Location: Thurles, County Tipperary, E41 C9C8

Business type: Venue

Business website: hayeshotel.ie

Date listed: September 28, 2025

“Steeped in history, the 18th century Hayes Hotel is synonymous with the GAA [Gaelic Athletic Association] and is a popular hotel for guests to stay when there’s a GAA match.” It has been owned since 2014 by Jack Halley. He and his family are heavily involved in horse racing and fox hunting (his father John Halley is a master of the Limerick Foxhounds hunt and his brother David Halley hunts with the Tipperary Foxhounds). A report in the pro-hunt Irish Field of 1 November 2024, focusing on a Tipperary Foxhounds hunt in Fethard, stated that “Following the family tradition were [Fethard Equine Hospital vet] David Halley (MRCVS) and brother Jack Halley, who runs the iconic Hayes’ Hotel in Liberty Square, Thurles…both out [hunting] and well mounted, they showed the way on the family farm.”

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