Special Places to Stay: Ireland, 7th

We've chosen over 240 special places to stay throughout Ireland, north, south, east and west: from tiny simple places to luxurious ones, including Northern Ireland. B&Bs in fascinating family homes, hotels of all sorts; fishing lodges, keeps and castles; self-catering cottages, farms and seaside houses. Ireland's bounding tiger has not left behind the age-old sense of spontaneous hospitality; these openhearted people simply love sharing their space and their rich conversation with all who come to make genuine contact.