HELLO EVERYONE,

All of us here in the Killeen House wish you and all yours a wonderfully Happy Christmas and a stunningly sparkling 2011. May the year ahead be all that you wish it to be - multiplied by ten.....! (Factor in a trip to the Killeen House in your plans over the next 12 months and you'll be sure to get a head start on happiness!)

Things have been kind of tough for most of us involved in the Irish Hotel Industry over the last couple of years, and - even though things are starting to look up again - we're not at all sure that things are going to improve too dramatically in 2011. But thankfully we in the Killeen House have enjoyed the loyalty and support of many, many Guests, both first time and repeat. For this Michael & Geraldine thank you.....our kids thank you...our great team thank you.....our suppliers thank you...and our Bank Manager thanks you...!

We hope you enjoy our little Newsletter and please know that if we can ever help you in any way with your holiday plans, you need only contact us and we will be honoured to render all possible advice and assistance to you

A NEW PROMOTIONAL VIDEO FOR THE KILLEEN HOUSE

Greg Manahan is a great friend to all of us here in the Killeen House who we have known for more years than any of us care to remember. He is one of the country's leading Audio/Visual experts, and his highly successful group provides services to a range of national and international companies all over Ireland.

A big part of his work is producing promotional videos for various goods and services and he has just recently completed a short video on the Killeen House which we are absolutely thrilled with

We are delighted to introduce it to an unsuspecting World public via this Newsletter and we will soon also be putting it up on both You Tube and on our website

We hope you enjoy it and we would be truly appreciative if you would pass it along to your friends.....

Click here to see the video

2010 PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION.

To all those who took part in this year's Killeen House Competition - a million thanks!!! You brightened people's days.....you bought smiles to people's faces.....and you bought back happy memories to people who had been on an Irish holiday.....!

You also gave the three judges some very difficult decisions to make, because the quality of so many of the entries was absolutely brilliant...

In any case, they agonised, debated and pulled their own (and each other's!) hair out, before finally reaching a decision

There is a Viewer's Prize for the most commented upon photo. This prize is one night of dinner, bed and breakfast for two people, in a double/twin room in the Killeen House and time during the 2011 summer season

There are four Special Merit Prizes for what the judges considered to be photographs especially worthy of mention. Each winner receives a prize of two nights of bed and breakfast, with dinner on one evening, for two people, in a double/twin room in the Killeen House

And there is the Killeen House Hotel 2010 Photograph of the Year. The winner receives a prize of three nights of bed and breakfast, with one evening dinner, for two people, in a deluxe bedroom in the Killeen House

(Please note that all the prizes are subject to availability of rooms at time of booking and exclude certain specific dates, like Bank Holiday weekends, for example)

And here they are ladies and gentlemen, the WINNERS in this year's Killeen House Photographic Competition...

VIEWER'S PRIZE PHOTOGRAPH FOR THE MOST COMMENTED ON PHOTO

"Banna Beach" by Adrian Mc Carron

SPECIAL MERIT PRIZE 1

"Dinny letting the dogs out!" by Mari Ward

SPECIAL MERIT PRIZE 2

"The Boat House, Lough Inagh, Connemara" by Jonathan Moran

SPECIAL MERIT PRIZE 3

"It's good for you" by Richard Pitt

SPECIAL MERIT PRIZE 4

"Beautiful Irish scenery in Valentia Island" by Breda O'Mullane

AND THE KILLEEN HOUSE HOTEL 2010 PHOTOGRAPH OF THE YEAR AWARD GOES TO

"Winter Walk" Taken on Tramore Beach County Waterford on a cold January day by John O'Neill

KILLEEN HOUSE RELOCATES ... YES, WE ARE ON THE MOVE

We have been on FaceBook now for over a year and we are now connected to many of our friends and past guests from around the world - a staggering 1,619 of them to be exact !
We enjoy sending out our WWW Friday update every week and of course holding the very popular Irish photo competition that has now become an annual affair.
However we have been informed that it would be best to move our account from a 'personal' account to a 'business' account, even if we do consider ourselves to be more a personal business than a business business.

So with that we would like to invite you all to

and please suggest the page to all your friends !!

Everything you always wanted to know about Michael & Geraldine - but could never be bothered asking.....!

"The Kingdom" newspaper is very much the paper of record here in this part of the World, and one of their regular features is called "Kingdom People", where they ask people from the region a series of standard questions

Michael and Geraldine have both appeared in "Kingdom People". Click below to see what they had to say for themselves......

THE WONDERFUL WWW

• Alarm clock problems...... click here


• If you can read this to the end without laughing - you have a problem...... click here


• How politicians can spin anything...... click here


• An elderly man is stopped by the police around 1 a.m. ... click here


• This is Priceless.... click here


• An Irishman abroad tells it like it is !! :-) click here (Please DO NOT WATCH THIS if you are easily offended by colourful irish language)
  


• For a weekly dose of WWW Friday Fun visit our WWW Page click here
  

PRIVATE EVENTS IN ROZZERS RESTAURANT OR INDEED IN THE WHOLE KILLEEN HOUSE

Over the last couple of years, we've had a noticeable increase in the number of all private events we have hosted here in the Killeen House and Rozzers restaurant

ROZZERS can cater for up to 30 guests in a private dining room for lunch or dinner

And the Killeen House Hotel itself is the ideal venue for residential private occasions, for groups of between 30 and 50 guests. Weddings, family reunions, golf societies, business meetings, and many other occasions have been very successfully hosted

If you have any interest in this area, we would love to hear from you. Simply contact Michael or Geraldine HERE and we will respond to you immediately

PLANNING A TRIP TO IRELAND ?

CONCLUSION

And that's it from this edition of our Killeen House Newsletter.....

If you are planning a trip to Ireland for 2011 and need any information, visit our web PLANNING page for all the important links and info for any stay in the Emerald Isle.

We hope you enjoyed it and if you have any comment you want to send us please click here

All the very best of everything to everyone

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