October 13th 2008

Congratulations to Powers Pub Quiz winners, Jeanne, Gert, Mary and Kate. They go on to represent Spillanes in the county final in November.Close to 500 euros was raised in aid of REHAB. Thanks to everyone who participated.

Water Conditions have been pretty ok with a good mix of port and starboard tack sailing and surfing. Lots of people around. Check out Robs speedsailing course on www.riks-sports.com on a nucleur 3.2 day.

September 21st 2008

As usual, time flies when you're having fun. The summer has flown by in the Maharees. Unfortunately the weather wasn't amazing but plenty of fun was still had at Spillane's. Some great theme parties including Country & Western, Disco Fever, Movie Stars etc etc. Congrats to all the best dressed winners.

July 15th 2008

Sunny beautiful day on the Maharees. Swell is up and life is good. Summer is in full swing at Spillane's. Following a fantastic Midsummer's Cocktail Night and 4th of July Cowboy night, the next big party will be 'DISCO FEVER' on Saturday 26th July. Prize for the best dressed. 60's/70's glitter/flares/beehives whatever!

Don't forget to call and make a reservation especially on busy weekends.

May 9th 2008

What a stunning couple of weeks in the Maharees. The weather has been amazing with hot sunny days and balmy evenings. Lots of people around for the May Bank holiday. A bit hectic at Spillane's. Bookings are definitely recommended to avoid a long wait on those busy weekends. The food is lovely as always.

Rubbish cleanup is ongoing. Thanks to Kerry County Council for picking up the rubbish collected today. A big plea to all our visitors to please respect our beautiful area and take your litter home.

CHEF de PARTIE required. We are looking for a 2nd/3rd year chef to join our team. Please email us.

April 27th 2008

Summer is almost here! The UKWA windsurfing event was a big success with great sailing conditions at Garrywilliam. Congratulations to winner Andy King.

MAY WEEKEND - We are kicking off the summer season with a party in Spillane's on Saturday night. DJ from 10pm.

We will open from 1pm from next weekend onwards with a tasty lunchtime menu available.

April 1st 2008

The weeks are flying by as usual. Nice to see everybody home for easter. We are back into the swing of things at Spillane's and everybody is enjoying being waited on instead of having to queue. Lots of complements on the lovely seafood dishes.

The weather has been mixed. Great sailing conditions(if you own a 3.2 and your name is Rob-why does it seem to blow nucleur everytime it's windy these days) mixed with surf, sunshine and showers. Some good hiking, biking been had too.

Looking forward to seeing lots of windsurfers around for the competition 17-21 April.

March 16 2008

Happy St Patricks Weekend:)

Well Spillane's is finally open again. Friday night was d-day. Lovely new additions to the menu thanks to Trish. The seafood is fantastic.

We've decided to get rid of the queuing system and offer full table service. Please bear with us as we, and you!, get used to the changes. We hope it improves things for everybody and makes Spillane's more relaxed and enjoyable.

February 27 2008

Happy Birthday Mike!

And Happy New Year to all our valued customers and friends.

We are getting ready to open again for St Patricks weekend. It'll be a busy few weeks with Easter being so early. We're looking forward to seeing everybody after a quiet and relaxing winter. Hopefully Marilyn will make it back from her Atlantic Crossing in time to do all her lovely baking!

We are delighted to welcome Trish back after over 20 years and look forward to sampling some of her famous cooking. Watch out for lots more wonderful fresh seafood dishes. Speaking of seafood, Spillanes are proud to have been accepted into the Seafood Circle of Ireland for 2008.

We are still recruiting staff for the 2008 season. Please email your CV.

November 24 2007

We are looking for NEW STAFF for the 2008 season. We need a new chef and possibly a kitchen manager as well as wait staff and bartenders. Please email.

Plans are afoot to make some changes in 2008. Our aim is provide our customers with a higher level of service and more pleasurable dining experience at Spillanes. We are considering moving to table service and getting rid of the queue. We feel the buzzer system had a positive effect last summer and we wish to continue on a path of improvement. We would welcome any comments, suggestions and feedback on the things our valued customers currently love and hate about Spillanes.

Monday March 5th 2007

Hopefully the old saying of March coming in like a lion and going out like a lamb is true because we're definitely seeing the lion in the Maharees this week. Big storms again! It seems like it just hasn't stopped since November. Roll on the summer!!

After a couple of months well needed rest we're ready to open up the kitchen at Spillanes again. Friday March 8th is d-day with a limited but tasty menu available from 6-9pm every night. We are also looking for some staff for the summer so email us at info@spillanesbar.com if you're interested.

Mikes 60th birthday this weekend was a big event and great fun. Started off with a quiz at Spillanes on friday night in aid of the Dunmore East families where over 1000 euro was raised. A big thanks to all who took part. Saturday saw all the Spillane gang off to Killarney to party. Mighty craic.

Sunday January 21st

Our thoughts and prayers are with the Hennesseys and the other families who have lost love ones at sea over the past week.

New Year 2007

Happy New Year and all the best for 2007 to all our friends and customers. We had a wonderful Christmas and New Years and Spillanes. The weather gave us a welcome break with a week of gloriously fine days and a chance to walk off all the lovely food. Lots of family home and everyone in great form. Happy 21st birthday to Stephanie! Marilyns legendary New Years buffet was fantastic as always and a great holiday was had by all. Best Wishes and hope to see you all sometime in the New Year.

