Magowna House Hotel, Ennis

Advantages: Not too big, Friendly and nicely situated
Disadvantages: Busy

...The Templegate Hotel is situated in the centre of the beautiful town of Ennis, Co. Clare. Ennis is in the west of Ireland and one of the most beautiful towns you could visit. I had my wedding reception in this hotel so I have some good memories of it (despite being separated for my husband). The Templegate is not a huge hotel as it only has 70 bedrooms. But it does have a bit of a history. The hotel was built on the site of the Convent of Mercy and has tried to retain a somewhat gothic appearance. This does not seem very obvious until you get inside the hotel, but I will tell you more about that later. Before the hotel was a convent it was two houses that belonged to a Charles O’Connell, cousin of Daniel O'Connell a predominant political leader in Ireland at the beginning of the 19th century. Acorring to Templegate hotel he visited... Read review

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Advantages: Warm, friendly, great atmosphere.
Disadvantages: We could not stay longer.

...Having travelled extensively in Europe one of the places we have never visited is Ireland, so we went last weekend. We flew to Shannon and hired a car for the four days. The weather was atrocious, and didn't get much better all the time we where there. Shannon as my brother told me is just an estate of houses, due mainly to the airport being used for the Trans Atlantic flights, but as we drove through and around Shannon we could not seem to find a pub. Having booked into The Oak Wood Hotel in Shannon, which was lovely we set out to explore in the rain. The road had two choices, Galway or Limerick we chose the Galway route. We came across a sign for Ennis, so took that and as we drove through the town along the main road, a pub sign took our eye so we found a parking space, a small multi storey is just 4 shops away and went in... Read review

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Advantages: Very good Hotel, great service
Disadvantages: In the wrong place.

...Just back from a weekend Jaunt to Ireland. We flew Ryanair Eastmidlands to Shannon, £38 return (No hold luggage and online checkin). We booked the Oakwood Arms at Shannon, this was mainly as our return flight was 09:30 Monday morning and we did not want to get up early to travel. We booked it thru LATEROOMS.COM for 85 Euros a night for Double room with Buffet Breakfast. Ireland seems to be pricey for Hotels, so this was not too bad (We do cheaper when we go Venice). We had hired a Car so after picking that up it was just a 10 min Drive into Shannon and the Hotel. First Impressions were very good, better than most of the reviews we had read. Its a low level building on the edge of Shannon, not that there's much in the middle of Shannon, just seems to be a Housing Estate. Checkin looks very smart and professional, we were... Read review

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