You can liken a visit to Ashford Castle to cracking open the pages of ... The marble-lined walls meld seamlessly into a ...

Ashford Castle is the kind of place that has visitors returning yearly, including actor Carroll Spinney, best known as the Big Bird and Oscar on Sesame Street. He has spent every Christmas there ...

Then there was the Ghost of Ashford Past – or at least, the one in their heads. “The castle dates back to 1228 ... that are worthy of being on the big screen,” says Smith.

Ashford Castle itself features in the movie as the ‘Big House,’ and one channel on the in-room entertainment system is dedicated to the classic production (although modern audiences might find ...

Driving through the grand stone gates and up the avenue to the mesmerising 800-year-old castle, you know you are in for one of the best stays of your life at Ashford Castle. I was lucky enough to ...

There’s no shortage of historic and luxurious hotels dotting the picturesque Irish countryside, but once you arrive at Ashford Castle, it quickly becomes clear that you’ve reached a very ...

Rana Good is a New York City-based travel and lifestyle writer. Ashford Castle with Ivy Growing on Wall, Low Angle View, Cong, Ireland. (Photo by: GHI/Education ... More Images/Universal Images ...

But which castle? And, perhaps even more importantly, what does castle even mean? Ashford Castle, about 20 miles north of Galway, may be Ireland’s most famous castle hotel – built in 1228 by ...