Renvyle House Hotel & Resort

TWO NIGHTS AWAY – ON SELECTED DATES

2 Nights B&B, 1 Dinner from €259 total for 2 people May: 9th, 10th, 19th 20th, 21st & 22nd –all offers subject to availability–

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THREE NIGHTS AWAY – ON SELECTED DATES

3 nights B&B, 2 Dinners, 4th night B&B FREE from €272 pps Sunday June 2nd or Monday June 3rd Arrival Sunday, June 23rd or Monday June 24th Arrival  Three Night Stays include complimentary : Tuesday morning Cookery Demo with tastings Entry ticket to Kylemore Abbey & Gardens Entertainment on selected evenings –all offers subject to availability-

– What are you waiting for? – Come and experience the rugged Coast of The Wild Atlantic Way from the comfort of Renvyle House!

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We’d a busy Easter weekend with lovely guests being able to enjoy the fine weather, explore our local beaches and make use of the beautiful amenities such as the Connemara National Park and Kylemore Abbey close by.  Families were able to avail of activities on our grounds and evening entertainment for all ages.

We are looking forward to a few busy months ahead and longer days in which to enjoy it.

Rowing on Rusheenduff Lake

Bluebell Woods @ Renvyle House

The Connemara National Park

Still afternoon at Renvyle House

Ducklings at Easter

Our resident Swan on Rusheenduff Lake

Great entertainment in the evening and a lot of talented guests joined in.  The weather was perfect for walking, the Diamond Hill was visited by many as well as the gorgeous beaches locally.  With a full house of lovely guests continuing until after the New Year was rung in with a live band and excellent dinner.

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We can accommodate such a variety of ceremonies and celebrations given the unique location;  a seaside venue, a house steeped in history, the grounds with gorgeous woodlands, gardens and orchards as well as our own private freshwater lake.  Along with an extraordinary team headed up by Eurotques Commissioners Mr. Tim O’Sullivan in the kitchen, the Dining Room at Renvyle House produces a wedding banquet that is second to none with a lot of the produce grown in our own gardens.

Having refurbished the ‘Quiet Lounge’ earlier this year, we have been able to transpose it to a warm, intimate venue for smaller Civil Ceremonies which has been wonderful to be able to offer our Bridal Couples.

Renvyle House Hotel & Resort

Renvyle House’s ‘Quiet Lounge’ set up for an intimate Civil Ceremony

Renvyle House’s Bridal Suite

The Dining Room at Renvyle House

Renvyle House’s Bridal Suite

Renvyle House Hotel – Civil Ceremony

For more wedding information please view our Wedding Brochure or

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Our CEO Mr Ronnie Counihan has been planning the upgrade to our Kitchen Garden at Renvyle House since early Spring this year with some helpful tips from organic gardener and author Klaus Laitenberger (who will also be giving loads of tips and advice at our ‘Gardening Weekend‘ this October 19th – 21st) .

The additional poly tunnels were put up, the seedlings were carefully tended to and moved from one tunnel to the other as they matured.  Some of the hardier plants were replanted outdoors in the Herb & Kitchen garden. After carefully considering what we would need for our Restaurant; the various herbs, salad leaves and vegetables were planned for and planted throughout the Summer with very fruitful results with the very freshest ingredients 50 paces from the kitchen!  You can taste the difference.

The Autumn and Winter seedlings are being set presently with hopefully the same successful results.

It was a great success and received great support from GMIT, Galway Bay FM and RTE’s Nationwide Programme.

The Festival Outline included:

Monday 9th April

A Cookery Demonstration featuring local fish and Connemara Lamb with executive chef, author and Eurotoques Commissioner, Tim O’Sullivan. Preparing and filleting of fish will be presented by fishmonger.

A guided walk with renowned archaeologist, Michael Gibbons, “Along the Wild Atlantic Way”.  Michael will tell us about the way of life of different past generations and eras – pointing out some interesting and significant landmarks along the way.

Tuesday 10th April

Travel to Letterfrack for an organised tour of the local Oyster Farm DK Connemara Oysters at Dawros Beg, Letterfrack with owner David Keane.

Head Chef Tim O’Sullivan and oyster farmer, John Ward from Dooncastle Oysters will demonstrate the opening and shucking of oysters. Eating Oysters: Cooked & raw with tastings.

