About
Thirty-one years, and still family-run.
A restored 1727 Georgian house, a walled garden, a kitchen with two AA Rosettes, and eleven rooms we’re proud to share.
Our Story
Georgian bones, modern heart. Built 1727. In family hands since 1995.
Ghan House is one of the oldest private houses of its type still standing in Ireland. Its Georgian bones were already 270 years old when we opened as a country house hotel in 1995. Thirty-one years in, we’re still family-run, still cooking seasonally, still answering the phone ourselves.
The house sits inside its own three-acre walled garden, with a further eight acres of stables and horse fields beyond the wall. Medieval Carlingford is a forty-five-second walk from the front door; Slieve Foy, Carlingford Lough and the Mourne mountains fill the views from every bedroom.
Awards & Recognition
Award-winning since 2011
AA 4*
4★ AA rated accommodation. 2 AA Rosette restaurant since 2011. AA Guest Accommodation of the Year 2020.
Georgina Campbell
National Winner 2025 – Small Stay Hideaway.
Historic Hotels of Europe
Silver Award Winner 2025 – Restaurant of the Year.
Good Food Ireland
Proud members of Good Food Ireland.
Ireland’s Blue Book
Proud members of Ireland’s Blue Book.
Sustainability
Quiet, considered, renewable.
Ghan house runs on renewable electricity and the kitchen buys from Irish growers: because it’s the right way.
Heated by two air-source heat pumps on 100% renewable electricity. Two EV Type 2 chargers on site. Gardens and Irish producers feed the kitchen in season.
Read our green credentials →More about Ghan House
Look closer.
Three corners of the house worth a longer read – the pictures, the past, and the practical questions guests most often ask.
Gallery
The house, the gardens, the rooms — a slow scroll through what guests see when they arrive.
View Gallery →History
Built 1727, restored 1995, still family-run. The longer version of the story – owners, decades, and the medieval town next door.
Read History →FAQ
Check-in times, dogs, dietary requirements, accessibility, the morning after – answers to what guests ask most.
See FAQ →Come and see for yourself
One hour from Dublin & Belfast.
A tree length from medieval Carlingford.