Name: Ballymascanlon Hotel and Golf Resort
Address: Carlingford Road, Ballymascanlan, Dundalk, Ireland, Ballymascanlan, County Louth, IE
Price range: US$119–US$296 per night
Rating: 8.92

What guests think

At Ballymascanlon Hotel and Golf Resort, guests consistently praise the friendly, attentive staff, scenic grounds with golf and leisure facilities, and overall comfort, while noting some dated areas, occasional maintenance niggles, and variable bar food and service.

Cleanliness is widely praised, though a few guests reported housekeeping lapses and tired or grubby spots in parts of the spa and hot tub. Rooms are often newly refurbished and comfortable, but a minority mention warmth or lack of air conditioning, limited TV channels, and occasional early-morning noise. The location is scenic and handy for Dundalk, the M1 and local walks, and breakfasts receive frequent compliments. Overall, expect a relaxed country-house stay with strong leisure options and occasional dining or service hiccups.

Facilities

Cleanliness

Rooms

Service

Location

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Facilities

Leisure facilities and grounds are a major highlight, with frequent praise for the pool, gym, sauna/steam and outdoor hot tub, plus the golf course. Some note dated or grubby spots in the spa/hot tub and minor gym cleanliness issues.

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10

Liam

19 Jan 2026

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Stayed 1 night

Really lovely hotel. Couldn't fault the cleanliness or service. Really nice people. Great pool, gym facilities. Disappointed with food in bar. (Also someone stuffed a piece of toilet roll in the empty tissue box in the room's bathroom so it "looked" full !!! )

10

Craig

7 Nov 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Excellent stay. Room was lovely. Meals great quality and value in restaurant and bar. Leisure facilities decent. Staff helpful and friendly.

6

liam

3 Sept 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

I was really looking forward to using spa/pool but bizarrely it was shut both days…. Food choices very limited in bar/room but it was good quality

10

Joe

6 Jan 2026

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Stayed 1 night

Lovely room and staff very nice Great leisure centre

8

john

31 Oct 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Brilliant hotel, got free room upgrade Staff very friendly, enjoyed breakfast though the fry was poor, dried up bacon and eggs etc also the price bar food was poor Overall would recommend the hotel and was fortunate enough to play a round of golf, great leisure facilities, must do is the outdoor hot tub!

10

Eluned

9 Nov 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Really beautiful surroundings and building with lovely decor, touch old old style elegance even though it's modern. Liked all the cosy corners to sit and chill. Restaurant lovely with great food. Breakfast is exceptional. Room was huge with a lovely bathroom Enjoyed the leisure facilities with a warm pool, saunta, steam jacuzzi and outdoor hot tub. Definitely want to return

10

Brendan

17 Feb 2026

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Stayed 2 nights

Staff are amazing- especially Jacqueline. Will definitely be back. Rooms are great, pool, gym, breakfast and dinner are all first class.

10

Colm

9 Nov 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

My wife and I enjoyed our 2 night stay. We visited the health suite and gym a couple of times and all was great. Room was spacious and warm. Could do with bar entertainment in the evening. We ended up going to a local bar for that.

10

Mary

11 Jan 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Lovely hotel & great staff and great facilities, will definitely be back. However I have a comment on the gym equipment, as a regular gym user it looks like some of the equipment could do with a clean e.g. the treadmills were very dirty.

10

Jim

10 Oct 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Absolutely beautiful golf course and grounds. Great food and bar, super clean and friendly. Very nice room, pool, tennis courts, fitness center, everything you could wish for at a great price!

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Cleanliness

Cleanliness is frequently described as spotless across rooms and public areas. A few guests mention bathroom oversights and cleanliness concerns in parts of the spa and hot tub.

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10

Liam

19 Jan 2026

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Stayed 1 night

Really lovely hotel. Couldn't fault the cleanliness or service. Really nice people. Great pool, gym facilities. Disappointed with food in bar. (Also someone stuffed a piece of toilet roll in the empty tissue box in the room's bathroom so it "looked" full !!! )

6

Brooklynn

6 Feb 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Old historic hotel. Nicely refurbished. The pool area was strangely laid out and smelled a lot of mold. Breakfast was ok.

