{"id":71035,"date":"2018-12-05T11:00:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T11:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/blog\/?p=71035"},"modified":"2021-03-01T11:29:17","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T11:29:17","slug":"weddingdates-awards-2018-top-rated-wedding-venues-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/weddingdates-awards-2018-top-rated-wedding-venues-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"WEDDINGDATES AWARDS 2018: TOP RATED WEDDING VENUES ANNOUNCED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A huge congratulations to our 2018 Top Rated Venue winners who were crowned based on the outstanding five-star reviews submitted from their past wedding couples.<\/p>\n<h2>Overall Winners<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Top Rated Wedding Venue in Ireland \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/ballyliffin-lodge-spa-inishowen-donegal-14262\/\">Ballyliffin Lodge &amp; Spa<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"first last\">Top Rated Wedding Venue in Northern Ireland \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.co.uk\/venues\/killyhevlin-lakeside-hotel-and-lodges-enniskillen-fermanagh-1923\/\">Killyhevlin Lakeside Hotel &amp; Lodges<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"gallery overflow\"><div class=\"grid\"><div class=\"col-1-2 mob-col-1-2 tiny-col-1-2\"><div class=\"gallery-image gcl-2\"><a class=\"lightbox\" alt=\"BallyLiffin Lodge Rolls Royce\" title=\"BallyLiffin Lodge Rolls Royce\" href=\"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Rolls-Royce-1-2-1600x1333-960x800.jpg\" data-imagelightbox=\"f\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Rolls-Royce-1-2-1600x1333-475x475.jpg\"><\/a><div class=\"gallery-caption\"><p>BallyLiffin Lodge &amp; Spa<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-1-2 mob-col-1-2 tiny-col-1-2\"><div class=\"gallery-image gcl-2\"><a class=\"lightbox\" alt=\"BallyLiffin Lodge\" title=\"BallyLiffin Lodge\" href=\"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Drone-pic-2-1200x675-1000x563.jpg\" data-imagelightbox=\"f\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Drone-pic-2-1200x675-475x475.jpg\"><\/a><div class=\"gallery-caption\"><p>BallyLiffin Lodge &amp; Spa<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery overflow\"><div class=\"grid\"><div class=\"col-1-1 mob-col-1-1 tiny-col-1-1\"><div class=\"gallery-image gcl-1\"><a class=\"lightbox\" alt=\"Killyhevlin Hotel\" title=\"Killyhevlin Hotel\" href=\"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Killyhevlin-1000x664.jpg\" data-imagelightbox=\"f\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Killyhevlin-1000x664.jpg\"><\/a><div class=\"gallery-caption\"><p>Killyhevlin Lakeside Hotel<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h2>Top Rated Regional Winners<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Leinster \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/langton-house-hotel-kilkenny-town-kilkenny-4star-66225\/\">Langton House Hotel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Munster \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/ballyroe-heights-hotel-tralee-kerry-4star-83207\/\">Ballyroe Heights Hotel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Ulster \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/ballyliffin-lodge-spa-inishowen-donegal-14262\/\">Ballyliffin Lodge &amp; Spa<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Connaught \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venue\/knockranny-house-hotel-spa-mayo-584\/\">Knockranny House Hotel &amp; Spa<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"gallery overflow\"><div class=\"grid\"><div class=\"col-1-1 mob-col-1-1 tiny-col-1-1\"><div class=\"gallery-image gcl-1\"><a class=\"lightbox\" alt=\"Langtons14\" title=\"Langtons14\" href=\"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Langtons14-1000x667.jpg\" data-imagelightbox=\"f\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Langtons14-1000x667.jpg\"><\/a><div class=\"gallery-caption\"><p>Langton House Hotel<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery overflow\"><div class=\"grid\"><div class=\"col-1-2 mob-col-1-2 tiny-col-1-2\"><div class=\"gallery-image gcl-2\"><a class=\"lightbox\" alt=\"19007-large\" title=\"19007-large\" href=\"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/19007-large.jpeg\" data-imagelightbox=\"f\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/19007-large-475x400.jpeg\"><\/a><div class=\"gallery-caption\"><p>Knockranny House Hotel &amp; Spa<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-1-2 mob-col-1-2 tiny-col-1-2\"><div class=\"gallery-image gcl-2\"><a class=\"lightbox\" alt=\"59058-large\" title=\"59058-large\" href=\"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/59058-large.jpeg\" data-imagelightbox=\"f\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/59058-large-475x400.jpeg\"><\/a><div class=\"gallery-caption\"><p>Ballyroe Heights Hotel<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h2>Top-Rated Bespoke Category Winners<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Top Rated Castle \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/ballyseede-castle-hotel-tralee-kerry-4star-68439\/\">Ballyseede Castle<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Top Rated Country House \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venue\/knockranny-house-hotel-spa-mayo-584\/\">Knockranny House Hotel &amp; Spa<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Top Rated Exclusive Use Venue \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/bellingham-castle-hotel-castlebellingham-louth-888\/\">Bellingham Castle<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Top Rated Newcomer Wedding Venue\u00a0\u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/earl-of-desmond-hotel-tralee-kerry-487\/\">Earl of Desmond Hotel<\/a><div class=\"gallery overflow\"><div class=\"grid\"><div class=\"col-1-2 mob-col-1-2 tiny-col-1-2\"><div class=\"gallery-image gcl-2\"><a class=\"lightbox\" alt=\"40020-large\" title=\"40020-large\" href=\"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/40020-large.jpeg\" data-imagelightbox=\"f\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/40020-large-475x400.jpeg\"><\/a><div class=\"gallery-caption\"><p>Ballyseede Castle <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-1-2 mob-col-1-2 tiny-col-1-2\"><div class=\"gallery-image gcl-2\"><a class=\"lightbox\" alt=\"80361-large\" title=\"80361-large\" href=\"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/80361-large.jpeg\" data-imagelightbox=\"f\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/80361-large-475x400.jpeg\"><\/a><div