Name: Hawthorn House
Address: Shelbourne Street Kenmare,Shelbourne Street, Kenmare, Kenmare, Kenmare, not available, Ireland
Rating: 9

24-hour reception

Smoke-free property

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Kerry Airport

Hawthorn House

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A comfortable bed, a lovely shower, ample on site parking and convenient location makes this a great place to stay. What more could you ask for? We enjoyed our one night stay here and in the township of Kenmare where there are many restaurants and bars

A lovely place to stay if you are driving near Kenmare

Sadly, the vivacious and well meaning proprietress cannot hide the faded glory of this establishment.   The location is excellent.  The building and facilities have a worn look and you feel much more like in a elder's boarding house rather than a well kept up 
B &B (breakfast is no longer served)

good location,  faded glory days however

The rooms are dated and cold. It took hours for the heat to warm the room. The bed was soft. And the shower didn’t function at all. I probably should have noticed there were no recent reviews, which would have clued me into the problems. The best part was the owner; she’s a lovely woman.

Needs attention

My wife and I and our 2 granddaughters stayed at Hawthorn House for one night while seeing the Ring of Kerry and beautiful Kenmare. This is the 3rd or 4th time we have stayed in Mary's beautiful B&B. It's spotless, has free private parking, and a perfect location at a fair rate. Highly recommend! Mary is the nicest person!

Hawthorn House Is Always Perfect!

We drove the King Of Kerry on Tuesday, May 23, 2023 and chose this place to rest for the night. The location is great, but on a somewhat busy street. It is just one block from the downtown businesses which made it convenient.  Upon arriving, I knew that free parking was included. The problem was that I pulled into the driveway on the wrong side of the place, and it is not so easy to back out of the super narrow driveway with the traffic on the busy road in front. I then pulled into the correct driveway which has parking in back for only about 6 or 7 vehicles.  The other problem is that it seems most people do not know how to park and a couple of cars were straddling two parking spaces each.  I did manage to back into (with my wife's help from outside the car) a spot on the far left. It was a tight squeeze. Our host, Mary O'Brien was a cut up with her friendly but odd sense of humor. She lives on the main floor in the back of the building. She thought my accent was from Newfoundland (we live in Minnesota, USA). We had a nice large room, the Neidin Room. The name "Neidin" is the old Gaelic name for Kenmare, derived from "Nead Ein" (Ein's nest or lair). Ein was a fearsome giant who roamed the area, tormenting the natives, feasting on their livestock and stealing their crops.  This hotel does not serve breakfast (even though they do have a breakfast room). Getting breakfast in Kenmare on a Wednesday was a chore because almost every restaurant is closed on Wednesday mornings. Sleep quality was not that great because the room was quite stuffy with no ventilation, so we had to leave the windows open all night. Traffic outside was very noisy late at night and also at 5 AM and on. Interesting way to pay here. Mary O'Brien told us, "leave 90 Euro cash on the table in the room when you leave".  A quaint place to stay. 

Great location on the edge of downtown, but eccentrically quaint. 

We loved our stay at the Hawthorn house! Mary gave us the best dinner recommendation which was our favorite dinner of our entire trip! Not to mention she has the cutest dog named Max that hangs out around back :).  Room was very clean and right by all the live and action! Great location.  We would recommend to any of our family and friends! Hope to be back!

10/10 Stay!

Super comfortable, clean and convenient. We loved our 2 night stay at Hawthorn House.  Felt like home in the middle of a long driving trip.  Mary O’Brien does everything to make you feel welcome and comfortable!  Looking for to our next visit to Kenmare … will book here again no hesitation!  Lovely stay xxoo

Mary O’Brien is the best hostess ever! 

We booked this hotel in July of 2022 for our May 2023 visit through their reservation portal. I received a confirmation email with a conformation number. In April I sent out emails to confirm our hotel stays in Ireland. This owner returned my email to say she rejected my reservation without any notification to us. I then find out she is housing refuges, and chose to cancel our reservation with no word to us. DO NOT STAY HERE!!!! Not a good business to do this to tourist!!!

BAD BUDSINESS PRACTICES

We stayed in the cottage at Hawthorn House and loved all of the amenities and flexibility it provided. The extra space to spread out was great for our family, and is a good choice if you're looking to be able to have flexibility to stay in during your trip. We especially appreciated the laundry facilities and the location. We were able to take a quick walk (literally less that 5 min) into Kenmare to enjoy meals, shopping, and coffee. Mary was a kind and thoughtful host. 

Wonderful place to stay for a family. 

Stay in or walk out to the town. Amazing location to see Kenmare and the surrounding area. Breakfast is excellent and if you like your whiskey or whisky, John will have something for you to try. Didnt get a chance to eat in the restaurant in the evening, we ended up enjoying Kenmare's restaurants. 

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