‘Whiskey me away’ – From Jameson to Jay-Z on a spirited East Cork break
Castlemartyr Resort in Co Cork
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Castlemartyr Bell Tower restaurant
Castlemartyr Fortress
Knights Bar in Castlemartyr
Castlemartyr manor suite
Castlemartyr therapy room
The Jameson Expertise, Cork
‘Whiskey me away’ – From Jameson to Jay-Z on a spirited East Cork break
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At €875 a shot, the 1984 Midleton uncommon whiskey on the highest shelf on the Castlemartyr Resort has had six takers.
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At €875 a shot, the 1984 Midleton uncommon whiskey on the highest shelf on the Castlemartyr Resort has had six takers.
4 have been the proprietor – the opposite two have been Beyonce and Jay-Z.
Clearly, this Cork five-star doesn’t do issues by halves.
This five-star golf and spa haven is, in any case, the place Invoice Clinton crashed a marriage, the place Kanye and Kim Kardashian stopped by on their honeymoon, and the place Bruce Springsteen reportedly took over the lodge bar for a session after his first Cork gig.
Now it has launched a ‘Whiskey Me Away’ Jameson Expertise, together with an in a single day keep, two-course dinner within the Bell Tower Restaurant and entry into the Jameson Expertise Tour in Midleton. I used to be completely satisfied to place it to the take a look at.
This place is gigantic. It’s a very good stroll from the reception, previous the swimming pool, spa, the Italian restaurant, the kids’s playroom, a personal eating room, to our rooms.
Castlemartyr manor suite
It’s so giant that regardless of a 220-strong wedding ceremony going down whereas we keep, we barely discover.
We arrive on Friday night and reap the benefits of the lengthening hours with a stroll across the lake and grounds of the 800-year-old citadel, first constructed by the Knights Templar.
A large cherry blossom tree is in full bloom. There are a couple of dozen horses grazing and as we cross, two white mares take off at a canter, revelling within the remaining drops of daylight.
We really feel town melting away.
It’s a brief stroll into Castlemartyr village, the place the Hunted Hog pub is inviting for a swift pre-dinner drink. Then it’s again to the resort and the golf clubhouse obliges with some hearty pub grub and a buzzy ambiance.
Again on the Knight’s Bar, the ‘Castlemartyrs’ band tune up with some light conventional music and with the open hearth and a nightcap we’re sated and soothed earlier than retiring to mattress.
The Jameson Expertise, Cork
In the hunt for journey, the subsequent afternoon we take the 20-minute journey to the Jameson Distillery at Midleton (jamesonwhiskey.com).
The distillery dates again to 1825 and lots of the unique buildings have been superbly preserved, with outdated kilns, mills and a water wheel.
Our information Seán charms us with tales of the employees who crafted their commerce in these stone buildings till they closed in 1975.
Irish Distillers – the producers of Midleton and Jameson Whiskey – function from the gleaming industrial distillery which is now producing 1.5 million barrels of whiskey a day and they’re at 99laptop capability.
“We’re planning for the long run, hoping that the urge for food for Jameson whiskey will proceed,” says Seán.
Though the know-how has moved on considerably, the method and high quality stays the identical. And a few traditions stay.
“We nonetheless have distillery cats right here to maintain the pests away as a result of the mice love grain – something they will get their grubby paws on,” says Seán.
Again on the lodge, we’re prepared for correct pampering. A spa journey begins with an aromatherapy full physique therapeutic massage, adopted by a sit back within the vitality lounge with wraparound views over the property, a visit to the steam room and a dip within the 20-metre pool.
Then, refreshed and revived, we conclude with a feast within the Bell Tower restaurant.
However it’s not lengthy earlier than we discover ourselves again at Knights’ Bar.
There, we chat with the barman and talk about our chilled out Cork getaway and, within the phrases of James Joyce, ‘the sunshine music of whiskey falling into glasses made an agreeable interlude’.
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Castlemartyr aerial picture
Claire was a visitor of Castlemartyr Resort.
The ‘Whiskey Me Away’ Jameson Expertise contains an in a single day keep in a deluxe room with a full Irish breakfast, a two course dinner within the Bell Tower Restaurant and entry into the Jameson Expertise Tour within the Midleton Jameson Distillery, and is accessible midweek from €209.
Go to castlemartyrresort.ie for extra data.
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