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Hartes of Kildare Wins Best Gastropub In Leinster

Last Monday  we scooped the Best Gastropub in Leinster Award  at the Restaurant Association of Ireland Awards! Hartes is conveniently located in the market square in Kildare Town just 5 minutes drive from Kildare Village outlet shopping, The Irish National Stud & Gardens and less than 10 minutes from the Curragh Racecourse

Hartes Wins Best Gastropub In Kildare

We were thrilled for win Best Gastropub In Kildare for the 2nd year in a row at the RAI regional awards last month! Congratulations to all of our wonderful team here @ Hartes!

Hartes Wins Best Gastropub In Kildare

The Restaurant Association of Ireland Awards returned this year after a 2 year  break during covid. It was great for our team to get out and about mixing with their industry peers at the regional awards ceremony in Kilashee House Hotel We were absolutely delighted to take home The Best Gastropub in Kildare award and look forward to the finals in a few weeks  

Skydive For Make A Wish Ireland

Massive congratulations to some of our very brave team who last Friday did a charity sky dive to raise much needed funds for  Make a Wish Ireland, in memory of our staff member Jordan’s father who tragically passed away last year. The guys had a great day and  to date have raised an amazing €13,500  for Make A Wish Ireland which is a wonderful charity thats grants once in a life time wishes to seriously ill children. Thank you to […]

Paul Lenehan Inaugurated As President of The Restaurant Association

It has been a very exciting few days for us all here @ Hartes & Firecastle as our owner Paul Lenehan celebrated his inauguration as President of Restaurant Association of Ireland on Monday night with his family at the fabulous Mount Juliet Estate in Kilkenny.  Pauls term as president will run for the next 2 years!  Congratulations & best of luck Paul! 

New Dew Drop Brewhouse Larger

Zither Vienna Lager 4.6% ABV A moderate-strength amber lager with a soft, smooth maltiness and moderate bitterness, yet finishing relatively dry. The malt flavor is clean, bready-rich, and somewhat toasty, with an elegant impression derived from quality base malts and process.

Dew Drop World Record Attempt In Association With Crumlin Hospital

On Saturday the 30th of November The Dew Drop kill in conjunction with Crumlin Children’s hospital will attempt to break the Guinness world record for ” The Largest gathering of people dressed as Disney animated characters” The attempt will take place in the carpark of The Dew Drop in the afternoon at 3pm. We need as many people as possible to dress up, so find those princess dresses, prince charming suits and come out to be part of something unique […]

€1500 Raised for Peter McVerry Trust

We are delighted to announce that we raised €1500 for the Peter McVerry Trust during their Dine & Give campaign in October. Thank you to everyone who dined with us over that week and supported this wonderful cause.

Peter McVerry Trust Dine & Give Campagin

We are delighted to be supporting The Peter McVerry Trust’s Dine & Give campaign from the 8th – 14th October. Help us to help this great cause and join us for lunch from the 8th to 14th of October . All proceeds from sales our sandwich of day will be donated

Rose of Tralee contestants visit Hartes!

On Tuesday we had the pleasure of welcoming the 2018 Rose of Tralee contestants to Hartes! The Roses enjoyed a tour of County Kildare, hosted by Kildare Failte, the county’s tourism board. The day featured visits to Celbridge, the Kildare Round Tower, Solas Bhride, the K Club and Kildare Village with the Roses taking part in turf cutting, brown bread making and Sean Nós dancing at Lullymore Heritage Park.

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