Fitzgerald's Woodlands House

A wonderfully friendly, family run hotel, Woodlands House offers the up most in Irish hospitality, located just one mile from Adare village in County Limerick.

The Woodlands is a family friendly hotel with an atmosphere of relaxed comfort offering high standards of accommodation, a good range of facilities, award winning hospitality and the warmest of welcomes from staff and proprietors; the Fitzgerald family.

Each of the guestrooms are very spacious and tastefully furnished, with huge beds and a full compliment of facilities. Superior rooms are afforded luxurious whirpool baths and the hotel has rooms and facilities to cater for a range of family groupings.

The award-winning Brennan Room at the Woodlands offers fine dining in refined surroundings. The best of local produce is used for dishes blending traditional Irish country fare with some modern twists. The hotel also has an informal barn style bar, Timmy Mac's with a menu of traditional home cooked dishes, Hot Pig and Porter barbeques on the outdoor terrace in the summer and lively night-time entertainments ranging from traditional Irish music sessions, to Irish dancing and storytelling.

The Woodlands is very popular with locals, who regularly drop by whether its lunch in Timmy Macs, a pint in the Woodcock Bar or to use the hotel's leisure facilities. The Woodlands boasts a 20m pool, kiddies pool, spa pool, steamroom, Jacuzzi, sauna and gym. The hotel also offers a range of beauty and relaxation treatments and organises activities for children at holiday times with Woody's Children's Fun Club.

There are a number of activities available just a mile form the hotel in Adare, such as horse riding and golf, with the championship courses of Ballybunion and Tralee within a few hours drive.

Amazing to think that the Woodlands, with such a broad range of facilities, grew from a humble bed and breakfast. But it goes to show how the Fitzgeralds' great hospitality and desire to satisfy the needs of their guests have proved a winning combination.