Cashel Palace Hotel

Cashel, Ireland. Located at the foot of the Rock of Cashel, linked to it by the Bishop’s Walk.

Cashel Palace HotelCashel, Ireland

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Address: Cashel Palace Hotel
Main Street
Cashel, Co. Tipperary E25 EF61
Ireland
Telephone: +353 62 62002
Official website: cashelpalacehotel.ie
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42 individually designed rooms and suites, including 8 suites.
The Michelin-starred Bishop’s Buttery, a bistro and afternoon tea; two Michelin Keys and Relais & Châteaux membership.
Spa with pool, thermal suite and seaweed baths; gardens with mulberry trees believed to date from 1702.
Located at the foot of the Rock of Cashel, linked to it by the Bishop’s Walk.

10 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

c. 1730
Archbishop Theophilus Bolton commissions a new palace from architect Edward Lovett Pearce.
1732
The red-brick Palladian palace, with limestone dressings, is completed.
18th century
Richard Guinness, steward to Archbishop Arthur Price, is believed to brew ale here; his son Arthur, the archbishop’s godson, later founds the Dublin brewery.
1833
The palace ceases to be the archbishops’ residence when the Church Temporalities Act merges the dioceses.
1959
The Church of Ireland sells the property to Lord Brockett.
1962
The palace opens as a luxury hotel, later owned by trainer Vincent O’Brien and then Pat and Susan Murphy; famous guests include Jacqueline Kennedy.
1982 – 1983
The Bishop’s Buttery holds a Michelin star under chef Declan Ryan.
2014
The hotel closes; two years later the Magnier family of Coolmore Stud buys it and begins restoration in 2017.
1 March 2022
The hotel reopens as a five-star property and joins Relais & Châteaux.
2024
The Bishop’s Buttery regains a Michelin star and the hotel is awarded two Michelin Keys.