10

Gian

29 Jan 2026

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Stayed 1 night

Staffs at the restaurant is always good. Her name is nathalia… Bathroom have hairs from previous guests , even socks. All good aside from those

8

Sharon

10 May 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Had overnight stay with breakfast price good. Some areas in hotel dated ie swimming pool/hot tub. Bedroom furniture/tv dated also. Areas in bedroom quite dusty. Facilities in bedroom good. Waited 25mins in bar for food give up & left, bought a sandwich in the local shop. Breakfast was lovely busy but staff were so helpful & friendly a lot of food options for breakfast. Would definitely stay again

8

Samantha

17 Jun 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Rooms, surroundings, food, staff and golf all great. I felt the spa facilities were disappointing and lacked attention to cleanliness.

10

John

28 Jan 2024

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Stayed 1 night

It was a truly lovely stay as always. The only comment I would make is about the hot tub outside. It’s a pity it’s so grubby. Everything else was perfect and the new restaurant was ace! Loved every bite and what great service

10

Rebecca

30 Oct 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Spotless room , Very friendly staff. Just a beautiful stay

10

Sharon

9 Nov 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Spotless, excellent food and service

10

Michael

30 Jan 2026

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Stayed 2 nights

Very clean and friendly staff

10

Claire

23 Nov 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Extremely clean and comfortable room.

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Rooms

Rooms are generally spacious and comfortable, with many recently refurbished and some offering balconies or views. A minority report dated decor in older areas, warmth or lack of air conditioning, limited TV channels, and occasional early-morning noise.

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Bjørn

13 May 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Excellent property, with a lovely leisure centre! The staff was all really friendly and helpful and we enjoyed staying. The only downside is the lack of air conditioning in the rooms. We had issues with the room becoming unpleasantly warm. But nothing else to complain about.

8

Jason

18 Dec 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Breakfast was good. Rooms are a bit dated. Dinner was very good.

8

Philippe

24 Sept 2025

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Stayed 1 night

pas wifi dans notre chambre avec balcon

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10

Mrs Mary

14 Nov 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

We had a comfortable and very spacious room. It was spotless and well serviced daily

10

Brian

31 May 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Nice hotel nice staff, nice food Quite a bit of noise and talking out side our room around 6am presumably deliveries.

10

John

24 Feb 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

It was very good, however the room needs a refit/upgrade with the addition of improved interior lighting + television upgrade together with being repositioned to view directly from the bed. The bathroom was clean but worn and again requiring a refit.

10

Eluned

9 Nov 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Really beautiful surroundings and building with lovely decor, touch old old style elegance even though it's modern. Liked all the cosy corners to sit and chill. Restaurant lovely with great food. Breakfast is exceptional. Room was huge with a lovely bathroom Enjoyed the leisure facilities with a warm pool, saunta, steam jacuzzi and outdoor hot tub. Definitely want to return

10

Colm

9 Nov 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

My wife and I enjoyed our 2 night stay. We visited the health suite and gym a couple of times and all was great. Room was spacious and warm. Could do with bar entertainment in the evening. We ended up going to a local bar for that.

8

Gary

28 Mar 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The heating system came on @ 5.45 and was quite noisy - that was the only downside to our stay.

8

Michelle

3 Mar 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Lovely service. Beautiful grounds. Original buildings are lovely. Shame the “modern” (‘80s?) extension is not more sympathetic. Room very large and nice views, but felt a bit dated. Pillows were harder than I’d have liked. Would have been nice to have a recycling option. All very clean. Overall happy :)

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Service

Staff are widely praised as friendly, attentive and professional. Recurring issues include slow or uneven bar service and a few check-in or reception missteps.

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10

Mary

26 Feb 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

The hotel dining areas, bar and restaurant have been revamped since our last visit and they are both more comfortable and more modern. The staff were helpful and friendly as usual. We were always made to feel at home.

10

Rosemary

7 Aug 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The staff here are second to none. Everything about the property has been excellent but the staff most of all. They shine above anywhere we have stayed. The attention to detail even stretching to beautiful flowers on the balcony, is to be commended. Breakfast was well presented and very tasty. Again the staff were amazing in the dining room. Leisure facilities were a welcome treat. Wish we were staying longer.

