Mr. Ohara is a truly wonderful host. We stayed here the first and last nights of our trip, and he was very helpful with getting us started out. The house, rooms, and grounds are very nice, and the breakfasts could not be better. Such a quiet, beautiful country settling.

Usually when I arriave at a hotel, I throw in my bag and decide where to go for the afternoon. At Mornington, I threw in my bag and wanted to go nowhere else.

It is a comfortable home with a welcoming atmosphere. It's also 'old world', but carpets and other furnishings there since the 1800s. Most importantly, there are no televisions in the rooms or communal areas, so it's easy to think you're back in the 1930s.

Advice:
1. Get a good map and good directions, as Mornington can be difficult to find.
2. Make sure they are serving dinner the nights you're there. It completes the experience to dine there, rather than leave the environs and be plunged back into the 21st century.

My mother and I stayed a night here and it is really wonderful. The house is beautiful and Anne and Warwick O'Hara are great hosts. The grounds are lovely for walking and you can go down to the shore of Lake Derravara. This represents everything that is special about hidden Ireland - beautiful house, great food and accommodation and a sense of history being preserved. Highly recommended.

I stayed for a night at Mornington House with my girlfriend in August 2007. From the instant we turned the car in the gate of the driveway, we both felt ourselves relaxing into the deep beauty of the countryside setting and the charm of the old house. We were warmly greeted by Warwick O'Hara and shown to our room. Our room was very large with a superbly comfortable bed and a view onto some trees at the back of the house. We had time for a quick walk down to the lake and back before dressing for dinner.
I would particularly recommend the dinner at Morningtons as it's excellent quality and is unusual in that all the guests eat together at a large dining table (which can be a risk as you don't know who'll you end up next to! The people we spoke to were all lovely though.). The food was delicious and we particularly enjoyed our choice of wine. Much of the ingredients for the dinner came from the garden outside, we were told, which I feel is a lovely touch, and a rare thing in our modern world.
Breakfast the next morning was equally good, with delicious bread. Although we had to move on to our next destination, we both wished we could stay another night and really relax into the country atmosphere and the welcoming house.
The room cost €150 and the meal €45 each (plus wine) which is quite expensive, but I feel it's worth the price for such an enjoyable and relaxing experience and for such an old-world ambience.
One thing I noticed as we were leaving is that some of the other rooms to the front of the house looked much nicer than the one we had, so next time I would ask for one of those.