Name: County Arms Hotel
Address: Birr, Offaly, Offaly, R42 Y568, Ireland
Telephone: +353 57 912 0791
Price range: €70.00
Rating: 5

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Venue Overview

Birr, Offaly

4 Star County Arms Hotel situated in Birr, Co Offaly. Trusted for over 57 years for making special memories of beautiful Weddings. The Moorpark Ballroom gives a luxurious environment for your guests. The landscape gardens are the perfect backdrop for capturing those special memories. Also, Perferct Venue for Civil Ceremonies and Civil Partnerships with Private Ceremony

Description

One of Ireland’s best loved Family-Run Hotels, the County Arms Hotel is Offaly’s first Four Star Hotel. Following a period of extensive redevelopment, we now offer a stunning setting for Weddings and a luxurious environment for your guests. At the County arms Hotel, we focus on ensuring that you have the flexibility and choice to allow us to plan your dream wedding day and because we’re Family Run, you know that we will be there for you every step of the way.

The quality of our Food is probably the most important ingredient to any Wedding Reception. We match our award-winning Food with attentive, experienced service, magnificent 200-year-old walled gardens for your photographs and possibly the finest Bridal suites in the country, each nearly 2,000 sq. ft.

The County Arms Hotel is a very popular destination for Weddings from Offaly, Laois, East Galway, North Tipperary and Westmeath. Our Brides and Grooms love the difference between this friendly, efficient Family Run Hotel and the faceless corporate Hotels that dominate modern Ireland.

The Air Conditioned Moorpark Room can cater for Weddings up to 400 guests and the original Georgian House boasts a number of stunning banqueting suites for up to 100 guests. Other facilities include 70 Bedrooms with “Wedding Rates”, the Springs Leisure Club & Wellness Suites, Lively Bar and Restaurant.

Please make an appointment to meet Conor or Barry Loughnane. We can show you around our beautiful Hotel, discuss your requirements, budgets, Menus, Wines etc and leave you with an exact costing breakdown for your wedding, as well as personal recommendations for Bands, Hair, Photographer, Limousines, DJs and other local providers. Our family have hosted Wedding Receptions at the County Arms Hotel since 1962 – come and talk to us and enjoy the benefit of our unrivalled experience.

To arrange a show around of this wedding venue, simply select a date above and fill out the Enquiry Form and a member of the venue staff will get back to you within 24 hours.

"It felt like our own private hotel for the day"
- Thomas Brennan

"..first class attention to detail, a warm welcome and excellent service, to ensure your well deserved perfect day!"
- Wedding Planner

" A hidden Gem in the Heart of Ireland"
- Wedding Journal Magazine

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Venue Type

Country House
Hotel

Style

Classic
Modern

Facilities

Civil License
Guest Accommodation
Late License
Outdoor Ceremony
Parking

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Michelle Blennerhassett

Wedding Coordinator

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What people are saying!

Average Rating: 5 out of 5 - based on 25 reviews

The county arms were amazing for our wedding day. Everyone was so impressed with the food and the service. Its a family run business and you definitely get a homely feel from them and they really care about how the guests are enjoying the day. The day after the wedding our nieces and nephew were …

outside playing in the garden and Conor even brought them out an icecream. The Loughnane family were so thoughtful and helpful with every aspect of the wedding. We couldnt have asked for better!

I don't know where to start. Our wedding day was the happiest of our lives and a major part of that was the County Arms Hotel and the fantastic service they provided. In the lead up to the wedding, they were fantastic. Every email or phone call was answered and any I never felt any stress or worry …

because they were always on top of everything. On the day, they were amazing. Everything went perfectly. We had our ceremony in the Maple Room and it's a perfect venue. Guests are still raving about the food, from the carvery rolls on arrival to the hogroast at midnight. The meal itself was fantastic, delicious and perfectly timed. The County Arms also sourced music for our drinks reception and the residence bar. I would highly recommend as they were great and the party started immediately after the ceremony and didn't stop until the small hours. Our photographer was so impressed with the grounds, he got some fantastic pictures and I cannot wait to see our album. I really cannot recommend Conor, Barry and especially Michelle highly enough

We celebrated our wedding on Nov 11th 2017 in the fabulous County Arms Hotel in Birr. From the first meeting with had with Conor, we were hooked by this hotel! The ease at which the day was organised was just brilliant...leaving us with very little to do only show up! When we arrived on the day we …

were treated like royalty and so too were our guests with the fab food and drinks that awaited our arrival...with music in the bar and a great atmosphere...the craic wasn't long to get going! Everything went off to a T and it was all very relaxed, helped by the friendly staff who joined in with the banter throughout the night! We just can't thank the hotel management and staff enough for really making our day and night an absolutely amazing experience!! Our guests are still raving about the food and how fab the hotel is (all 283 of them!). I would recommend the County Arms hotel in a heart beat to my closet friends and family...3 of our guests have since booked it for their own weddings; I think that says enough!

The county arms was an excellent venue for our wedding day, from the very first time we went to look at the venue to the big day, the staff were excellent, we cannot speak highly enough of the wedding team, we had the benefit of attending our friends wedding in the hotel prior to our wedding and …

from our friends wedding we knew the county arms was a front runner,

we met with Conor when we went to look at the venue, he sat down with us and gave us his time going through all the options, it was clear to us at that stage that they valued our custom and there was a nice personal touch to it, with the family run operation,

our wedding days was a fabulous experience, the venue, the music, the food were all amazing, The county arms is ahead of the rest when it comes to hosting weddings on every aspect, I couldn't recommend the county arms highly enough

We had the most amazing day. We were so delighted that we had our reception in the County Arms Hotel. The venue was just perfect. The staff in the County Arms were excellent both on the day and leading up to the wedding. They could not have done enough for us.
The venue itself is ideal for any …

wedding, the hotel has a fabulous ball room which can work for any size wedding, beautiful reception area and gorgeous gardens at the back of the hotel.
The food throughout the day was top class and superior quality. The service on the day was also excellent. All the staff in the County Arms are professional and well trained. My guests are still talking about the great food and service, a lot of them have commented that 'it was the best wedding they were at for food and service'.
I highly recommend this hotel as a wedding venue. I look forward to attending weddings in this hotel in the future.