Faithlegg House Hotel

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Rooms at Faithlegg

Faithlegg House Hotel facilities include 66 guest bedrooms and 2 new spacious junior suites in the new wing.  The property also includes 14 master rooms in the original house, 3 versatile function suites, fully equipped leisure centre with health and beauty salon, award winning restaurant, bar and lounge facilities, as well as an extensive car park.  Each guestroom is equipped with all modern four star amenities to ensure a stay here will be both relaxing and comfortable. These rooms are in a sylvan setting with woodland and garden views.  Non-smoking bedrooms are available on request when making a resrevation, or on checkin at hotel and this is subject to availability.

The following room services are available to all guests:

• 24 hour porterage and room service
• Laundry & dry cleaning service
• Baby sitting on request
• Access to business and secretarial services
• Early arrivals & late departures catered for
• Luggage storage and assistance with onward travel arrangements
  

Master rooms

Each of the 14 Master guestrooms, in the original house has an individual style and charm. Some have four poster beds, others have large king sized beds and some have magnificent fireplaces. All enjoy the atmosphere of luxury with spectacular views over the golf course or the estuary of the River Suir and all rooms provide guests with four star amenities. These rooms appropriately bear the names of people who have previously either lived in, or had an influence on the estate. The Lady Olivia and the Cornelius Bolton are two of the most impressive rooms.

The Lady Olivia room is beautifully decorated with high ceilings and a luxuriously spacious bathroom, boasting views over the golf course at the front and the River Suir estuary at the rear.

The Cornelius Bolton Room has an old world charm, large bathroom, impressive four poster bed and panoramic views of the unique box-hedged gardens of the estate, Waterford Castle and the River Suir estuary.

Dining at Faithlegg

The Roseville Rooms

Exuding a real sense of taste and style, the Roseville Rooms Restaurant provides the perfect place to enjoy breakfast, lunch or a gourmet dinner.
The award winning Roseville Rooms, a restaurant noted for its sense of occasion, offers a gourmet menu prepared by our chef and his team and a well chosen selection of fine wines.
An extensive buffet breakfast is served each morning from 7.30 am to 10.30 am, with extended hours over weekends and on bank holidays. Dinner is served from 6.30pm until 9.30pm each evening, and we strongly recommend that you book your table in advance either on arrival at hotel or when making your hotel reservation. Lunch is served every Sunday from 12.30 pm until 3 pm

Piano Bar & Lounge

Overlooking landscaped gardens, the Piano Bar comprises three stylish interlinking rooms in the original house, the piano lounge, cocktail bar and residents bar.
We have an extensive selection of wines by the glass along with a cocktail menu. 
The bar is open daily from 11.30 am until 11.30 pm. Food is served daily from 12 noon.
As a special treat, why not try our delicious Afternoon Tea selection including tasty filled sandwiches, scones with clotted cream & jam, home baked pastries and cakes, freshly brewed coffee or tea.
A selection of tasty snacks, hot and cold sandwiches, speciality salads and daily specials are available from our bar menu from 12 noon until 7 pm daily.

Faithlegg History

As with many great country estates, the historical aspect of Faithlegg Estate is a long and colourful one.  The area where Faithlegg Church stands was called Coolbunnia. Faithlegg Castle also stood there which was the seat of the Aylward Family for 500 years. The Aylward family, from Bristol, had been granted Faithlegg (originally covering over 7000 acres of pasturland) by King Henry 11 in 1177 and held it until the armies of Oliver Cromwell dispossessed them during the invasions of 1654.The property was then granted to William Bolton. Over a century later, in 1783, the present house was built by Cornelius Bolton, who had inherited the Faithlegg Estate from his father in 1779.

Financial difficulties followed and in 1819 the Bolton Family sold the house to the Power Family. Nicholas Mahon Power married Margaret Mahon and her dowry enabled him to buy Faithlegg House and Estate. The Powers were a wealthy merchant family from Waterford City and they adorned the estate with the stags head and cross, which was the Power family crest. It remains the emblem of Faithlegg to this day. On the death of Nicholas Power in 1873 his eldest son, Patrick Joseph (Pat) and his wife, Lady Olivia Nugent came to live in the house and commissioned Samuel Roberts to alter and enlarge the family mansion. The Power family also built the nearby Faithlegg Catholic Church on the ground where Faithlegg Castle originally stood.

