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Employment opportunities at Bantry House
Position vacant - Chef
We are currently looking for a cook who is enthusiastic, talented and hard working to manage our Tearoom kitchen at Bantry House. This is a fulltime contract position from April to October 2012. The role will involve producing high quality café style food in the Tearoom using local produce as much as possible. It will also involve some catering for events held on the Estate and bring responsible for all catering purchases.
For a copy of the position description including selection criteria, please email Sophie Shelswell-White, the general manager - sophie@bantryhouse.com. All applicants must apply in writing addressing the selection criteria and giving examples of experience.
The Changing role of women in the historic irish house
Colette Jordan, Researcher of Social History held a talk on a warm August evening on the role of women in the historic irish house. Even though attendance was small the topic was well received with a lively question and answers session afterwards. Proceeds go towards the restoration of the Grand Piano-Forte, by John Broadwood & Son, 19th century, to be seen in the Gobelins Room
Continental Splendour on an Irish Shore
Terence Reeves-Smyth gave a most interesting lecture to a full house on Friday 22nd July in the Gobelins Drawing Room of Bantry House. He produced a fascinating slideshow with incredible pictures of the house over the centuries to present day. All proceeds from the night are going towards the restoration of the mahogany knife urn in the dining room
Bee ware
A huge swarm of honey bees have decided to take up residence in our cordyline tree in the sunken garden. This is very exciting as bees are so rare at the moment. Local beekeeper Tim Rowe came to advise us on the situation.
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Sense and Sensibility
On what was probably the finest evening we have had over this summer, Wednesday 13th July, over 300 people attended the outdoor theatre production of Sense and Sensibilty on the front lawn. The night was very popular with guests bringing chairs, picnics and rugs. Keep an eye on our events page for next year's production
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Cardiocrinum Giganteum
A very unusal and rare plant has flowered by the stream walk. The plant is called a Cardiocrinum Giganteum and only flowers once in it's life time. They are mainly found in scrub and forest in Japan, China and the Himalayas. The bulbs take several years to reach maturity and die after flowering.
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Vintage car tour visit Bantry House from Germany
A classic car tour group from Germany visited us at the end of May. It was wonderful to see these beautiful old cars parked at the front of the house.
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Talk by The Honourable Desmond Guinness
The talk by The Hon.Desmond Guinness on Friday 20th May was very successful with a full house. Desmond gave a very interesting talk on the Irish Georgian Society and the work that the society does. For more information on the Irish Georgian society please go to their website. To celebrate the event Tara Marshall from Festival Flags (festivalflags.ie) put up some of her wonderfully colourful flags in the garden for the weekend. She used flags that match in well with our colours and gardener John in the garden!
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Press
An article by John Crowley in the Wall St Journal on the beauty of West Cork featuring Bantry House here.
Thank you Madeleine at hostelbookers.com for mentioning us in your blog! To view the blog, please click here.
Bantry House recently featured in an article in the Weekend Supplement of the Irish Independent. To view the article, please click here.
Up and coming blogger Veronica Maud, came to visit us here at the house. She took some great photos and gave us a bit of advice on adding some fun furniture to the tearoom. Read the blog here.
Bantry House was one of five Irish houses/castles featured in an article in the Canadian "Globe Life" travel supplement in March 2011. Please click here to download the article "Four Manors and a Castle"
Sophie Shelswell-White, General Manager, in an article in the Irish Times, "Women take the lead in the Big House revival". Please click here to view the article.
We recently featured in a full page spread in the Southern Star, written by Jackie Keogh. To view the articles please click here.
To download our 2010 news and events please click here
To download information on past events please click here