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Things to Do
The hotel facilities include:
Heated outdoor pool (Summer only).
Tennis court.
5 hole golf course.
Croquet lawn.
Children's play equipment - sandpit, swings and board games.
Shop and Cafe.
There is music in the drawing
room on most Saturday nights. Rory Allen can be seen playing
in the hall regularly during the week. He also does a weekend
of music twice a year.
Short walks can be taken around
the ponds and woodlands. You'll see plenty of wildlife including
our resident ducks, geese and peacocks.
Ballymaloe also has a two acre
walled vegetable and herb garden running alongside the tower
house on the opposite side of the carpark to the main entrance.
Guests are welcome to stroll around it. It is here that most
of the restaurants herbs and vegetables are grown, as well as
some fruit including apples, berries and grapes.
Besides the hotel facilities also in the locality there is:
Ballymaloe Cookery School cookery demonstrations take place almost
every weekday at the School from 2.00pm to 4.30pm. People who
cannot spare the time to take an entire course often enjoy attending
a demonstration session while a course is in progress. This can
easily be arranged during both the l2-week Certificate course
and the many other courses, space permitting. The fee includes
recipes and a taste of all the dishes prepared during the class.
Sea or river fishing and horse
riding can be arranged.
Golf: Cork Golf Club, Fota
Island, Harbour Point and Youghal.
Gardens: Ballymaloe Cookery School, Annsgrove Gardens, Lismore
Castle Gardens, Fota Arboretum and others.
Beaches: There are many coves and beaches within a 15 minute
drive varying from small and rocky to large and sandy stretches.
Cork City: We are 20 miles from Cork city which has a population
of about 200,000
In the country side: Long walks can be taken at the Ballycotton
cliffs, in local woodlands, along the beaches closeby and on
the quieter country roads.
There are also many beautiful drives through the surrounding
area. These can take anything from half an hour to a full day.
MUSIC: Rory Allen has a great
interest in traditional and classical music and plays and sings
with friends in the drawing room in the weekends. He can also
advise on visits to local pubs that have a music session on.
If you have a keen interest
in music Rory also runs a Weekend of Music at Ballymaloe in March
and November. Where distinguishes traditional and classical musicians
get together to play and sing and give lectures.
Otherwise, we have a small
library of books, comfortable couches and a warm fire!
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