Ballyvolane House (IE) - Houses of the Month 2.0

Ballyvolane House is a Georgian country house built in 1728 by Sir Richard Pyne. The house and gardens were extensively remodelled in the 1870’s. The property remained in the Pyne family until 1953 when it was purchased by Squirrel and Joyce Green following their return from Malaya where Squirrel had been a rubber planter. Their son Jeremy and his wife Merrie farmed the property and slowly transitioned from farming into hospitality in the 1980’s which was when they opened the house to paying guests. They also carried out extensive restoration works on the house, gardens and lakes during the 1980’s and 1990’s. Their son Justin and his wife Jenny took over the reins in 2004 and have diversified into weddings, events, glamping and in 2015 opened a gin distillery in the farmyard. Justin and Jenny and their three children live at Ballyvolane House now.
Ballyvolane House is situated deep in the beautiful north east Cork countryside, 30 minutes from Cork, 2.5 hours from Dublin. The house is surrounded by vast gardens, mature woodland, parkland and lakes. Stuffed with family heirlooms, portraits and antiques the house is friendly, homely and unstuffy. The vibe at Ballyvolane House is more 'house party' than hotel. Guests enter through the striking pillared hall with its grand piano and hand-stencilled doors. The elegant drawing room at the rear overlooks the terraced lawns.
Feast on delicious traditional, Irish country house dishes served in the dining room, sleep in the indulgently comfortable bedrooms are all upstairs in the main house. For the active, there is a tennis court, badminton, a 7-a-soccer pitch, swimming in the lakes, croquet, clay pigeon shooting and game shooting in season, woodland walks all on-site!

For more information on Ballyvolane House visit:
www.ballyvolanehouse.ie
For Bertha’s Revenge Gin visit
www.ballyvolanespirits.ie
Email
info@ballyvolanehouse.ie
Tel: + 353 (0)25 36349

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