Details taking shape.
Following 3 years of renovations, it’s soon time to fill our restored house with life.
Our furniture is arriving and we’re so excited to show you all the work that has gone into every last detail of our guesthouse.
From repointed walls, and restored chimneys, to Kilkenny limestone sinks, handmade tiles and ceramic bath tubs, everything has been considered.
It’s time to make this place a home and to have it singing again 💛
It’s time to book your stay! Link in bio
Photos @shantanustarick
BOOKINGS FOR ÓMÓS JULY- SEPTEMBER ARE NOW OPEN!
Please see link in our bio. If your preferred date isn’t available, please email our reservations team to join our waitlist as there are occasional cancellations [email protected]
Our bedrooms at Ómós are each uniquely designed, celebrating craft and design that belongs to the land around them.
The interior architecture is by @asca.studio and @relief.gallery , the architecture by @ryanwkennihan .
The Artist illustrations were created by @killianfallon.studio directed by @deemorgan_
Renders by @westtimbercourt
Visit our new website to see more. Link in bio 💛
Using local materials was important to us from the outset of this project. Determining how best to apply these materials was where the challenge lied.
When tasked with cladding the restaurant and outer buildings, we were lucky enough to find the right stone and skilled craftspeople for it.
For 2 years, Master Stone Mason Noel Ryan of Heritage Masonry and his team have been hard at work. In this video he shares the backstory about the stone used for our guesthouse and restaurant.
We can’t wait for you all to see it as guests this summer.
Video: @lilyainswrth and @deemorgan_
Words: Master craftsman Noel Ryan.
A few site photos of the new restaurant we designed for @___omos opening in July in Abbeyleix. Exciting stuff!
More to come.
Architecture by @ryanwkennihan
Interiors by @asca.studio and @relief.gallery
Ingenious inception and creative guidance by @cuangreene and his amazing team.
Traditional skills form an essential part of our cultural identity.
Hanna Van Aelst a willow artist and basket maker moved to Ireland from Belgium in her 20’s, finding home and meaning in Tipperary. It’s here that she grows her willow, and makes her baskets.
Following years of conversations we travelled to her homestead and studio to discover her process and learn more about Hanna.
We’ve commissioned pieces for our tables to be filled with bread. Larger baskets placed by the fireside shall hold wood, or carried into the forests to be filled with wild bounty. Others have been commissioned as art, displayed through out the guesthouse and restaurant.
@hannavanaelst hosts classes which can be booked via her website.
Film by @lilyainswrth and @deemorgan_
Preserving Scots pinecones with our team.
Scot’s pine is a native pine to Ireland. We harvest the young cones and cook them in apple juice for several hours. They become soft and fudgey with an unmistakeable forest flavour.
We’re currently planning dishes on the menu this summer. Would you like to see these pinecones feature?
Over the last few weeks the kitchen team have been busy working on the breakfast menu.
1. Kitchen manager Alison brought her own honey
2. Breakfast bun first trial using @mannaheritagemill
3. Kumquats from Italy. Thanks Danny!
4. Cardamom bun tests
5. HONEY!
6.Torta Pasquale 1.
7. Torta Pasquale deux
8. Shaping class
9. Kumquat massage
10. Ryan’s Heritage scones
11. Fresh yoghurt using @killadoonfarm (check out the cream on top)
12. The best milk
13. B.M.O - Bun with cheese (and butter)
14. Rackmaster
15. Double choc @bareboneschocolate
Find the woodland sauna nestled beneath the trees, over looking our millpond.
We’re looking forward to firing up the sauna this summer.
The land around us is beginning to take shape. 🌱
We welcomed new faces to the team this week, and thought what better way to spend your first day than picking food in the wild. ✨
We spent the afternoon at Rose Cottage Fruit Farm in Laois, picking blackcurrant shoots and wood while getting to know each other. Matt even found a giant Morel mushroom - a first for all of us 🍄🟫
The shoots will be preserved in a sweet pickle. The wood will be infused into oil, and also made into vodka and Poitín (an Irish liquor made from potatoes).
The blackcurrant plant is a magical one, of which we use every part. The fruit is really an end of season bonus.
Ómós will be a space to celebrate and showcase artists and their works.
Cúán’s grandfather Éamon de Buitléar filmed artist Maria Simonds-Gooding extensively from 1967 onwards. This year Cúán and a crew travelled to Kerry to film Maria once more. The intention was to honour and celebrate one of Ireland’s most trailblazing artists, and to learn from someone who has dedicated their life to the fields of Ireland. 8hrs of film will be condensed over the next months, but for now, here’s a clip of both ‘An Saol Beo’ by Éamon, along with cuttings from our visit.
Film by Éamon de Buitléar and @lilyainswrth
Maria Simonds Gooding’s artworks often look like maps and they unfailingly refer to the landscape. Maria herself has inspired 3 generations of Cúán’s family, having originally met his Grandather Éamon de Buitléar on the Blasket Islands in 1967.
We’re proud and honoured to be able to showcase Maria’s Artworks at Ómós.
This clip is from a ‘Field trip’ earlier this year, when we visited Maria in her home in Dún Chaoin in Co. Kerry. The area has inspired much of her work.
🎥: @lilyainswrth
