Only 50-minutes from Dublin, Knightsbrook benefits from strong demand from leisure, corporate, wedding, and golfing markets. Its location within Ireland’s Ancient East, close to the UNESCO World Heritage Site at Newgrange, positions the hotel at the heart of one of the country’s most visited heritage destinations.
The award-winning resort features 131 spacious guest bedrooms and 28 three-bedroom self-catering holiday homes. These houses attract longer stay guests, families and groups, diversifying the customer base at the hotel.
The resort features a strong food and beverage offering, including Rococo Restaurant, Swifts Bar, Terrace Lounge, and Rooftop Terrace, alongside large‑scale conference and banqueting facilities with capacity for up to 1,800 delegates, enhancing its appeal as an events destination in close proximity to Dublin.
Knightsbrook boasts the award-winning River Spa with 14 treatment rooms and health club that includes an 18m swimming pool, rejuvenating thermal suite, gym, and two dedicated fitness studios, delivering a standout wellness experience for guests and health club members.
Set across a total of 172 acres of rolling parkland, the resort features a championship 18-hole golf course designed by Christy O’Connor Jnr, along with a dedicated golf clubhouse complete with a meeting suite and pro shop.
The sale offers an opportunity to unlock significant value by optimising the existing hotel, resort houses, spa, golf, and events infrastructure while exploring branding and operational efficiencies across the resort’s large accommodation and amenity base.
Knightsbrook has been placed on the market with a guide price of €25 million.
Tom Barrett, Director of Hotels & Leisure at Savills, commented: “Knightsbrook has the potential to be one of Ireland’s leading resort hotels, combining extensive facilities with a prime location close to Dublin and the airport. Its scale and upside potential make it a standout investment opportunity in the Irish hospitality market.”
Daniel O’Connor, Head of Hotels & Living at JLL added: “The Knightsbrook is a large-scale Irish resort offering a variety of sought after facilities including leisure, spa, golf and holiday homes. With significant performance growth potential remaining, we are expecting very strong national and international buyer interest in this quality and rare resort property.”