"The typical Irish country escape involves rolling green hills, perhaps a bit of golf, and usually a castle of some vintage or another. But a look at the Aghadoe Heights Hotel and Spa should convince you that the part about the castle should be entirely optional. This 73-room resort overlooking the Lakes of Killarney is a Sixties-era modernist building, and it’s got interiors to match; here antique leather club chairs are replaced with pieces by the 20th century’s top designers." - Tablet Hotels