Great National Hotel Ballina is a contemporary four-star hotel, located just a few minutes drive from Ballina Town, making exploring easy. We take great pleasure in delivering attentive, personal service that is always outstanding but never intrusive. That's why our guests keep coming back!

Our hotel is perfect for a wide range of events including meetings, weddings, conferences, parties and celebrations with its stylish banquet suites. Sit back and relax in McShane's Bar & Bistro offering seasonal menus with a selection of dishes that range from the familiar to the innovative, using locally sourced produce.

Dotted along the Wild Atlantic Way, Great National Hotel Ballina offers a range of local attractions whatever your interests. Choose from golf, walking and cycling, fishing, heritage and family activities to fill your day, all located within a short distance.


Rooms & Suites
The recently refurbished Great National Hotel Ballina offers four-star accommodation on the outskirts of Ballina town.

With 87 bedrooms, including our stylish and spacious deluxe rooms, and a choice of three different family room options to suit your needs, we are sure to provide the perfect escape for family, friends or a couple's hotel break.

Our junior suite is as exceptional as our hotel guests. A king-size sleigh bed complemented by plush cushions and throws enhance the mood of the elegant surroundings.


Dining
From Sunday lunch to a working breakfast, dinner with friends or lunch with the ladies, McShane's Bar & Bistro in Great National Hotel Ballina welcomes hotel guests and locals alike from 7am daily.

Whatever option you choose, you can be assured that you will enjoy superb, quality food made from the best and freshest ingredients, making eating in GN Hotel Ballina a culinary delight. The team of chefs in McShane's Bar and Bistro carefully select fresh, local ingredients and sources the finest international produce to create fabulous cuisine for you to enjoy.

Midweek (Sunday–Thursday) until 9 pm, and weekends (Fri & Sat) until 9.30pm.


Leisure & Spa
Get the most from your stay with a visit to the newly renovated Leisure Centre at Great National Hotel Ballina. Our hotel leisure centre, located on the outskirts of Ballina, offers a relaxed friendly environment with modern facilities coupled with qualified experienced staff to help you meet your goals.

For ultimate relaxation, allow yourself to be pampered with a visit to our in-house spa Éidin Spa. Whether you are looking for an indulgent, relaxing spa break or time to escape in a tranquil ambience, our extensive range of luxury treatments will revive body and mind. Discover the perfect spa and hotel combination at Great National Hotel Ballina.


Weddings
Set on the outskirts of Ballina, the 4 star Great National Hotel Ballina is perfectly placed to host your dream wedding in Mayo. Our beautiful, modern and stylish rooms with the capacity to cater for 100 to 400 guests can easily be transformed to match your wedding colours, themes and atmosphere.

The Nephin Suite, as the name suggests, is set against the magnificent backdrop of Mount Nephin. The suite, which can accommodate up to 400 guests, is fully self-contained with its own bar, dance floor, staging and wedding garden. The suite boasts a great outdoor wedding garden, ideal for stunning photographs. The Oak Tree Suite is ideal for smaller weddings of up to 100 people. This Mayo wedding venue is fully air-conditioned and beautifully decorated and enjoys natural daylight. The Ox Suite is the perfect venue for hosting your civil ceremony and evening buffet-style banquet catering up to 110 guests.


Conference & Events
With state-of-the-art facilities, an ideal location and spacious accommodation, Great National Hotel Ballina is the perfect choice to host a conference or event in Mayo. Our Ballina hotel has a range of modern conference, function and meeting rooms catering for up to 650 guests.

Contemporary in design, all our meeting rooms have natural daylight and blackout blinds, with furniture, fittings and artwork that have been specially selected to blend with the meeting room interiors, making it the perfect conference venue in Mayo.

Great National Hotel Ballina has a vast experience organising conference, events and banquets, and our events coordinators are committed to making your event a great success.

Our Family Friendly Hotel
Enjoy the ultimate family break away at Great National Hotel Ballina, a leading family-friendly hotel in Mayo. Our hotel has something for the whole family and is at the hub of all the major attractions. Great National Hotel Ballina boasts an ideal central location for all that Ballina and North Mayo have to offer for family holidays.

Family Escape
Enjoy the ultimate family break away at Great National Hotel Ballina, a leading family hotel in Mayo. Looking for the perfect family getaway this Summer? Spend time as a family at the Great National 4* Hotel Ballina.

Guests will enjoy:

• Evening meal in McShane's Bistro for all the family on the evening of your choice
• Two-nights luxury accommodation in our spacious family rooms
• Complimentary access to the spa and leisure facilities
• Full Irish breakfast each morning of your stay
• Complimentary WiFi
• Ample free parking
• Kids club on site

Choose one of our spectacular Activity Offers to make your stay most enjoyable for all the family:

• Family Cinema Ticket
• Waterpoint Aqua Park