Seminars and company events
The Heritage in Killenard, County Laois, can take a conference of up to 500 delegates in theatre style in its ballroom, or a gala dinner for 350, with six smaller rooms for breakouts, board meetings and training sessions. The hotel sits beside its own championship golf course, which it presents as the only course in Ireland designed by Seve Ballesteros, and it lies just off the M7 motorway, under an hour from Dublin.
For a company event the ballroom is the anchor. It has a built-in stage and can be split into two rooms, so a plenary in the morning can turn into two parallel sessions in the afternoon. The Garden Room next door works as a space for welcome coffee before a conference or drinks before dinner. A cinema with a 16-foot screen seats about 50 people and suits a product launch, a screening or a keynote built around video. The hotel also lists team building, incentive travel and corporate wellness among its group offers, and the spa, health club and walking trail give delegates something to do between sessions.
Weddings and receptions
The Heritage sells weddings under two packages, the Signature and Classic Collections, which bundle personalized menus, extras and accommodation rates for guests. The ballroom seats up to 350 for the wedding meal. The team offers private showarounds and planning support for couples who live abroad, and the spa runs bridal and day packages for the wedding party.
Rooms and capacities
The ballroom, on the ground floor, is the largest space: 500 in theatre style and 350 for gala dining. Kelly and Lalor are two meeting rooms with daylight and wall screens, each taking 30 in theatre style or 18 around a boardroom table. With the dividing wall removed they become the Devoy room, recently refurbished, for 42 in cabaret style, with video conferencing. Doran takes 50 in theatre style or 30 in classroom style and sits beside five smaller rooms. Moore, Dowley and McEvoy are three boardrooms of 12 seats each, with fixed tables, daylight and large screens. The cinema has around 50 seats.
Accommodation
Guests stay on site in rooms that range from accessible rooms and Deluxe and Superior King rooms to family rooms, junior suites and two-bedroom suites. Penthouse apartments add a self-contained option for a longer stay or for a client team that wants its own space. The hotel does not publish a total room count on its website, so ask for the number of rooms that can be held for your dates.
Catering
Meals for events come from the hotel kitchens, with dedicated event menus. Restaurants and bars on site include Blake's, Blooms, Seven and The Terrace, along with an afternoon tea service and Charlie's, a private dining room for smaller dinners after a board meeting or an awards evening.
Getting there
The hotel is off junction 15 of the M7, about 45 minutes by road from Dublin and about two hours from Cork or Galway. Portarlington train station is about five minutes away by car, which makes rail travel from Dublin practical for delegates. Dublin Airport is the nearest international airport.
