The Drawing Room HourNotebook No 79November 2025
The Antrim coast, from a window cut into stone.
Collected by Deborah. Read her editorial perspective
We know Ballygally Castle for its singular view: a distinctive seventeenth-century fortification on the Antrim coast. The original tower holds four highly sought-after bedrooms. You should specifically request one of them when you book.
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Your room's window, cut imperfectly into thick stone, frames the Irish Sea. This is not merely a backdrop, it is the primary reason to visit this hotel. The sea is the point of being here.
This rugged outpost provides a springboard for the Causeway Coast. Set out north before the breakfast crowd arrives.
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The Ireland Edit Way
Cut the itinerary in half, then cut it again. The letter we send before every first visit.
Every hotel change costs you half a day. Luxury, in Ireland, is staying put.
Six questions we apply before booking any room in Ireland. The November test, the dinner-twice test, the landscape-over-room test.
To understand Ireland, stop looking at the castles and start looking at the kitchen table.
From the notebook
Collected notes. A few times each season.