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www.themeetingsavoca.com. Visit the beautiful Meeting of the Waters, more exotic relatives. Tel: (01) 286 6939. Further information from
which was made famous by the poet Thomas Moore. Facilities on the Bray Tourist Office, Tel: (01) 286 7128/286 6796 or Bray Tourism
site include a restaurant, lounge and bar. The premises have recently Ltd, Tel: (01) 286 4000.
been developed to include luxury en suite accommodation. Tourist
facilities include a craft shop and bureau de change. Open all year. guestrooms accommodation
Best Western Woodenbridge Hotel & Lodge, Vale of Avoca, Co. Ulysses Guest House, Esplanade, Bray, Co. Wicklow. Tel: (01) 986
Wicklow. Tel: (0402) 35146; Fax: (0402) 35573; Email: 3860. Ulysses is situated on the Esplanade in Bray and has been run
info@woodenbridgehotel.com; Web:
www.woodenbridgehotel.com. by the Jones family since 1966. Colm Jones took over from Bernard
Established in 1608, Woodenbridge Hotel & Lodge is Ireland’s oldest and Frances on their retirement in 1995. All rooms are en suite with
hotel, and will be celebrating its 400th birthday next year. This cable TV and tea-making facilities, and the house offers a personal
family-run hotel serves award-winning food in the bar all day, and has service with a very high degree of cleanliness. We are 5 minutes walk
a choice of two restaurants in the evening. Midweek a room for two from the DART station and 10 minutes from Bray’s main street.
people is available for €89 including breakfast. Old Conna Golf Club, Ferndale Road, Bray, Co. Dublin. Tel: (01) 282
6055/282 6766; Public No: (01) 282 6771; Fax: (01) 282 5611;
BLESSINGTON Email:
info@oldconna.com; Web:
www.oldconna.com. Old Conna Golf
Archbishop Michael Boyle built the town of Blessington in 1667. In Club was designed by Ireland’s renowned golf course architect the late
1940, the planned flooding of the Liffey Valley created Poulaphuca Eddie Hackett. This beautiful par 72 parkland course measures 6,686
Reservoir, also known as the Blessington Lakes, which are fed by the yds with a standard scratch of 72 off the back tees. Offering panoramic
Liffey and Kings rivers. Today, it supplies water to thousands of Dublin views of the Irish Sea and the Sugar Loaf Mountain. With many fine holes
homes as well as offering many water pursuits. Nearby, Russborough set in exceptional woodland terrain. The finishing hole is a 511 yds Par 5
is a magnificent classical stately home built between 1740 and 1750 with out of bounds along the right-hand side into the orchard and behind
for Joseph Leeson, Earl of Milltown. the green. Quite apart from the customary warm welcome, a tempting
restaurant menu and bar facilities await you in the bright and comfortable
BRAY clubhouse. Old Conna is located two miles from Bray town, between
Known as the ‘Gateway to Wicklow’, Bray is the longest established Bray and Rathmichael, and 12 miles south of Dublin off the N11.
seaside town in the country. Many famous people have called Bray
their home, including the writers James Joyce and Oscar Wilde. pointofinterest activities & pastimes
Fronted by a spacious Victorian esplanade, the scene is dominated by The National Sea Life Centre, Strand Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
Bray Head, which rises steeply above the sea. A good climb to the top Tel: (01) 286 6939; Email:
slcbray@merlinentertainments.biz;
is a must – stand by the cross, erected at the head’s summit for the Web:
www.sealife.ie. The National Sea Life Centre on Bray’s seafront
Marian Year in 1950, and take in the panoramic view. The National is swimming with fascinating marine and freshwater creatures, including
Sea Life Centre offers a fantastic day out for the family, featuring over piranhas, seahorses and Ireland’s largest collection of sharks. This
20 displays filled with native and saltwater creatures, alongside their collection of over 90 species of underwater animals is displayed in a
BEST WESTERN WOODENBRIDGE
HOTEL & LODGE
Old Conna Golf Club
Ireland’s Oldest Hotel
Old Conna Golf Club was designed by, Ireland’s
Situated in the beautiful Vale of Avoca, home of renowned golf course architect the late Eddie Hackett,
Ballykissangel, and Avoca Handweavers.
this beautiful parkland course measuring 6,686 yd's Par 72
Food served all day
with a standard scratch of 72 off the back tees.
Accommodation From
Offering a panoramic view of the
Irish Sea and the Sugar loaf
€45 per person
Mountain, with many fine holes
including Breakfast.
set in exceptional woodland
terrain.
Tel: 0402 35146
Email:
info@woodenbridgehotel.com
Apart from the customary
warm welcome, a tempting
Web:
www.woodenbridgehotel.com
restaurant menu and bar
facilities await you in the
bright and comfortable clubhouse.
Ferndale Road, Bray, Co. Dublin
Telephone: 01-282 6055/01-282 6766
Public No: 01-282 6771 • Fax: 01-282 5611
Email:
info@oldconna.com • Web:
www.oldconna.com
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