Visiting children adore playing & hiding in our maze there!
Various country walks on the estate (#5/20) There are many walks on the Estate with over 500 acres to explore. Almost everything we produce for our restaurant is reared & grown on our working farm and walled garden. We are blessed with the freshest of seasonal fruit and vegetables.
Longueville House Farm (#6/20) Longueville House is situated on a working farm. Animal lovers will enjoy seeing and petting our ponies, sheep, woodland pigs, spaniels, jack russell, ducks and chickens.
Drawing Room & welcome Fire (#7/20) The drawing room is indeed the heart of Longueville House with an open, roaring oak wood fire blazing all day long. Choose a good riveting book from our well stocked library and cozy up by our fire with pot of steaming tea and relax....
Award Winning Buffet Breakfast (#8/20) In the morning you may enjoy a delicious buffet breakfast of fresh & seasonal fruit from our walled garden, glazed baked hams, local artisan cheese, freshly baked soda scones with home made preserves and sizzling bacon and eggs. All washed down with Italian roast coffee or Barry's leaf tea to set you up for the day.
Dining at Longueville House (#9/20) The Presidents’ Restaurant, an elegant restaurant named after the family collection of specially commissioned portraits of all of Ireland's Past Presidents. This room offers a wonderfully romantic setting when candlelit at night which leads into the beautifully restored Turner Conservatory, an equally magical dining experience.
We also offer imaginative alternatives to Vegetarians & Vegans and will happily accommodate with a little notice guests with special dietary requirements such as diabetics, gluten free diets and guests with food allergies.
Alternatively, in warmer weather dine in the Turner Conservatory with its architecture by Richard Turner, the finest ironmaster and glasshouse designer of the Victorian era. Light, bright and intimate, the conservatory will lift your spirits.
Restaurant Service Times
Dinner is served Wednesday through Saturday from 6.30pm to 8.30pm (9.00pm on Friday & Saturdays). On Sundays (excluding bank holiday weekends) we serve a more casual dinner in the Drawing Room until 8.00pm. On Bank Holiday Weekend Sunday's the Dining Room is open for dinner from 6.30pm to 8.30pm with the usual full dinner menu available.
History of Longueville House (#11/20) Longueville is situated on an eminence overlooking the Blackwater Valley – the Irish Rhine. The House, a Georgian Mansion home, is in the centre of a 500 acre wooded estate. The beautifully sited House, or centre block of same, was built about 1720 by the Longfield family who has always maintained they were of French extraction and not Cromwellians. The 1st Longfield appearing in the history of the area was a tax collector. How he acquired the property from Purdon, a soldier of Cromwell, is not too certain, but it is certain that these lands were originally owned by Donough O’Callaghan who fought with the Catholic Confederates after the collapse of the 1641 Rebellion and so O’Callaghan forfeited his lands to Cromwell, the property held by Clann Ua Ceallachain for as far back as history can go for us – “lands as beautiful and fertile as any in Irelandâ€. At this time the area was known by its old Gaelic name Garamaconey, but the Longfield family (probably when Richard Longfield was created Baron Longueville in 1795) changed the name to Longueville. This same gentleman was rewarded with a Viscountcy five years later for his support of the Act of Union, together probably, with a large sum of money which he may have got as compensation for the loss of his seat in Parliament. It is a fair assumption that this money was one reason anyway for the expensive re-construction and alterations carried out at this time. From this period date the two spacious wings added to the House, the stone parapets and the pillared porch. The House, architecturally descriptive of the late Georgian period, features a handsome hall-door and fan-light, the Portland stone floored entrance hall, the two beautifully plastered and decorated ceilings done by an Italian Artist of the dining room and main lounge, the white marble Adam mantelpiece featuring a relief of Neptune in his chariot in the dining room, the numerous, now rare, inlaid mahogany doors with lovely brass locks and the very fine Victorian conservatory of curved ironwork was added at the east side in 1866 which greatly adorns the House. This leaves Longueville as it stands today, with centuries of antiquity – the property is back with the same family clan of O’Callaghans whose forebearers were originally deprived of it by Cromwell in1650. The wheel had come full circle when the present owner’s father, Senator William O’Callaghan, bought the property in 1938.
From the doorstep of Longueville there is a wonderful view of the most beautiful of all Irish river valleys. The viewer looking from the house through an opening in the oak trees (themselves planted in the formation of the English and French battle lines at Waterloo) takes in historic Dromineen Castle precipitatively perched on Dover-like cliffs overlooking the stately river.
However, be that as it may, the viewer from Longueville can extend his view to take in the changing greens and heathers of foothills that soon rise to become the azure blue of hills and mountains that completely encircle him, until finally his gaze is wholly lost in either Killarney, 33 miles to the west, or in heaven.
