Big bedrooms with country views are beautifully furnished with old family furniture and have well-finished bathrooms and there is a spacious sitting room for guests' use too. Barraderry makes a good base for touring the lovely counties of Wicklow, Kildare, Carlow and Wexford and there is plenty to do nearby, with six golf courses within a half hour drive, several hunts and equestrian centres within easy reach and also Punchestown, the Curragh and Naas racecourses.