Wednesday 11th April

A visit to Marty’s Mussel farm on Killary Fjord (Ireland’s only fjord) followed by a cruise on the fjord, with Killary Cruises on the “Connemara Lady”. Gastro lunch will be served during this spectacular sea journey – duration is approximately 1½ hours.

Wednesday 11th April

master with Brewery Tour and sampling at the The Bridewell Brewery, Clifden

A gastronomique matching of whiskey and food. Presented by Seamus Lowry, gourmand and whiskey tastings of some of Bushmills’ Premium Whiskeys.  Sponsored by Bushmills Distillery.

Thursday 12th April

Cookery Demonstration and talk With Tim O’Sullivan and Catherine Nee, local Mussel farmer. “10 Ways to cook Mussels”

Cookery Demonstration with Aisling Rock, “European Young Chef of the Year, 2017”.  Aisling is a Culinary Arts student at Galway’s International Hotel School and she will demonstrate her winning dish.

Cephalopod* Cookery – Presented by Sadie Davoren and Anne O’Leary, Culinary Art Lecturers at the Galway International Hotel School. *Cephalopods include squid, octopus, cuttlefish and nautilus.

  Friday 13th April

A day of gastronomy at Kylemore Abbey with food writers John & Sally McKenna and executive chef John O’Toole.  Celebrating foods of past and present as part of County Galway’s title of European Region of Gastronomy 2018. Learn all about our unique food heritage with jam making, chocolate tasting, garden tours, bee keeping, fish smoking, Connemara Lamb on a spit and lots more. We will also host some of County Galway’s best food producers with an open air food market featuring Goat’s cheese, honey, mussels, fresh fish, oysters and more.

A tour of the Victorian Walled Garden with Head Gardener, Anja Gohlke who will be accompanied by John & Sally McKenna.

  Saturday 14th April at Renvyle Beach, Shoreline and Renvyle House.

“A day with John & Sally McKenna” Foraging the Sea Shore with Sally McKenna.

“The Bronze Age Cook In” (an fulacht fia).  A full re-enactment of cooking during the Bronze Age on the grounds of Renvyle House.  Enjoy food tastings from the pre-historic era. If weather is inclement Michael will give a talk.

  Good news!  We’re planning on running a week long festival in 2019, dates will be announced soon.

We’ve been busy refurbishing some of the areas that would be difficult to do with a full house.  We continue to make the most of the 1920’s Arts & Crafts Design Movement features in the rooms whilst refreshing them.  The Dining Room will look super for re-opening on the 9th February.  Below are images of the behind the scenes / work in progress.

We have opened up a Reading Room at the end of our Long Lounge (a quiet area for adults to retire to for some peace and quiet, read the paper or a good book or simply time to think) in what was the old Library before the house was burned down in the Civil War and more recently the Billiard Room which was seeing less and less use by our guests over the years.

We have some photographs of the work in progress from a week ago, it’s looking great this week and will update photos shortly.

We have super spring midweek breaks and a great array of Themed Activity Breaks (weekend and midweek) for you to enjoy.

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We are currently refurbishing our dining room which we hope you will enjoy when you come to stay with us, along with Tim and his team’s delicious food of course.

We are also reinstating the reading room “Quiet Room” / Seomra Ciúin at the end of the Long Lounge.  It was a Billiard Room for quite a number of years but with little use over the last few year and helpful suggestions from our guests for a quiet space to read and relax, we thought it a good idea to make the change.

We reopen on the 9th February and look forward to welcoming everyone then.

Spring Programme

MURDER MYSTERY WEEKEND Friday 9th – Sunday 11th February “One Wedding and a Funeral” A tragedy in two nights about a young girl called Saidhbh, who is married off to an old, cantankerous farmer by the name of “Ould Thady Quinn” because of a match arranged between her father and the local Parish Priest, indeed a marriage made not in heaven but in hell! Some people want to stop this marriage at all costs – even willing to kill, to prevent it happening – but who?