10

David

25 Sept 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Another great stay at the Ballymascanlon. We were provided a lovely renovated room. The card and chocolates in our room were a lovely touch.

8

Vincent

25 Jun 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Room not ready at 3pm and asked to wait. Whilst waiting numerous wedding guests arrived and were given their rooms straight away. After 25 minutes waiting had to queue behind the wedding guests to be seen. Receptionist then told us the room still wasn’t ready and could we wait. When I gave a quite legitimate objection, she said she would try and sort our room out but if not change us to another room. Waited a further 10 minutes watching more wedding guests arrive and getting their rooms straight away. Finally, receptionist called me over and handed me the key to a different room. Shame she couldn’t do this at the outset.

10

Brendan

17 Feb 2026

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Stayed 2 nights

Staff are amazing- especially Jacqueline. Will definitely be back. Rooms are great, pool, gym, breakfast and dinner are all first class.

6

AISLING

20 Jul 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

The hotel itself is nice and the rooms have been recently refurbished. However the general service is absolutely dreadful. Waiting staff in the bar seem very inexperienced. We had very long waits while our group dined in the bar. They comped our desserts as an apology, but even in serving these, they served half the table and the other half were still waiting. We did complain on our way out and they were apologetic. Hopefully they will redeem these issues but a busy hotel cannot afford to have such poor service.

10

Rosa

26 Jan 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Even though the fire alarm went off at 5:30am it worked as a great wake up call for us although that might not be the case for all the other guests and the staff arranged a lovely breakfast for 2 because we left very early that morning to travel somewhere else. The staff were great.

10

Conor

24 Feb 2026

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Stayed 2 nights

Brilliant hotel, fantastic staff

6

Anna

16 Nov 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Service was very slow! But plenty of staff on.

8

gaynor

29 Aug 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Lovely hotel in beautiful surroundings although it was very busy which was to be expected due to the bank holiday weekend. We had tea in the bar in the evening and it was lovely plentiful and very tasty. Breakfast in the morning was very busy indeed but we were seated after a few minutes. The restaurant manager said someone would be along to take our tea and coffee order. We waited, then waited then tried to get the staffs attention whereby 1 staff member totally ignored us. My husband had to get up and ask a member of staff for tea and coffee. We then waited and waited until we had eaten our full breakfast, cereal and cooked so after 25 minutes still no tea. We had to remind the staff again. I know everyone was very busy and I totally understand that but why do they not make things easier on themselves by offering a self service tea and coffee so that staff were freed up to clear tables etc. Overall a lovely hotel that could just tweak a few things to help take the pressure off staff and run more efficiently.

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Location

Beautiful landscaped grounds near Dundalk and the M1, with easy access to Carlingford, Cooley walks and local sights. Guests find it both scenic and convenient.

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10

Don

4 Jul 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Beautiful setting after overnight flight

10

Irene

12 Apr 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The property was lovely with beautiful grounds, and very pleasant staff. Dundalk town was just a short drive away. Superb breakfast. Our room included a balcony which was a nice feature - only negative was that the balcony was accessed via 2 steep steps up from the floor of the room which could be an issue for some people.

10

Ian

10 Dec 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Amazing location close to Dundalk and Carlingford. Fine dining and wonderful views.

8

Carl

17 Feb 2025

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Stayed 1 night

We stayed for just one night and despite it being a miserable February day it was still nice. The hotel has good facilities and was good value for a family of four. The breakfast was really good (except for the runny/watery porridge) with plenty to choose from. It's not 5 star but it's not priced at 5 star.

8

Philip

22 Sept 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Very comfortable stay in a friendly hotel. Very convenient for travelling to Dublin Airport.

10

Stewart

1 Aug 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Location of hotel was easy to find beautiful setting and staff very helpful

10

Brian

28 Jan 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Great hotel close to many interesting places

8

michael

1 Oct 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Lovely grounds and close to Town

8

Bernadette

10 Mar 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Peacefulocation, lovely walled garden & convenient for walks in nearby Cooley mountains.

10

Rodney

26 Jul 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Location. The grounds were immaculate.

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Dining

Breakfast draws frequent praise for quality and choice, and many enjoy meals in the restaurant and bar. Some found the bar menu limited or pricey and experienced slow service or inconsistent dishes.

