A TRALEE hotel has been named in the Top Ten hotels in Ireland in the 2016 Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice awards.

Ballygarry House Hotel came in tenth position with the only other Kerry hotel in the top 10, The Brehon, one place above them in ninth. Ballygarry also finished 16th in the Best Service category.

Killarney Hotels featured prominently in the Top 25 with The Muckross Hotel and Spa (14), the Killarney Park (15), The Lake Hotel (16), The International Hotel (17) and The Dunloe in Beaufort in 19th position.

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Dingle’s Castlewood House was the big Kerry winner named as No.1 in Ireland in the Small Hotel, Best Service and Bargain categories, while it was 13th in the world in the Best Small Hotel category, and 20th in the world in the Bargain category.

Foss’s Lough Lein Country House was 2nd in the Irish Small Hotels category, Heaton’s of Dingle in 4th, The Ross in Killarney in 7th, Brook Lane in Kenmare 8th, the Killarney Royal in 18th, The Fairview Killarney in 21st and Brook Lodge Killarney in 24th.

Heaton’s of Dingle was 2nd in the Bargain category with the River Island Hotel in Castleisland in 14th.

In the Luxury category, The Dunloe Hotel was 4th, The Europe Hotel & Resort in Killarney 8th, the Killarney Park 9th, The Fairview Killarney 12th, the Muckross Hotel and Spa in 17th, Aghadoe Heights Hotel in 21st and Sheen Falls Lodge in 24th.

Kerry hotels dominate the Best Service category too with six in the Top 10 – Castlewood House (1), Lough Lein Country House (2), Killeen House (3), Heaton’s Dingle (4), The Ross (6), The Dunloe (8) while in featuring in the Top 25 were Ballygarry House Hotel (16), the Killarney Park (21).

In the B&Bs and Inns category, Friar’s Glen in Killarney took second place, the 19th Lodge in Ballybunion was 4th, the Forest Of The Roses and Browne’s Bed and Breakfast in Dingle were 6th and 7th respectively, Tides B&B in Ballybunion was 13th, Burke’s Mulber House in Killarney was 20th and QC’s in Cahersiveen in 24th.

TripAdvisor’s Top 10 Irish hotels are as follows:

1. Harvey’s Point, Co. Donegal
2. Ashford Castle, Cong, Co. Mayo
3. The Merrion Hotel, Dublin
4. Castle Durrow, Co. Laois
5. The River Lee Hotel, Cork
6. Adare Manor, Co. Limerick
7. Hayfield Manor, Cork
8. Dromoland Castle, Co. Clare
9. The Brehon, Killarney, Co. Kerry
10. Ballygarry House Hotel, Tralee, Co. Kerry

The TripAdvisor awards honour the world’s most outstanding properties across several categories, with results based on millions of reviews and opinions collected from users over the past year.