Creighton Hotel in Clones

Spent the weekend here while in Clones for a christening. It's a really lovely hotel. The rooms are large, spotless and well decorated with big comfy beds and a great shower. Great breakfasts and dinners - lots of local eating there which is always a good sign - plus friendly and accommodating staff who can't do enough for you. The reception after the christening, on Sunday, was in the hotel too and was very well organised and catered to. The hotel was really busy with several events going on when we arrived on Saturday, but it didn't affect the service we received at all. Highly recommend the Creighton if you find yourself around Clones.

Creighton Hotel is not merely a place to stay, but a vantage point into the layered soul of Clones. The rooms are quiet and balanced, yet stepping outside you encounter the Round Tower whose stones bear the double handwriting of centuries, the High Cross on the Diamond, and the faint memory of Saint Tighernach’s monastery where manuscripts once whispered before vanishing into legend. The town itself carries the scar of the border division, its streets pausing like unfinished sentences, while the Ulster Canal and the ghost of the GNRI railway remind us of plans interrupted and journeys diverted. As W.B. Yeats observed, “The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” In Clones, that magic is not loud but subtle, found in the silence of stone and the humor of history. To rest here is to join a philosophical dialogue with time itself.

Excellent value, lovely staff, clean modern rooms

We had a Sunday family meal in the hotel bank holiday weekend in the front bar. The food was excellent and the service was great. This is a brilliant hotel. We will definitely be back. A very enjoyable evening. Kids loved it. Well done.

It is a beautiful building, symbolic, that might be considered the heart of Clones. The room I was given (central, top flor, old part of the building) is very large and luminous, sporting five huge windows, an extremely comfortable bed, a big desktop, a large bathroom too with a good and wide shower unit. Good view over the main street, no obstacles in front. Lots of outlets for plugging in all your stuff, including USB charge. All designed with a great taste by a good professional. A dream of a room if it weren't for what I'll write below. There are quite a few breakfast options, all of them delicious and more than enough for the hungriest guest. Breakfast times very friendly, almost until noon. I dined in the restaurant a couple of times and I liked the food too, good and large portions. Prices are quite reasonable. The staff is correct, but nothing to call home about. Some are more obliging, some are a bit dry. The only one -but very important- thing I didn't like (which prevents me from ticking 5* in all the ratings) was the fact that, despite having requested a quiet room when I did my booking, my request was totally ignored. Not only I wasn't given a quiet room, but actually one of the two NOISIEST rooms they have. This hotel is composed of two adjacent buildings: the old one is much nicer, but the windows are not double-glazed and, since they overlook a busy crossing, the traffic noise is very disturbing all they round, except thanks God by night; but then early in the morning it starts again. So, I had to sleep with earplugs the whole of my stay. And by daytime I couldn't peacefully read or work. At the very least the management should have explained to me why I was given such a noisy room despite my request. So, a bad note for customer service.

Stayed in the Creighton Hotel while attending a wedding in Monaghan, and it was genuinely excellent. The rooms were immaculate, and the decor was beautiful. The staff were also all just brilliant, very patient, amd couldn't have done enough for us. I'd highly recommend it.