We bake our own breads, utilitise vegetables and herbs from the garden and the best of local produce, such as Cooley lamb, Carlingford mussels and oysters, dry cured bacon and free range eggs.

In addition, 7 times a year 'Gourmet nights' are held - 8 courses and harpist in attendance or wrapped around storytelling of the area. These are very popular and need to be booked well in advance.

Opening

Open most nights;
7pm last orders 9.30pm
- non residents and residents
Booking recommended
Sunday lunch 1pm to 3.30pm

Midweek
(book in advance)
7pm last orders 9.30pm

Friday and Saturday evening
and Bank Holiday Sundays
non residents and residents
7pm, last orders 9.30pm booking recommended
Sunday lunch 12.30 to 4pm

Gourmet nights
An evening that is sure to get your taste buds going with an 8 course gourmet dinner in our splendid drawing room. Last years dishes included, marinated wild boar with pancetta, butternut squash soufflé, sea bass and meringue tart with almond & coconut ice cream.

8 course candlelit dinner with Harpist Marie Burns €68 per person

Georgian Banquet, Myth and Magic

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Private Dining

A Should you wish for more privacy, we can offer your very own dining room for the evening costing €150 for up to 20 guests or €350 in the drawing room for up to 34 guests ( or up to 55 guests if sat on different tables) for exclusive use.

B The ground floor dining room that seats up to 20 guests around a large table with magnificent log fire
or up to 36 guests on different tables.
Tariff
Exclusive use of ground floor dining room €150

C The first floor drawing room with great views of the Mourne Mountains and Carlingford Lough. This room can seat up to 54 on individual tables or up to 34, again on one large table, and 42 on ovals
Tariff
Exclusive use of drawing room €500

D The mezzanine level ballroom ~ with great views of Slieve Foy, the gardens and Carlingford Lough. This room can seat 18 guests around one large table or 32 guests on two long thin tables and is also suitable for dancing.
Tariff
Exclusive use of ballroom €150

All our private dining rooms have log fires and are lit whenever we can!

Tariff 2008
Prices per person and include full breakfast
Double/Twin per person sharing
€95
Single room (shower ensuite)
€85
Superior double/twin per person sharing
€100-125

Winter - Spring
Midweek Break

One night B&B accommodation, plus 3 Course candlelit dinner
from €130 per person sharing
Two nights B&B accommodation, plus 3 Course candlelit dinner
from €210 per person sharing
5 Course candlelit dinner €55
a la carte available
Gourmet night €75
Georgian Banquet €75
Children are welcome, with supervision, in our restaurant. They may have just a starter, our homemade breads or 1/2 portions, 1/2 price.
Nominated (one of three) "Best country houses in Ireland"
Good Food Guide
Ireland 2007

'Paul Carroll has made Ghan House into both the star of County Louth and
the star of enigmatic little Carlingford. He has created a benchmark
address that manages somehow , to keep getting better and better.
Standards march ever upwards in Ghan House'
John McKenna, 100 Best Places to Stay in Ireland 2007, Bridgestone Guide.

'Everything fits here: the food matches the house, the service and
hospitality chime resonantly and Ghan House is a destination that is
consummately logical and consummately enjoyable'
The Irish Food Guide 2006

Recommended 'Best of the Best' Georgina Campbell's finest places to stay in Ireland 2006.

" Carlingford mussel broth with glass noodles; pheasant and wild mushroom casserole with celeriac mash; stuffed fillet of pork with a Stilton and Apricot butter; rib-eye steak with mash and onion rings; cherry panacotta with poached cherries. Everything fits here: the food matches the house, the service and hospitality chime resonantly, and Ghan House is a destination that is consummately logical and consummately enjoyable."

John McKenna, The Bridgestone Irish Food Guide 2004

" This final flourish brought the experience close to a perfect Irish meal."

Malcolm Rogers, Food and Wine Magazine, restaurant review 2004

" Best Country House Restaurant in Leinster 2004."

shortlisted Food and Wine Magazine Awards

" ...close to the shore include the superb Ghan House, an eighteenth century building with an exceptionally good restaurant."

Rough Guide to Ireland 2003

."Carlingford Oyster tempura with sweet chilli dipping sauce was exquisitely light and exotic. The Head Chef uses herbs and vegetables from the garden and you can taste it. The garden mint crusted Cooley lamb was generous and rich in flavour and the chargrilled tuna was wonderfully fresh, imaginably served with courgette and carrot spaghetti."

Retreat of the Month May 2003

" The kitchen really shone, the main courses and both our dishes showed an admirable attention to detail."

Chris Heaney, Irish Times Restaurant review 2001

GIFT VOUCHERS AVAILABLE - FOR ANY AMOUNT- FOR THE COOKERY SCHOOL, RESTAURANT OR ACCOMMODATION

 

Date; Tuesday 27th May, 7.30pm

Venue; Ghan House, Carlingford

Event; Wine tasting with Best's Australian wine producer & 5 course matched dinner.

Cost; Including wine, €65

Reservations essential tel +353 (0)42 937 3682

Ghan House is an eighteenth century Country House with acclaimed Restaurant, Bedrooms & Cookery School. It is just an hour from Belfast or Dublin in the Medieval Heritage Town of Carlingford.
Ghan House, Carlingford, Co. Louth. www.ghanhouse.com
~ Bridgestone Guide Nominated 'Best 100 Places to Stay in Ireland' for the last 10 years
~ Nominated 'Best Country House in Ireland 2007, by Good Food Ireland

James Nicholson Wine Merchant www.jnwine.com
~ Voted wine merchant of the year for a record 15th time.

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