Michael Brennan Of The Europe Hotel On Its Many Innovations

By Emily Hourican
Michael Brennan Of The Europe Hotel  On Its Many Innovations

The Europe was always far ahead of its time - in the 1960s, it was the first hotel in Ireland to have a spa. General Manager Michael Brennan tells Emily Hourican about the many innovations.

This article was originally published in the Autumn 2024 issue of Hospitality Ireland Magazine, in October of 2024.

A weekend at the Europe Hotel in Killarney is like a few days out of time. There is something – everything – about this beautifully designed, quietly comfortable hotel, set among the Kerry hills, that flicks an off-switch for me, in the very best of ways.

Over the course of our stay, I politely refused to leave the hotel, turning downs trips to waterfalls and the National Park. Instead, I swam in the pool, lounged around the sauna and steam room, had a ESPA facial (with exactly the right amount of microdermabrasion), went on a pony ride, ate, read, dozed, ate some more, swam again ... you get the picture.