grey gables ennis
 

thi b&b has been recommended - has anyone stayed there - we are basing ourselves in ennis to play golf in early nov thank you for any assistance

Sorry, I have stayed at John Madden's Temple Gate hotel, the Queens hotel and Abbey Tourist Hostal in Ennis and at Fitzgerald's B&B in Miltown Malbay but never at Grey Gables B&B.

Golf: If you want a warmup for Lahinch you might try Spanish Point (about 2km from Miltown Malbay). It's a 9-hole 'Executive' (no par-5's) Links course and it's fun to play. No buggies, you have to walk but they have rental pull carts (trolleys). See my http://groups.msn.com/gate5
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The last time I was there in November the Parkland courses were too wet to play. Only the Links courses were playable.

Neds...

How was the Abbey Tourist Hostel?

hxs

lrrover: Abbey Tourist Hostal was OK. I just stayed there a couple of nights in May'03 when the Spring Traditional music festival was on - everything else was fully booked or very expensive. I'm not a Hostal person; I like ensuite baths but I am an early riser and I got to shower in the ground floor bath - the best.
I had single occupancy in a room that would accomodate 6-people: 25 Euros.

'Do it yourself' breakfast was included and the location is great! It's across the river from the ruins of the Friary and about 150m from Cruise's and the Queen's hotel.

Neds:

Thank you for the info. We will be there for one night in two weeks for the Ennis Trad Festival. We have the double room.

lrrover:
A lot of the sessions / activities of the Ennis spring Traditional Irish music festival (May'03) took place in the Queen's Hotel.
I stopped in to Cruise's pub just as an impromptu session was starting (3:00 PM); it continued until 9:00 PM - just before the regularly acheduled music was to start. It was fantastic! They began with a couple of guitars; when it ended there were 3-guitars, 1-banjo, 2-bohdrans and 2-fiddles. Musicians just kept wandering in and 'sitting in'

As I wrote earlier, that's just across the Fergus river bridge from the Abbey Tourist Hostal.