Virginia Park Lodge, an 18th-century country house on 100 acres beside Lough Ramor in Virginia, County Cavan, hosts exclusive-use weddings for up to 300 guests, corporate retreats, away days and private parties. The estate sleeps up to 125 guests overnight and lies about an hour from Dublin.
Seminars and company events
The lodge sells corporate events, away days, board meetings, awards ceremonies and overnight stays. It lists multiple meeting spaces and breakout rooms, and builds the schedule, meals, breaks and activities around the client. Team-building options on the estate include the nine-hole Virginia Golf Club course, boating and fishing on the lough, clay pigeon shooting and guided woodland walks.
Delegates can sleep on site: the estate has 53 single-occupancy rooms in total, of which 24 are en-suite bedrooms in the main house, the rest being courtyard cottages, shepherd's huts, woodland cabins and the Deerpark Inn. A brochure is available on request.
Weddings and receptions
The house and gardens are hired exclusively for weddings, for up to 300 guests. Civil ceremonies and civil partnerships can take place in the house, the Lakeview Pavilion or the gardens, and the Virginia Church of Ireland stands at the end of the driveway for a church ceremony. Wedding dining, rehearsal dinners and second-day barbecues are listed. The lodge also hires out exclusively for parties: birthdays, engagements, anniversaries, Christmas and New Year's Eve.
Rooms and capacities
The Lakeview Pavilion holds up to 300 guests and looks over Lough Ramor. The Marchioness Banqueting Room holds up to 60. Other rooms named on the site are the Taylour Room, with large Crittall doors and a seven-foot fireplace, the Lounge, which can open into the Marchioness Room to make a larger dining space, the Marquis Drawing Room, the largest room in the house, the Board Room, one of the smaller rooms, and Christo's Bar. Capacities for these rooms are not published.
Accommodation
The estate has 24 en-suite bedrooms in the main house, 15 courtyard cottages, 12 shepherd's huts and two woodland cabins, for up to 125 guests overnight. The Deerpark Inn, a pub with rooms five minutes away, has six more en-suite rooms. A gate lodge sits at the entrance.
Catering
The kitchen is led by Michelin-starred chef Richard Corrigan, with produce from the estate's gardens and farm and from local suppliers. Menus are tailored to each event, from breakfasts and dinners to outdoor barbecues, and adapted to dietary needs.
History and setting
The house dates from 1750 and was transformed by Richard Corrigan into a country house hotel. It belongs to Ireland's Blue Book and to the Corrigan Collection. The grounds include Deerpark Forest, walking trails, parterre gardens and a nine-hole golf course.
Getting there
The lodge is in Virginia, Co. Cavan, A82 T2N6. It states one hour from Dublin and 50 minutes from Dublin Airport.