Weekend Price: €195.00 per person and includes 2 nights Bed & Breakfast 1 Dinner on our award winning restaurant Entertainment & Prize giving

Tel: 095 46100 | Email: [email protected] | http://www.renvyle.com ____________________________________________________

GENEALOGY WEEKEND Friday 9th – Sunday 11th February

Learn about your family tree while enjoying a stress free couple of days at Renvyle House with Genealogist Gerard Corcoran at hand to assist you.

Weekend Price: €195.00 per person and includes 2 nights Bed & Breakfast 1 Dinner on our award winning restaurant 1 evening Bar Food Meal and Genealogy Workshops

Tel: 095 46100 | Email: [email protected] | http://www.renvyle.com ____________________________________________________

GARDENING WEEKEND Friday 16th to Sunday 18th February

A gardening weekend with Mr. Klaus Laitenberger, Organic Gardening Expert and Author and Ms. Anja Gohlke, Head Gardner at Kylemore Abbey Victorian Walled Gardens and special guests Joy Larkcom and Kitty Scully. The weekend programme will include an introductory evening, several demonstrations and workshops, a visit to Kylemore Abbey Victorian Walled Gardens guided by the head gardener, nightly in house entertainment, and complimentary use of on-site facilities.

Weekend Price €195.00 per person and includes 2 Bed & Breakfast 1 Dinner on our award winning restaurant 1 Bar Food Evening Meal (Main Course + Tea/Coffee) Gardening demonstrations and tips with Klaus Laitenberger Afternoon field trip to Kylemore Victorian Walled Gardens & evening entertainment.

Tel: 095 46100 | Email: [email protected] | http://www.renvyle.com ____________________________________________________

BALLROOM DANCING MIDWEEK Tuesday 20th to Friday 23rd February

This midweek break will have both afternoon classes and evening dancing sessions. Ballroom dancing music will be performed by the Waltz King, Sam O’Doherty. Sam will play on Tuesday evening, on Wednesday afternoon from 2pm-4pm, on Wednesday evening and on Thursday afternoon from 2pm-4pm. On Thursday evening there will be a waltzing competition with prize-giving to follow.

2 BB 1D & 1 Bar Food Meal €169.00pp | 3 BB 2D & 1 Bar Food Meal €259.00pp All music and entertainment, on site facilities and activities included in price.

Tel: 095 46100 | Email: [email protected] | http://www.renvyle.com ____________________________________________________

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT WEEKEND With stars from the Showband Era… 23rd & 24th February 2018 Roy Taylor from the Nevada, Peter Eades, Musical Director from the Miami and Brian O’Reilly from The Memories (and in more recent times “Jump the Gun”). The stars will perform an acoustic session in the Bar on Friday evening (after your Bar Food Meal) and on Saturday it will be a night of “Dinner & Dance” the night away in our Long Lounge.

Weekend Price: €185.00 per person and includes 2 Nights Bed & Breakfast 1 Dinner in our award winning Restaurant 1 Bar Food Meal (Main Course & Tea/Coffee) and all Entertainment.

Tel: 095 46100 | Email: [email protected] | http://www.renvyle.com ____________________________________________________

CHILEAN FOOD & WINE WEEKEND Friday 2nd & Saturday 3rd March The weekend is a celebration of Chilean cuisine and is an informal weekend with the best of Chilean Food & Wine. On Friday evening, there will a tasting of four different Chilean wines accompanied by a light buffet of Chilean Foods. After a leisurely, cooked to order breakfast on Saturday morning, Professor Michael Gibbons will take you on a 3 to 4 hour guided walk of the Renvyle Peninsula providing a wealth of knowledge on the area – both historic and archaeological. On Saturday night there will be a banquet of Chilean themed courses. Jorge Coderch of Caballo Loco is travelling from Chile for this special event and of course there will be live bar entertainment on both evenings after dinner.

Weekend Price: €225 per person and includes 2 Bed & Breakfast Friday Buffet with wine tasting Saturday night Banquet with accompanying wine Guided Walk on Saturday.

Tel: 095 46100 | Email: [email protected] | http://www.renvyle.com ____________________________________________________ FLY FISHING WEEKEND Friday 9th & Saturday 10th March Take up a new skill or improve an old one this weekend at Renvyle House… Fly-Fishing World Champion Jackie Coyne; covering skills such as casting, fly-tying & more.

