Five fireside mini-breaks in Ireland to warm you up before spring pops

This side of the clocks going forward, enjoy these wholesome hearth-warmers

Groovy, baby – Sam Stephenson's sunken lounge at Number 31

Lucy White

The hospitality of Justin and Jenny Green is legendary, opening their family home to guests as regal as then Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, who stayed in July 2018.

But despite such majesty, everyone who passes the threshold here is made to feel like a long-lost relative; no amount of original antiques, features and fixtures are enough to trigger imposter syndrome even in a grand house that dates back to 1728, its first owner Sir Richard Pyne.