Thought for the weekend

Heaven


Your Hair is Golden on the Pillow
And peace is in your lovely face,
Outside the starry night is shining,
the yellow moon is bright with grace.

All the world is spinning gently,
Heaven is here and everywhere.
As I kiss you softly, softly,
I pray you sleep without a care.
                             Ivan Jones

AA Rosette award for culinary excellence 2010-2011

It is a great pleasure to be maintain this award with the AA hotels again for this season. Thanks to all our dedicated people who have helped us achieve this accolade again!!

Bridgestone 100 Best Places to Stay in Ireland 2011

We are Charmed and Delighted to be included in

'Bridgestone 100 Best Places to Stay in Ireland 2011'

This is our fourth year in succession being included in this acclaimed guide.

Quote;

'Neil and Katy’s GB Hotel is one of the nicest hotels in Ireland. If you thought that the sort of hotel where she cooks in the kitchen, and where he meets and greets the guests, had vanished under the tsunami of zombie hotels that now litter the country, then a trip to the lake of Gougane Barra will restore your soul, your sanity, and your faith in true Irish hospitality.'

see more at;

http://www.bestofbridgestone.com/recommendations/gougane-barra-hotel

The Bridgestone GuidesAll the best places to eat, shop and stay in Ireland. Perfect for all food lovers.

Beal Athan Ghaorthaidh do it again

Béal Athan Ghaorthaidh under 16's scoop the Mid Cork Final in grand style.

Fé 16 with their trainers

Enjoying it all!!

Bringing home the Silverware

Where would you be without the support?

Ghostly happenings in Gougane Barra.....

Lauraine Harper

This is the photo I took in April 2009. I then went to my room and started to read page 7 of my book Gracelin O'Malley by Ann Moore (took place in 1840's) and the 1st paragraph read, "They followed the winding path of the Lee through Inchigeelagh, past the rippling waters of Lough Allua, crossing the river at Ballingeary and heading toward the Shehy Mountains until they reached the small stone chapel that sat on the shores of Gougenebarra Lake, the source of the Lee.......
I was reading this while looking out my window at the chapel at that very moment.
I am from the USA and had never been to your hotel before. ???

original via facebook from Lauraine

Dawning of the day in Gougane Barra

Sometimes on holidays it is worth getting up really early and enjoying the tranquil dawn over the lake in Gougane Barra.

This perfect scene is widely available while most of us sleep and it is worth sampling every now and again. All the wildlife in Gougane Barra make quite a noise about the dawning of a new day and they are quite right to celebrate scenes like this...

Faulty towers in Gougane Barra?

Faulty Towers, the Dining Experience

presented by

Interactive Theatre Australia

in association with Ten42 Productions

A one-day show, running on the 25th of July at 2.00pm and 7.00pm

After a sell out six week tour of Ireland in 2009 Faulty Towers…the dining experience will be back in Ireland for 10 weeks in 2010. With most of the 2009 venues rebooking the show the available dates are already in short supply.

Faulty Towers…the dining experience is a unique event offering the public a chance to find out what it would be like to dine at Fawlty Towers?

There is of course the snobbish manic Basil; his domineering wife, Sybil; and their hopeless language-challenged waiter,Manuel.

Give yourself the chance to be one of the steady stream of bemused guests trying to make Manuel understand what it is you want. Asking for an ice bucket ends up with you being presented with a 'nice bucket'. A simple procedure like opening a bottle of wine can become a huge drama. And, maybe, just maybe, in the middle of all these events, you might get some service, Faulty style, of course.

Everything that can go wrong will……. In fact, this can best be described as organised chaos bundled into two hours of "fat-wobbling, gut-busting, face-aching laughter" whilst, AT THE SAME TIME, enjoying a fabulous three course meal.

"Rude waiting staff, a rat in the kitchen and unidentified floating objects in the soup usually mean a meal from Hell but they also add up to an unforgettable show at the Fringe" Daily Record ****

Theatre by the lake, Gougane Barra Hotel

25th of July

2 shows only 2pm and 7pm

Book Now 026 47069

www.gouganebarrahotel.com

very limited amount of spaces left!