Award winning 5 Star luxury country house hotel in the heart of Ireland at the foot of the Slieve Bloom Mountains.The house has long been admired as the most lavish Regency mansion in Ireland, and after eight years of restoration, Ballyfin re-opened in May 2011 as a 5 star country house hotel like no other. It offers the very best of Irish hospitality in the most beautiful surroundings imaginable. With only twenty rooms and the beautiful private Gardeners Cottage for the 614 acre estate, this 5 star luxury hotel is open to residents only and provides discretion and privacy like few other destinations. Relais & Chateaux member. Conde Nast 2016 Best Hotel in the World. AA Hotel of the Year Ireland 2018.