The Drawing Room HourNotebook No 75October 2025
The Jameson family house, then the resort, then the dunes.
Collected by Deborah. Read her editorial perspective
Portmarnock, once a Jameson family house, serves as our Dublin launching point. The original wing still feels like a private residence, like we are weekend guests. With the dunes only ten yards from the door, we often head out there before we have even unpacked.
Adare
On clear mornings, we walk the strand to Velvet Strand at low tide, or play nine holes before breakfast. Evenings usually find us with a drink in the Jameson Bar, settling in before dinner. These rhythms, though simple, establish the tenor for our subsequent journeys.
This proximity makes it a useful waypoint for your first or last night of a golf week, just twenty-five minutes from Dublin Airport.
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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.