Choose between lively Limerick city on the banks of the River Shannon with its impressive art scene and history or its stunning surround, chequered with romantic castles like Glin, home to the knights of Glin for the last 700 years, on the banks of the Shannon estuary with magical gardens for those all-important photo ops. There’s plenty more elegant hotels dotted around the county which also offers up dreamy woodlands and heritage charm of villages like Adare, where cute thatched cottages elbow the impressive Adare Manor Hotel. Formerly one of Ireland’s most magnificent stately homes it is now one of the country’s most impressive luxury hotels and much sought after by bride and grooms.