Thankfully in the past few years, the range of activities offered by Hotels has expanded greatly, not least becasue of the major improvement in our local tourist infrastructure...
It's wedding season again - for the uninitiated, there are 2 wedding seasons every year in the County Arms Hotel, this period around Christmas when most bookings are made...
Happy New year to all our friends and customers. ...
A big welcome this week to our new Head Chef - John Nelan. With wide and varied experience in Ireland and overseas, John brings a new dimension to the kitchen here at the County Arms Hotel...
Keen readers will have noticed the lack of a blog over the past 2 weeks, due to my paternity leave. Baby Loughnane was born on 23rd October at 9:07pm weighing only 5lb11oz - for those of you who have gone metric, that's on the small side...
Birr town lies in the shadow of the Slieve Bloom mountains - or the Kinnitty mountains as they are known in the Loughnane household - and these mountains are the playground for adventure seekers from all over the Midlands and further afield...
What a day for Birr hurling, beaten by Tullamore in the Semi-Final of the Offaly Senior Hurling Championship. Whilst congratulations must go to Tullamore, this a major shock indeed for the Offaly Hurling community...
Ireland's favourite comic, Tommy Tiernan has announced a major pre-Christmas show at the County Arms Hotel on Thursday 26th November...
Keen viewers of RTE TV will have noticed County Arms Hotel hogging the airwaves this month...
This week the County Arms Hotel embarks on our quest to be awarded the Green Hospitality Award, hopefully bringing due recognition to our efforts to lessen our environmental impact and create a culture of environmental awareness throughout the Hotel...