class=\"gallery-caption\"><p>Bellingham Castle <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"gallery overflow\"><div class=\"grid\"><div class=\"col-1-1 mob-col-1-1 tiny-col-1-1\"><div class=\"gallery-image gcl-1\"><a class=\"lightbox\" alt=\"81993-large\" title=\"81993-large\" href=\"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/81993-large.jpeg\" data-imagelightbox=\"f\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/81993-large.jpeg\"><\/a><div class=\"gallery-caption\"><p>Earl of Desmond Hotel<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Top Rated 5 Star \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.co.uk\/venues\/lough-erne-resort-enniskillen-fermanagh-1924\/\">Lough Erne Resort<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Top Rated\u00a04 Star \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/ballyliffin-lodge-spa-inishowen-donegal-14262\/\">Ballyliffin Lodge &amp; Spa<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"first last\">Top Rated 3 Star \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/shamrock-lodge-hotel-athlone-westmeath-648\/\">Shamrock Lodge Hotel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Top Rated County Winners<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Clare \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/the-lakeside-hotel-killaloe-clare-3star-21455\/\">The Lakeside Hotel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Cork \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venue\/midleton-park-hotel-cork-46\/\">The Midleton Park Hotel<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Derry\u00a0\u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.co.uk\/venues\/white-horse-hotel-15619\/\">White Horse Hotel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Donegal \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/ballyliffin-lodge-spa-inishowen-donegal-14262\/\">Ballyliffin Lodge &amp; Spa<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Down \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.co.uk\/venues\/slieve-donard-resort-and-spa-newcastle-down-4star-63310\/\">Slieve Donard Resort &amp; Spa<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Dublin \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venue\/the-lucan-spa-hotel-lucan-dublin-3star-82853\/\">The Lucan Spa Hotel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Fermanagh \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.co.uk\/venues\/killyhevlin-lakeside-hotel-and-lodges-enniskillen-fermanagh-1923\/\">Killyhevlin Lakeside Hotel &amp; Lodges<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Galway \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/lough-rea-hotel-spa-loughrea-galway-4star-79304\/\">Lough Rea Hotel &amp; Spa<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Kerry \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/ballyroe-heights-hotel-tralee-kerry-4star-83207\/\">Ballyroe Heights Hotel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Kildare \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/clanard-court-hotel-athy-kildare-732\/\">Clanard\u00a0Court Hotel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Kilkenny \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/langton-house-hotel-kilkenny-town-kilkenny-4star-66225\/\">Langton House Hotel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Limerick \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/castletroy-park-hotel-limerick-city-limerick-4star-41057\/\">Castletroy Park Hotel<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"first last\">Louth \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/four-seasons-hotel-spa-leisure-club-carlingford-carlingford-louth-894\/\">Four Seasons Hotel, Spa &amp; Leisure Club Carlingford<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Mayo \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venue\/knockranny-house-hotel-spa-mayo-584\/\">Knockranny House Hotel &amp; Spa<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Meath\u00a0\u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/ardboyne-hotel-navan-meath-3star-10686\/\">Ardboyne Hotel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Monaghan \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/hillgrove-hotel-leisure-spa-monaghan-monaghan-864\/\">Hillgrove Hotel Leisure &amp; Spa<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Roscommon \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/4-abbey-manor-hotel-rosscommon-roscommon-611\/\">4* Abbey Manor Hotel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Sligo \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/radisson-blu-hotel-spa-sligo-116\/\">Radisson Blu Hotel &amp; Spa, Sligo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Tipperary \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/raheen-house-hotel-clonmel-tipperary-849\/\">Raheen House Hotel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Waterford \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/the-park-hotel-dungarvan-dungarvan-waterford-3star-76301\/\">The Park Hotel, Dungarvan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Westmeath \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/shamrock-lodge-hotel-athlone-westmeath-648\/\">Shamrock Lodge Hotel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Wexford \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/clayton-whites-hotel-wexford-town-wexford-824\/\">Clayton Whites Hotel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first last\">Wicklow \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/venues\/woodenbridge-hotel-arklow-wicklow-923\/\">Woodenbridge\u00a0Hotel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A huge congratulations to our 2018 Top Rated Venue winners who were crowned based on the outstanding five-star reviews submitted from their past wedding couples. Overall Winners Top Rated Wedding Venue in Ireland \u2013\u00a0 Ballyliffin Lodge &amp; Spa Top Rated Wedding Venue in Northern Ireland \u2013\u00a0 Killyhevlin Lakeside Hotel &amp; Lodges Top Rated Regional Winners Leinster \u2013\u00a0 Langton House Hotel Munster \u2013\u00a0 Ballyroe Heights Hotel Ulster \u2013\u00a0 Ballyliffin Lodge &amp; Spa Connaught \u2013 Knockranny House Hotel &amp; Spa Top-Rated Bespoke [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":71207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[3056],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-venues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71035"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81707,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71035\/revisions\/81707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}