Hotel Review: This cosy, classy stay may just be Killarney’s best-kept secret

A small, family-run hotel on the Muckross Road has surprising style and a heartfelt welcome

Inside The Victoria, a cosy stay that could be Killarney's best-kept secret

Pól Ó Conghaile

In Ulysses, a famous puzzle is pondered — how to cross Dublin without passing a pub. If James Joyce had set his novel in Killarney, I wonder would he have switched that to hotels and guesthouses?

The Kingdom’s tourist hub has tonnes of places to stay, but one cosy, classy little gem slipped under the radar for me until very recently — John and Sinéad Courtney’s The Victoria.

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