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Enjoy a visit to Ely House located in the riverside village of Shannonbridge with its waterside marina, traditional pubs and award winning Old Fort Restaurant. Brian and Dympna O'Carroll at Ely House offer you a warm welcome and offer guest rooms with en-suite bathrooms, TVs, Wifi and tea/coffee facilities. Close to the lost monastic city of Clonmacnoise, Ely House is an ideal central location for exploring Ireland. Ely house is eco friendly with sustainable energy heating and hot water. Activities such as fishing, golfing and boating are at your doorstep and we are only 20 mins from Athlone, Birr, Ballinasloe and Tullamore.
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This is our second stay this year we absolutely love staying there Claudia and all the staff are friendly and helpful. The accomodation is charming and clean, breakfast outstanding. We are already looking forward to our next stay. Keep up the good work Trish & Steve Bromley
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Date of stay: June 2023
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Just had a great break away in this bed and breakfast with my hubby. Very friendly and accomodating hosts and lovely room. The only downside was being woken very early by other guests getting up earlier than we were, -(wooden floors and doors being closed)7.30 but hey when you are away you have to get it all in so we got up early too !! Would recommend this b& B and area is lovely - even got to see" Leap Castle" most haunted and home of our ancestors !!!!
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Date of stay: July 2016Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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We had a wonderful time in Ireland and a great last night with a great family in a wonderful b&b. The Restaurant near the guesthouse was really very good and the music in the near pub was wonderful. You can reach all things by fooWe liked the great breakfast. Thanks for all...We'll come back soon. Volker and Nicole
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Date of stay: October 2015Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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We stayed one night and found the hosts, room and breakfast to be fine. We were met with a warm greeting - especially from the dog!- and shown through. The room is smallish but we had 4 bags which does make large rooms small. The bed is a double size with 4 pillows which were comfy. The shower stall is pretty small but typical of Ireland. Curtains were a bit short so some light came in. The room was plenty warm with a large radiator in the room and a small one in the bathroom. The TV is pretty small as seems to be the norm in B&B’s The breakfast is sufficient with 3 cereals, yoghurts, bread, fruit and juice. Breakfast is cooked to order with sausage, bacon, egg and tomato available. The menu doesn’t list too many options for non-meat and egg eaters and options weren’t offered. The hot breakfast was good, the bacon especially so but just one egg was interesting. Our main dislike was the amount of noise generated by the wooden floors. Every step could be heard from rooms beside and above. There seemed to be 2 other rooms booked during our stay so perhaps we got poor neighbours (one did leave his diesel car idling outside our window for 5 minutes or so ; ‘Thanks’) and they talked loudly. I don’t know the answer to this one, even locking the bedroom door seemed to incur a lot of noise. No one else seems to mention it in reviews so maybe we are precious, but we did tire of footsteps and snoring.
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Date of stay: November 2019Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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We had the pleasure of staying at Ely House during September and I must say everything was just absolutely wonderful. The Accommodation, food and hospitality. I would highly recommend for anyone visiting the area.
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Date of stay: September 2014
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Trip type: Travelled with family
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This B&B was handy to Clonmacnoise and was open in early Jan so we nabbed it. On entering it smelled heavily of smoke so we expected the worst. But the smell did not invade the halls, rooms or breakfast area.
Brian loaned us his book about Clonmacnoise so we made a quick late afternoon run up to it. The Shannon was high (lapping the stone walls around Clonmacnoise) and the dark came early at this time of year and it was raining. But what a place! And it turned out Brian had written this book himself, get one from him or at the visitor center.
We planned to picnic in the room, seemingly not much happening in Shannonbridge at this time. But Brian said we needed to walk down to Killeen's Pub. We learned that one really needs to follow Brian's suggestions!
What a place, Brian says you cannot really describe it to tourists and he is right. Not a polished, citified place but a real place with real folks to talk too. By a wonderful fire. Trad music many nights. And Derry was the local historian behind the bar who, along with Brian, directed us to other places we needed to visit, and told us where to stop for the key to Clonfert Cathedral.
Do what Brian says, follow his directions! Great place.
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Date of stay: January 2014
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Response from boru22, Owner at Ely House
Responded 9 Jan 2014
Glad you enjoyed your stay. Just to clarify that we lit a turf fire at Christmas time which gives a smokey aroma near the fireplace....It is a tradition in our home and gives a lovely ambience! Our modern heating system means that we don't light a fire very often! Thanks Brian
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After visiting Clonmacnoise, we came across this lovely B+B by chance and stayed there. The friendliness and welcome we got was fantastic. On arrival we were offered a coffee and we had a chat. Brian suggested a nice place to eat nearby (the Old Fort) wirthin walking distance which was good and then suggested a night in Killeens which had music and friendly banter..Killeens Pub should be on everyones itinerary as it has great charm and is timeless. At Ely House our room was large and comfortable, nicely decorated and had Tv, bathroom and tea and coffee. Free Wifi was included. There was a vast array of books available which we perused at our leisure. Breakfast was delicious and vast! Their homemade brown bread was gorgeous and the choice of options was expansive. We would recommend anyone staying near Clonmacnoise to stay here. We can't wait to visit again
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Date of stay: September 2009
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Stayed here while touring from Galway to Dublin. It was a last minute decision to stay in Stonebridge and Brian was very helpful. He is very knowledgeable about the area and a gracious host. The rooms were very clean and spacious. We had to start early the next morning so Brian offered to start the breakfast service early in order to accommodate our needs. Stonebridge is a bit off the beaten path but if your in the area (visiting the Clonmacnoise Monastery perhaps) I definitely recommend staying at the Ely House.
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Date of stay: July 2019Trip type: Travelled with family
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The location is wonderful and the accommodations are clean and well looked after. I traveled with my two young adult daughters and we had everything we needed. The room was well equipped, spacious, and very clean. As well, the bathroom was spacious, clean, and well equipped (although the shower head needs to be fixed a bit). Brian was a wonderful host, we had good conversations and he offered me use of his house phone when I needed to contact my cousins in Ballinasloe, which so very helpful. The breakfast was top notch. The sideboard with breads, cheeses, jams, etc. was a great start to our made to order (eggs cooked to order, meats, toast) breakfast. Olive's service was a real treat with her attentiveness, personality and sense of humor being more that appreciated. This B&B is wonderful and we will be back.
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Date of stay: June 2017
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Trip type: Travelled with family
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Lovely rooms, very comfortable and nice breakfast: all a good b&b should be. Brian and his wife are friendly and helpful: we would have no hesitation with a return visit next year. We travelled to visit relatives who live in Shannonbridge
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Date of stay: August 2016
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Trip type: Travelled with family
Room Tip:Â All the rooms we saw were good
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Hi Kevin
We have 2 Triple Rooms, 3 Twin Rooms 1 Double room and 2 Single rooms. I can offer a rate of e30 each incl Continental Breakfast and e34 incl Irish Cooked Breakfast
Thanks
Brian
There are more places to choose from in the Shannonbridge area.
LOCATION
IrelandProvince of LeinsterCounty OffalyShannonbridge
NUMBER OF ROOMS
12
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