At Home and Abroad

Since 1745 there has been a hostelry and accommodation on the site of the current Eccles Hotel & Spa. The name Eccles first appears in the records of Bantry House. It states that in 1835 Thomas Eccles rented land and buildings comprising 28 acres, 2 roods and 4 perches for the sum of £16 and 12 shillings, equivalent to €21 in today’s currency. In 1850, William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 – 1863) the famous writer and journalist, who boarded at Eccles Hotel and described it as a pretty Inn. George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950) stayed in Eccles Hotel in 1910/11 and is reputed to have written extensively during his time here. During the 1920’s William Butler Yeats (poet and playwright) was a regular visitor to Eccles Hotel. The Presidential Suite is named after him. In July 2017 Pippa Middleton, sister of the Duchess of Cambridge, stayed at the hotel to attend the wedding of her good friend Camilla Campion-Awwad in Glengarriff.