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Longueville House

Category: Country House

Mallow
Co Cork
Tel: +353 (0)22 47156

Capacity Seated: 140

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Longueville House

The O’Callaghan family’s elegant Georgian mansion is set in 500 acres of private wooded grounds, and the location - overlooking the famous River Blackwater, and the ruins of the original O’Callaghan home, Dromineen Castle - is lovely.

The present house dates from 1720, with wings added in 1800, and the wonderful Turner conservatory, which has been completely renovated, was built in 1862 - romantically draped with muslin, this historic conservatory and the adjacent Presidents Restaurant (named after the family collection of specially commissioned portraits of all Ireland’s past presidents) make a stunning backdrop for a memorable wedding dinner cooked by renowned chef-proprietor William O’Callaghan.

This wedding venues river, farm and garden supply the kitchen with fresh salmon in season, Longueville lamb, and all the fruit and vegetables - and, in good years, the estate’s crowning glory is their own house wine, a light refreshing white, “Coisreal Longueville”.

Arriving guests are shown to the bar and drawing room, both elegantly furnished with beautiful fabrics and family antiques, and accommodation is equally sumptuous.

Longueville House has been approved to host civil marriage ceremonies on site. This means that they can host your wedding and reception in the same exquisite venue, with no complicated upheavals for your wedding party. Civil wedding ceremonies are approved to take place in two areas on site, in both The Presidents’ Room & The Library. For Civil Ceremonies, they can accommodate up to 60 Guests. The Presidents’ Room will hold 60 Guests and for smaller numbers, The Library will hold 18 Guests. There is a charge of €160 for this room hire. There are also several churches nearby, and a synagogue and registry in Cork city.

The Maximum number of guests catered to for a wedding meal /Reception is 140 people spread over four dining areas. The Presidents’ Restaurant will hold 38 Guests, the Turner Conservatory 74 guests and for smaller numbers, The Library will hold 16 Guests and all are inter-connected. Should your Guest numbers exceed 128 guests, they can offer The Chinese Room as an additional dining area, set slightly separately from the other three dining areas. This lovely room seats 16 guests.

Pampering afternoons for brides and girlfriends can be arranged, with cosmetics appointment by appointment - and this is a wonderful place to spend a few days: Cork, Kinsale and Kenmare are all nearby, or you could just spend a relaxing day loafing around.

Restrictions are that 12 bedrooms (out of 20) must be booked for midweek and 15 bedrooms for weekend weddings and weekend weddings (Friday or Saturday) the full services of restaurant & bar must be used on this night.

By taking the entire house on a sole/exclusive basis (all 20 Guest bedrooms) ensures privacy and space and allows plenty of attention to detail. Your wedding can be just like a private house party and they can make it as formal or informal as you wish.

Taking the current downturn in the economy into consideration, Longueville House have favourably adjusted their terms of business for weddings to accommodate the bridal party in a more positive, economical way. Couples will now notice a favourable difference as it offers so much more flexibility offering a la carte menus, reduced room rates & better terms and the reaction so far has been extremely positive. Wedding menus have been reformatted and accommodation costs amended to take into consideration this current downturn & Longueville House now offer "all inclusive " packages ranging in price from €100 pp to €125 pp to €150 pp.

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