Weekend Price: €195.00 per person and includes 2 Bed & Breakfast 1 Dinner in our award winning Restaurant 1 Bar Food Evening Meal Above package include professional instruction

Tel: 095 46100 | Email: [email protected] | http://www.renvyle.com ____________________________________________________

SPRING SEASON’S EATINGS Commences Sunday 11th March “Your Health, Your Mind” Cookery Demonstrations with Frank Moynihan and Tim O’Sullivan. A healthy selection of foods does not have to be boring and Frank and Tim will show you a few delicious recipes, copies of which will be available for you to take home.

Midweek Break Price: €199 per person and includes 3 nights Bed & Breakfast 2 Dinners in our award winning Restaurant 1 Bar Food Meal Includes talks, cookery demonstrations and evening entertainment.

Tel: 095 46100 | Email: [email protected] | http://www.renvyle.com ____________________________________________________

SPRING WALKING WEEKENDS Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th March and Friday 27th to Sunday 29th April Beautiful guided walks with Archaeologist Michael Gibbons; who will provide a great insight into the history of Connemara

Weekend Price: €195.00 per person and includes 2 Bed & Breakfast 1 Dinner in our award winning Restaurant Guided walks and evening entertainment packed lunch on Saturday & bus transfers for walks.

Tel: 095 46100 | Email: [email protected] | http://www.renvyle.com ____________________________________________________

GOURMET FOOD WEEKEND as part of THE BAY AREA WILD ATLANTIC WAY FOOD FESTIVAL Galway European Region of Gastronomy 2018 With Food & Travel writers John & Sally McKenna and Eurotoques Executive Chef Tim O’Sullivan Friday 13th to Sunday 15th April. With Food & Travel writers John & Sally McKenna and Eurotoques Executive Chef Tim O’Sullivan, this weekend will cover sourcing food from the sea and shoreline along the Wild Atlantic Way. Cookery demonstrations as well as leaning how to fillet and prepare fish,. Discussions on seasonality, shellfish, seaweed and seafood on the Wild Atlantic Way.

Weekend Package €225 per person and includes: 2 nights Bed & Breakfast Welcome reception a glass of wine or prosecco on Friday evening with hot & cold Hors d’Oeuvres Saturday night’s ‘Blue Coast Banquet’ prepared by Tim and his team Demonstrations, Shore Field Trip & a Fulacht Fia ‘Stone Age Cookery’ demonstration.

Tel: 095 46100 | Email: [email protected] | http://www.renvyle.com

Renvyle House Hotel & Resort, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland.

On Friday evening, head chef Tim O’Sullivan and his team cooked a beautiful buffet with such gorgeous choices of french food including terrines, foie fras, paté, scallops, mussels, vennison and pheasant to name a few. The French Honorary Consul to Galway, Catherine Gagneaux introduced the Beajolais Nouveau wines which were sampled, the history behind them and what to look for.

On Saturday morning, a beautiful morning, guests partook in a beautiful and very interesting 3 hour walk around the Renvyle Peninsula guided by historian and archaeologist Michael Gibbons who pointed out many places of interest, the history, geology, geography and archaeology along the route.

Saturday night’s Banquet was carefully put together by Tim O’Sullivan and Ronnie Counihan and was based on the French chef, restaurateur and culinary writer Mr. Georges Auguste Escoffier recipes. Georges Escoffier popularized and updated traditional French cooking methods (1846-1935). A delicious feast accompanied by George de Boeuf’s Beaujolais Nouveau wine.

  We will be running more Gourmet breaks in the Spring 2018 as part of the Galway European Region of Gastronomy 2018 so keep an eye on our website;

One will be our Chilean Food & Wine Weekend (2nd – 4th March) with Jorge Coderch of the Caballo Loco vineyard travelling to be with us along with the Chilean Ambassador to Ireland. The other will be our inaugural, week long Wild Atlantic Way Bay Coast Food Festival (8th – 15th April) also in conjunction with the Galway European Region of Gastronomy 2018.

Tel: +353 (0)95 46100 | Email: [email protected] | renvyle.com

The second of these will run from Sunday 19th November and we will also run another Season’s Eatings in Spring 2018 when there is a different range of food, locally sourced, available to us.

For more information on these breaks please telephone us at 095 46100 or email us.

Keep an eye on our website for special offers