Inside the Brennan brothers' brand new hotel

John and Francis Brennan have overhauled the Lansdowne, a town hotel in Kenmare

John and Francis Brennan, owners of The Lansdowne Hotel, Kenmare. Picture: Andy Gibson.

Back in November, John and Francis Brennan began the €1m transformation of the Park Hotel. Two years in the planning, it was a considerable undertaking in the midst of a pandemic, the hospitality industry as it was in a state of crisis.

And then that very same month, The Lansdowne Arms, the town hotel directly across the road from the five-star property, went into receivership. John had tried to buy it before - twice. And he knew this was an opportunity he couldn’t miss.