Some things you probably didnt know about our hotel and staff-

•                 Sherri and Denny are married and have 3 small kids.

•                 Our Head Chef is from New Zealand.

•                 Our Second Chef is expecting a baby ( well his wife is )

•                 Steve the night porter has a passion for England and drinks his tea from a giant England mug!

•                 All of the staff actually really like each other!

•                 Trish the bar maid is addicted to cigarettes but a staff intervention is planned to get her to quit

•                 Rieke the receptionist loves animals especially cats and her favourite one is Mimi the kitten she rescued from the ditch just outside the hotel last summer where somebody had obviously thrown the kitten out. She has 10 cats uptodate!

•                 Cathy the other receptionist has flown the nest and is now on the other side of the world studying nursing in Australia!

•                 Since we opened there has been no ‘office romance’ which is not to say there wont be!

•                 Mary the waitress has lived most of her life in Alaska and is a trained hairdresser.

•                 Vikjtoria our housekeeper is also a doctor!

•                 Elaine our other Chef has 4 small kids and has only recently returned from maternity leave after having her little daughter.

•                 Katriona our Leisure Centre manager is qualified in all aspects to do with the facility from life guarding, gym instructor, swim teacher, aerobics instructor etc.

•                 Both Audrey ad Katriona are members of he Schull Triathlon club since 2007. in the winter months they train in the hotel pool and in the summer they train in the sea.

•                 If you want to get fit then Audrey is the girl to do it with, she is a qualified gym instructer and carries out fitness tests and programmes to suit all individuals.

•                 Our youngest member of staff is Angela who also works in the Leisure Centre. Angela is currently doing her Leaving Cert and hopes to go on to study Primary School teaching.

•                 Michelle who works part time in the Leisure Centre is also a qualified beautician!

•                 Helena comes from a very big family and often 4 of her siblings come in to help out at functions.

•                 The biggest mishap which has happened a few times is the toaster setting off the fire alarm, normally brought on by the Leisure Centre girls toasting soda bread!

•                 The three main players in the 2007 Dunlough Bay drugs hawl stayed in the hotel for a few nights before they got caught! This was the States biggest drugs find to date amounting up to €440 million in value.