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10

Liam

19 Jan 2026

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Stayed 1 night

Really lovely hotel. Couldn't fault the cleanliness or service. Really nice people. Great pool, gym facilities. Disappointed with food in bar. (Also someone stuffed a piece of toilet roll in the empty tissue box in the room's bathroom so it "looked" full !!! )

6

Kevin

30 Sept 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The dinner was ok. Crab cakes were quite dry, lamd for.main was nice but the panna cotta was awful. After dinner we had a few drinks in the bar. My wife had one lovely magorita and i ordered another from a different barman. He had no idea how to make it and proceeded to make it wrong and when i pointed this out he was not very pleased. We arrived 15 mins before breakfast was over and were greeted by excellent helpful staff...but there was not that much food left and only things like sausages and bacon were replenished. Not the croissants or.other pasteries, smoked salmon, juices etc. Then the waitress came not once but twice to lift my wifes plates and cup as she had finished while i was still eating. Very poor in this regard. Staff were really nice and friendly but Im not sure some had much experience

10

Nora

5 Jan 2026

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Stayed 1 night

Lovely decor. Welcoming receptionists. Room was great. Bar food was beautiful with friendly staff Daniel , Luke and Cora. Wonderful dinning room beautifully decorated. Lovely breakfast staff again were excellent. No problems what so ever. everything was really enjoyable.

8

john

31 Oct 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Brilliant hotel, got free room upgrade Staff very friendly, enjoyed breakfast though the fry was poor, dried up bacon and eggs etc also the price bar food was poor Overall would recommend the hotel and was fortunate enough to play a round of golf, great leisure facilities, must do is the outdoor hot tub!

6

Hugh

20 Oct 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Bar Food very poor for the price

10

Tony

25 Sept 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Wonderful place. I travel all over Ireland and have stayed in hundreds of hotels. This is an absolute gem. Awesome spa with sauna and plunge pool. The breakfast was brilliant

10

Sonja

1 Oct 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Upon arriving we were quickly checked in and our room was excellent! We enjoyed dinner and drinks in the bar area and had a nice walk around the grounds. Breakfast was superb with a variety of choices to be had.

10

Jacqui

27 Feb 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Beautiful food in the Proleek restaurant as well as the bar…staff were particularly friendly and very supportive throughout…a wonderful stay! We will be back! Thank you x

10

Ann

19 Oct 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Food superb. Beautiful gardens. Friendly staff.

8

Margaret

10 Feb 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Lovely hotel. Lovely staff . Golf amazing. Recently decorated and very comfortable. Amazing breakfast. Downside was the bar menu on Sunday night of bank holiday was very limited. I travelled with my husband and four teenage sons so we wanted casual dining rather than formal dining. The bar menu is quite limited and more so on a Sunday where they do not offer the pizza and chicken wings but instead have Roast of the day. Im a coeliac and the offering was very limited. Soup was my only starter option. The burger was offered without the bun and with mash.. Not very inviting. The roast of the day, without any gravy. The only real option was harrissa sweet potato wedges in a pool of yogurt, topped with pomegranate seeds and walnuts. It was very unappetising and might work as a side perhaps or a starter but it did not work as a main in any way. The kids had burgers which were very tasty it's just a shame more thought had not gone into the menu.

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Month	Average price
January	US$133
February	US$152
March	US$157
April	US$171
May	US$178
June	US$167
July	US$179
August	US$171
September	US$162
October	US$156
November	US$144
December	US$155

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11 $284	12
13 $187	14 $175	15 $178	16 $170	17 $296	18 $279	19 $262
20 $173	21 $162	22 $154	23 $231	24 $176	25	26 $248
27 $176	28 $194	29 $186	30 $156

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
				1 $162	2 $239	3 $196
4 $142	5 $151	6 $149	7 $132	8 $128	9 $162	10
11 $130	12 $126	13 $132	14	15 $200	16 $220	17 $170
18 $127	19 $133	20 $121	21 $148	22 $119	23 $158	24 $186
25 $152	26 $180	27 $146	28 $151	29 $166	30 $201	31

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