Tinakilly Country House & Restaurant

Top choice in County Wicklow


This magnificent Victorian Italianate house 4km northwest of Wicklow town is one of the most elegant country homes in the county. You have a choice between a period room in the west wing (original antiques, and four-poster and half-tester canopy beds) or a sumptuous suite with a view in the east wing. Massage and beauty treatments are available.

The restaurant (mains €14 to €28) utilises local produce, much of it from its own gardens, in dishes such as goat's cheese mousse with hazelnut praline and beetroot dust, venison Wellington, or brown bread berry pudding.


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