Win a foodie getaway at Ballyvolane House, Co Cork.

The lovely family-run country house, Ballyvolane House, set in the rolling North Cork countryside, and surrounded by 80 acres of its own lush gardens and farmland dotted with cows and rare-breed pigs is the perfect getaway. Justin and Jenny Green are the third generation of family to run the property with the help of their three children, and Justin’s dad, Jer Green, who has been restoring, developing and maintaining the gardens at Ballyvolane House for over 60 years, with extraordinary results.

This magical destination is home to delicious home-grown produce from their own three-acre walled garden too, freshly gathered every day and used for the well-provided table during your four-course dinner. The produce is also used in their drinks using Ballyvolane’s own award-winning small batch Irish milk gin, Bertha’s Revenge. Included in your stay is your very own private distillery tour and tasting of Bertha’s Revenge Gin with co-founder and distiller, Justin Green.

Peaceful and inviting, ramble through the woodlands, explore the orchards and admire the gardens, learn to fly fish on the Blackwater river, or simply cosy up at Ballyvolane and enjoy one of their B&Ts with a good book, relaxing on a sun-lounger on the south-facing lawns. To find out more about Ballyvolane House, click here.

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Terms & Conditions

1. The promotion is open to residents of Ireland aged 18 years or over except employees of the Promoter, their families, agents or anyone professionally connected with the promotion.

2. A valid entry consists of a correct answer entered in the form above, accompanied by the entrant’s name, email address and a phone number.

3. No applications from agents, third parties, organised groups or applications automatically generated by computer will be accepted. No incomplete, illegible, or corrupted entries will be accepted. No entries not in accordance with the entry instructions will be accepted.

4. The Promotion will run from 13/07/2023 to midnight on 30/07/2023 inclusive.

5. All entries must be received by the Promotor by no later than midnight on the Closing Date. All competition entries received after the Closing Date are automatically disqualified.

6. Promotion limited to one entry per person. No entrant will win more than one prize.

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8. Responsibility will not be accepted for entries lost, damaged or delayed as a result of any network, computer hardware or software failure of any kind. Proof of sending is not proof of receipt. Entries will become the property of the Promoter.

9. The prize is a one night stay at Ballyvolane House with a four-course dinner and a full Irish breakfast for two people. Also included is a distillery tour and tasting of Bertha’s Revenge Gin with Co-Founder/Distiller Justin Green. The winners will be given a complimentary bottle of Bertha’s Revenge Gin to take home. There will be one winner.

10. All prizes will be subject to any additional terms and conditions of the supplier of the prize to the Promoter. This prize is non-transferable, subject to availability, not valid on Bank Holidays and cannot be refunded or redeemed for cash.

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12. In the event of unforeseen circumstances the Promoter reserves the right to substitute the prize for an alternative of equal or greater value.

13. The winners will be notified by email. The winner must claim the prize within 30 days of the notification. If the prize is unclaimed after this time, it will lapse and the Promoter reserves the right to offer the unclaimed prize to a substitute winner selected in accordance with the Promotion rules.

14. The promoters’ decision is final and binding in all matters and no correspondence will be entered into.

15. The winners’ details (name and county) will be made available on The Irish Times website.

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18. Prizes are non transferrable and cannot be exchanged for cash.

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21. The Promoter reserves the right to hold void, suspend, cancel or amend the Promotion where it becomes necessary to do so.