Catch of the day cooked by chef/ patron William (#12/20) Chef and Patron William O’Callaghan trained under Master Chef Raymond Blanc at Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, a two-Michelin-star restaurant where the menu is described as having ‘a twist of imaginative genius’.
William has brought that twist to Ireland’s south-western corner, with meat and game from the estate's farm such as woodland pork, Longueville lamb, woodcock, snipe, fresh salmon from the Blackwater River, Longueville bees honey, vegetables, fruits, herbs and oriental greens come from the three-acre walled kitchen garden on the estate. At Longueville guests can rest assured that they are getting the freshest ingredients with a menu that promotes a field to fork policy. Even our water comes from our own wells! Only the extensive New and Old World wine list is drawn from farther afield.
Artisan Cider, Brandy & Liqueurs made on-site (#13/20) Longueville House Cider
Longueville House Apple Brandy and Cider was first developed by the late Michael O’Callaghan back in 2000. A pioneering spirit he planted 20 acres of Dabinett and Michelin cider apples at the north-west side of the property. More recently his son William has taken over from where his father left off and had brought it to another level.
The apples are harvested in the autumn every year. Once picked the apples are crushed and pressed in an oak cider press machine located in the cider house on our farm.
The pressed juice is naturally fermented over time, resulting in a rich amber coloured cider. The cider is then filtered, carbonated and pasteurised. There are no colourings, additives or preservatives used at any stage during the production and manufacturing process of our cider and it is also gluten free.
It is then bottled in 500ml glass and sold as Longueville House Cider.
Longueville House Cider is sold at the hotel in cases of 15 x 500ml bottles and in independent off licences, restaurants, hotels and gastro pubs nationwide.
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Longueville House Apple Brandy
Once the cider is made, resulting in a rich amber colour it is poured into pot stills where it is distilled into an apple brandy. This brandy is stored in French oak barrels where it is aged for four years to mature. During the maturing process, the brandy draws out the tannins from the oak wood. The resulting brandy is rich with the aroma of apples, smooth and full bodied on the palate. It develops a rich, dark colour after four years resting in the oak barrels. It is then bottled in 1 Litre glass and sold as
Longueville House Apple Brandy.
Longueville House Apple Brandy is sold at the hotel and in independent off licences, restaurants, hotels and gastro pubs nationwide.
Use as an ideal after dinner drink served straight up or add to coffee for a unique Irish Coffee. In warmer weather it makes a delicious cocktail, just add some ice, fresh apple juice, soda water & fresh mint to a shot of brandy for a long cooling cocktail during the warm days of summer.
Atrisan food hampers available year round (#14/20) Artisan food & beverage gift hampers - ideal for families, friends or work colleagues with a variety of Longueville House Artisan Produce all grown and made on-site. We also make a range of preserves, chutneys, chocolates, spice & pepper blends,Herb vinaigrettes and so much more when in season...
Standard Twin Room (#15/20) Twin Rooms
Comfortable twin bed rooms with two single beds, bathroom ensuite with bath/shower combination. All of these rooms are situated on the 2nd floor.
Junior Suites (#16/20) Comfortable rooms with queen and king size beds, window sitting area, traditional style decor, bathroom ensuite with bath/shower combination. These rooms boast premier views overlooking the parkland at the front of the property.
And so to bed... (#17/20) As so to bed.... lay your head down on feathered pillows in a queen or king size bed for a nights restful sleep. Awaken to the delightful sounds of the countryside with birdsong, the tranquil sound of bleating sheep and ponies neighing in nearby pastures.....
William O'Callaghan Chef/ Patron (#18/20) William O’Callaghan Chef/Proprietor at Longueville House and his team design a menu each day for the Restaurant that works with the season and what’s available from walled kitchen garden. Continuing this tradition of “field to fork†William will be offering a Seasonal Cookery Demonstration & Garden Tour followed by a delicious lunch on one day of each month. Longueville House is blessed with a three acre Walled Kitchen Garden where almost all of the fresh produce is sourced from. This marvellous asset allows treasured Guests enjoy the finest quality vegetables and fruit freshly picked that very same day.
Your Hosts The O'Callaghan Family (#19/20) Proprietor William O’Callaghan is a descendant of original owner Donough O'Callagahan. He fought beside the Catholics after the collapse of the 1641 Rebellion and forfeited the land to Cromwell. At this time, probably when Richard Longfield was created Baron Longueville in 1795, the family changed the name to Longueville.
This is how Longueville is today − back in the hands of the O'Callaghan clan whose forebears were originally deprived of it by Cromwell in 1650. William and his wife Aisling together run this magnificant country house estate, farm & restaurant,
Slug Patrol (#20/20) Our little army of farmyard duck keep our 3 acre walled kitchen garden almost free from slimy slugs!
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