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Ireland's Blue Book 2007 ReleaseNovember 2006

The 2007 edition of Ireland's Blue Book is now available at all good bookstores, local tourist offices and at the Blue Book office in Mount Street Crescent. This prestigious guide features some old favourites and four new members for 2007. Only the best are chosen as membership is strictly by invitation only. This fabulous little brochure enjoys wide recognition as the connoisseurs guide to the finest Country Houses and Restaurants in the country.

New entries for 2007 are:

Historic Hotels Category

Hayfield Manor, Cork
- This 5 star hotel situated 1 mile from Cork city centre is the ideal retreat for anybody wishing to visit the 'real capital' of Ireland. Those interested in 'birds' of the feathered variety will enjoy listening to the exotic song birds in their aviary adjacent to the Perrotts Restaurant.

Merchant Hotel, Belfast
- Opened last March this magnificent Grade A listed building has been turned, with great sensitivity, into one of Belfast's finest historic hotels, with its ebullient cherubs smiling down from the ceilings of the magnificent dining room.

Country House Category

Newforge House, Craigavon, Co. Armagh
- This 'wee' Country House with its 6 bedrooms will bring you back to your childhood and your first drawing of a house. This is the house of your childhood dreams. Run by a young couple, John & Louise Mathers, who are the 6th generation of the same family living in the House.

Country House & Restaurant Category


St. Clerans Manor House, Galway
- Once owned by the film director, John Huston. Fed up with those over the top hotels with spas! This manor house offers its guests a quiet stress free country house for those who just want to 'chill out' or enjoy the odd lazy activity such as a gentle stroll around the 45 acres of gardens.

For further information visit our website at www.irelandsbluebook.com

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Contact:
Hilary Finlay, Ireland's Blue Book,
7/8 Mount Street Crescent, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Tel: 01 6769914
E mail: mail@irelandsbluebook.com
www.irelandsbluebook.com

Date: 16 November 2006.

Ireland's Blue Book of Country Houses & Restaurants
7/8 Mount St Crescent, Dublin 2. Ireland
Tel: (+353) 01-6769914 | Fax: (+353) 01-6314990 | Email:enquiry@irelandsbluebook.com