Thursday December 8th

Gosh! What a difference a month makes! It's been wild here for almost a month solid now. Crazy storms, huge swells and howling winds. Great to watch, from indoors:) A few crazy people still go out windsurfing. It's still worth braving the elements for supper at Spillanes though. The winter menu is lovely and it's nice to be waited on by Jeanne, Amy and Liz.

Tuesday November 7th

Winter is here. And the Maharees is quiet and peaceful. The weather has been amazing though with warm sunny days and nice swells rolling in. Great time for hiking and biking.

Spillanes winter schedule is now in effect. Jeanne and Phil are in charge for the winter serving pizzas and ribs during the week(except Tuesdays) and offering a lovely weekend menu with full table service. Bookings are advisable on the weekends.

A few things from the Autumn worth mentioning.. Kates 21st!! A fantastic week, katsquire,cocktails,marquee,beautiful weather. so much fun.

80's night. All the waitress dressed in short skirts,red tights,boots and very much looking the part much to the amusement of our regular customers.

Some great windsurfing and surfing sessions with a huge number of windsurfers back this season. One week in particular with 3.7 port tack followed by big Mossies starboard tack then back to port tack down the line gowlane again. No where else in the world delivers such a great mix of conditions.

Wednesday August 20th

It's been a while-Apologies for the absence of updates over the past few months. Summer is over. It was a good one. The craic at Spillanes was mighty. Almost too busy sometimes! but our great team of staff coped wonderfully. Plenty of parties mixed in with surfing, sunbathing , fishing and all the rest.

Thursday June 22nd

Summer is in full swing at Spillanes. We are delighted to have all our summer staff back from school and Uni. It's nicely busy with a lovely atmosphere in the bar.

The boys have been out catching Mackerel which is proving very popular on the menu. We're still waiting for our first wild salmon..

The weather has been varied. A few goods days windsurfing were had and pretty big swell is rolling in.

Congratulations to one of our old staff members Siobhan O Leary who had her engagement party in the pub on friday night. Jeevan is a lucky guy..

Thursday June 8th

Time is flying! And it's been too glorious in the Maharees to spend any time on a computer:). It's been sunny for two weeks solid. Blue skies, glassy water, clear mountains. Absolutely stunning.

The bank holiday was crazy as usual. All hands on deck at Spillanes. Everyone worked really hard and fed a whole lot of people. Summer salads are back on. hurrah!

Tuesday May 30

Professional windsurfers Francisco Goya and Kauli Seadi are here for a few days. They scored some nice conditions at dumps yesterday. Starboard tack with a few nice waves. And Sunny. Great to see so many people out on the water windsurfing.

We're gearing up for a busy bank holiday at Spillanes. Looking forward to seeing all of our summer crowd back for the weekend.

Beach cleanup will be in progress again on Saturday, Hopefully there will be a few more volunteers around. Meet at Spillanes at 10am.

Thursday May 25

Lovely glassy surf at gowlane today.. Tuesday was great sailing conditions. 4.7 weather with small but really fun waves at gowlane and kilcummin. Still a bit cold on the hands though!

Friday May 19

A crowd was a around last weekend for a UKWA(uk windsurfing) event. Disappointing weather didn't allow for much windsurfing competition unfortunately. Congratulations to Phil Horricks on winning the freestyle, held in Gowlane on the Monday. The wind returned in full force as soon as everyone left of course. It's been howling the past few days. Up to 50mph southeasterlies and plenty of rain. It's mellowed a bit again now and a good swell has built up.

Amy and Jodie arrived back this week. Hurrah!

More cleanup still to be done on the beach. Saturday mornings at Spillanes at 10am.

Wednesday May 10th

Summer has finally arrived in the Maharees. It's stunning! Mountains are clear. Birds are everywhere. Nowhere in the world is better on a day like today.

Don't forget to come and check out the windsurfing event this weekend.

Saturday May 6th

Bit showery this weekend. Gusty winds and a bit of swell still running. Good craic in the pub last night. Nice crowd around. Francisco Goya and Kauli Seadi are coming for a few days in late May. Hopefully Brandon Bay will deliver some good conditions so we can see them sail.

Thursday May 4th

Sunny, windy and lovely peeling waves at stradbally yesterday. What more could one ask for.. besides a pint and a steak at Spillane's :). And the wind dropped off in the evening with lovely surfing at gowlane. Swell looks nice and clean today with light winds.

Triple Crown Windsurfing Event takes place weekend 12th-15 May. Should be fun.

Anyone with any ideas, comments, concerns, suggestions as regards parking or a possible car park, protection, etc of Dumps (Marahabeg Cut) please get in touch. We must get something done about it soon as its almost totally destroyed.

We're going to try and set up a regular cleaning campaign for the beaches and dunes. Possibly every saturday morning with tea and cakes at Spillanes afterwards. Any volunteers? get in touch.

Wednesday May 3rd

Stradbally looked gorgeous yesterday. logo high down the line 4.0m weather. and the sun was out! sometimes.

Well done to Corky,Allen,Jeb, Karen and Rose for their cleanup efforts on the road on saturday, huge pile of rubbish!! and lots more to be done so hopefully next time we'll get a bigger turnout.

Great Party for Pauls 21st last Saturday night