The house passed to Hubert Power, the only son of Pat and Lady Olivia, and in 1920 upon Hubert's death, it passed to his daughter, Eily Power. In 1935 Eily and her husband sold the House to the De La Salle order of teaching Christian Brothers after which it acted as a novitiate until the 1980's.  The last remaining gap in history is from the 1980's until 1998 when it was taken over by the Tower Hotel Group.

Golfing at Faithlegg

Faithlegg House Hotel overlooks a magnificent 18 hole parkland golf course, club house and fully equipped pro shop. Opened in May 1993, Faithlegg golf course in Waterford was designed by renowned Irish golf courses architect Paddy Merrigan. The superb parkland layout with tricky doglegs, blind tee shots and strategically positioned sand traps, represents a stiff challenge for even the most accomplished golfers.

At a championship yardage of 6,674 and a regular yardage from the white markers of 6,284, distance is rarely the main problem in negotiating a good score at Faithlegg. The perils of the course lie more in its clever layout and slick, often wickedly contoured greens. Any round of golf at Faithlegg will test the golfer's shot skills to the limit. Rolling straight and true year round, the greens at Faithlegg are finely manicured, often perilously fast in summer months. They represent the perfect distance to a potentially low return. Varying pin placement puts the emphasis on accurate approach shots as inaccuracy is often aptly rewarded by long meandering putts to another level, perfectly exemplified by the par four 18th, a fitting end to a fantastic golfing experience.

Day Trips from Faithlegg

Cashel (1 hour 40 mins)

If you approach Cashel from the north on the main Dublin-Cork road, you will round a 21st century bend and suddenly be transported back 1,500 years. There, standing proud on the plains, is the great 4th century fortification of Cashel - the stone fort. This was the seat of kings and medieval bishops for 900 years and flourished until the early 17th century. Indeed there was a settlement here from pre-Christian times, traces of which have long since vanished. Brú Ború - the palace of Ború - is a national heritage centre at the foot of the Rock of Cashel. This cultural and interpretative village is designed around a village green and is home to the study and celebration of native Irish music, song, dance, story telling, theatre and Celtic studies. Cashel itself is a busy little market town and is a handy place to break the journey between Dublin to Cork.

Cobh (2 hours 20 mins)

Cobh is a picturesque town situated on Great Island in Cork Harbour just south of Cork City. The island is connected to mainland Ireland by both rail and road. Cobh has a relatively short history by Irish standards, it was established in 1750, but has played an important role in Ireland's history. From 1848 to 1950, over six million Irishmen and women emigrated from Ireland and over 2.5 million of these departed from Cobh, making Cobh the single most important port of emigration in Ireland. During the famine years between 1845 and 1851 over 2 million people emigrated from Ireland, decreasing the country's population by half. Many of those emigrating left from Cobh and sailed to America to start a new life. You can find out more about Cobh's role in Irish emigration at the fascinating "Queenstown Story" visitor attraction at the Cobh railway station. Highly recommended! Cobh is also famous for being the last port of call for the ill-fated Titanic, which sank after striking an iceberg on Sunday April 14, 1912. Today, Cobh is a pleasant town with streets that climb up the steep slope of a hill to the top where the impressive St. Coleman's Cathedral stands. There are many wonderful restaurants to choose from, many serving fresh seafood dishes. There are also a variety of lively pubs in Cobh where you can escape from the brisk air and enjoy some traditional Irish music.

Wexford (1 hour 15 mins)

This Heritage Town was founded by the Vikings and developed by the Normans. It stands at the mouth of the harbor bearing its name. It’s very cosmopolitan, with narrow streets and a long attractive quayside, and is famous all over the world for its annual Opera Festival held in the autumn. For over 50 years the Wexford International Opera Festival has attracted top performers and audiences from all over the country and overseas. It presents wonderful productions of rarely performed works, and an art festival has built up around it. The festival takes place in October at the Theatre Royal, High Street.

The town has entertainment year-round, including theater, light opera and exhibitions. It also has lots of craft shops and boutiques, plus plenty of coffee shops where you can take a break. Many of its pubs offer lunches and have traditional Irish music in the evenings. The Wexford Arts Centre is right in the center of town. It hosts exhibitions and other events, and has information about what’s happening in the area.