BSW3 25. V.I.P hotel
Nov 04, 2021, 07:19 PM
Speaker: Breesy Willows
From the Bluestack Way Part 3 playlist.
2021 update: please note this was recorded in 2012 and there has been a change in hotel ownership.
Directions
Carry on along the main road into Glenties. Coming down the Brae, you'll see the Highlands hotel in front of you across the road.
Hearty welcome
The Highlands hotel does a number of things very well - it has a steak that would feed a family of twelve, it has a very congenial staff, comfortable rooms, an artistic vibe reflected throughout and a whole host of female hostesses (seven sisters I believe). As such, it is an hotel worthy of note, but come the high Summer, it really takes off for it is here that the heartbeat of political debate takes place every July as part of the MacGill Summer School.
News-starved reporters looking for stories when the Dail is not sitting know that the place to be is Glenties. All manner of headline stories emanate from this hotel and all the movers and shakers from the Taoiseach to the vacationing cognoscenti will glide through its doors. Oh, but do not think you can simply book a room months in advance - it doesn't work like that and the owners have an unorthodox understanding with the festival director, local-boy-made-good, Joe Mulholland, in keeping rooms 'available' as last minute changes in the agenda are de rigueur. Learn a bit about how Ireland got itself into the current situation and maybe enjoy some great human watching too. Never a dull moment.
Our audio piece is a tour de force from local resident, Breesy Willow, who explains in her own inimitable fashion what makes Glenties and the Highlands hotel special.
Highlands Hotel
Main Street
Glenties,
Co. Donegal.
T: +353 (0)74 9551111
E: info@highlandshotel.ie
http://highlandshotel.ie/
From the Bluestack Way Part 3 playlist.
2021 update: please note this was recorded in 2012 and there has been a change in hotel ownership.
Directions
Carry on along the main road into Glenties. Coming down the Brae, you'll see the Highlands hotel in front of you across the road.
Hearty welcome
The Highlands hotel does a number of things very well - it has a steak that would feed a family of twelve, it has a very congenial staff, comfortable rooms, an artistic vibe reflected throughout and a whole host of female hostesses (seven sisters I believe). As such, it is an hotel worthy of note, but come the high Summer, it really takes off for it is here that the heartbeat of political debate takes place every July as part of the MacGill Summer School.
News-starved reporters looking for stories when the Dail is not sitting know that the place to be is Glenties. All manner of headline stories emanate from this hotel and all the movers and shakers from the Taoiseach to the vacationing cognoscenti will glide through its doors. Oh, but do not think you can simply book a room months in advance - it doesn't work like that and the owners have an unorthodox understanding with the festival director, local-boy-made-good, Joe Mulholland, in keeping rooms 'available' as last minute changes in the agenda are de rigueur. Learn a bit about how Ireland got itself into the current situation and maybe enjoy some great human watching too. Never a dull moment.
Our audio piece is a tour de force from local resident, Breesy Willow, who explains in her own inimitable fashion what makes Glenties and the Highlands hotel special.
Highlands Hotel
Main Street
Glenties,
Co. Donegal.
T: +353 (0)74 9551111
E: info@highlandshotel.ie
http://highlandshotel.ie/