The Irish Inn

The Irish Inn

Garden of the Gods
Photograph by Michelle Rositsch

Elopements & Weddings
Photograph by Rick Wohlschlaeger

The Dublin Castle Suite
This large suite is fit for a Laird or Queen Maeve herself. It features a California king-sized feather bed, sitting area, walk-in closet, half-size refrigerator, whirlpool tub, walk-in shower, bedet, satellite television, large flat-screen HDTV, DVD player, and wireless internet capability. Draperies and bed linens change from time to time depending upon the whimsy of our Irish innkeeper. This suite is ideal for honeymoon or anniversary couples or any couple looking for privacy, rest, and romance. This suite is spacious with beautiful views of pond and forest, and the comfortable loveseat and double ottoman is perfect for lounging while watching your favorite channels or movies. Call ahead to have us fill the room with flowers, champagne, or gifts to please your loved one or send a photo by email for us to blowup and display in the room ahead of time! A small private dining table can be set up in the Dublin Castle Suite if you would prefer your breakfast en suite.

Waterfall at Jackson Falls
Photograph by Kristy Sherrells

Irish Crystal Grace Tables
Photograph by Kristy Sherrells

Lusk Creek Canyon
Photograph by Lynn Moore McCreery

Celtic Knot Stained Glass Window
Window and photograph by Brian Marshall McCreery

Feasting Room at The Irish Inn
Photograph by Larry Sidwell

Natural Stone Bridge at Bellsmith Springs
Photograph by Lynn Moore McCreery

Bride on Her Wedding Day
Photograph by Amy Noel Abbascia

Millstone Bluff Petroglyph
Photograph by Ardine Dalian Faulkner

Festive Table at The Irish Inn
Photograph by Larry Sidwell

Geese Migration
Photograph by Samuel Richardson

The Illinois Bed & Breakfast Cookbook
Illinois has its own Bed & Breakfast cookbook, featuring some of the most popular tourist destinations throughout the state. This addition to the award-winning Bed & Breakfast Cookbook series — published by 3D Press, a division of Big Earth Publishing — contains a variety of mouth-watering recipes from some of the Prairie State’s top Bed & Breakfast inns, boutique hotels, and historic properties. The Irish Inn, located in the Shawnee National Forest of Northern Pope County, owned and operated by innkeepers Brian & Lynn McCreery, made the cover. “The publisher identified some of the best eating in the State of Illinois and then requested recipes. Many guests who have stayed at The Irish Inn also ask for our recipes, and now we can offer them this fabulous cookbook as they return home from their stay with us,” explained the McCreerys. Big Earth Publishing also collected photographs of food and places, and a fall shot of The Irish Inn taken by Mr. McCreery was selected for the cover.

Claddagh Stained Glass Window
Window and photograph by Brian Marshall McCreery

Your Innkeepers
This drawing by Hannah S Oneal is of your innkeepers, Brian Marshall McCreery and his wife, Lynn Moore McCreery.

Dublin Castle Suite
This large suite is fit for a Laird or Queen Maeve herself. It features a California king-sized bed with Private Quarters Seven Layers of Bliss hypo-allergenic featherbed system, sitting area, walk-in closet, half-size refrigerator, whirlpool tub, walk-in shower, Gilchrist & Soames personal and bath products, Greenwich Bay botanicals, bidet, satellite television, large flat-screen HDTV, DVD player, and high-speed fiber optic wireless internet capability. Draperies and bed linens change from time to time depending upon the whimsy of our Irish innkeeper. This suite is ideal for honeymoon or anniversary couples or any couple looking for privacy, rest, and romance. This suite is spacious with beautiful views of pond and forest, and the comfortable loveseat and double ottoman is perfect for lounging while watching your favorite channels or movies. Call ahead to have us fill the room with flowers, champagne, or gifts to please your loved one or send a photo by email for us to blowup and display in the room ahead of time! A small private dining table can be set up in the Dublin Castle Suite if you would prefer your breakfast en suite. Photograph by Brian Marshall McCreery

Lady Lavery's Boudoir
This sunny room looks out on the Shawnee National Forest from the highest point of our chalet. Enjoy a California king-sized bed with Private Quarters’ seven layers of bliss bed systems for the ultimate in warmth and softness. A bathroom is shared with privacy doors, and guests enjoy Gilchrist & Soames of London luxury bath and personal products, Greenwich Bay botanicals, and Turkish towels. This lovely room features a fireplace, flat screen HDTV, DVD player, free wi-fi, pine flooring, antique furnishings, carpet, and spacious closet. This room is dedicated to Lady Hazel Lavery, the Chicago born beauty who changed Anglo-Irish history. An early portrait of Lady Lavery dominates the room’s apex, while her photograph from the early 20th century hangs bedside, and a framed collection of the first currency used in the Republic of Ireland features Lady Lavery posing with a traditional Irish harp. Photograph by Donald Kelderman

Dublin Castle Suite - Wide Angle View
Photograph by Jeff McSweeney

Book of the Kells Bedroom
The Book of the Kells Bedroom is ideal for people traveling together, and features a California king-sized bed with Private Quarters' seven layers of bliss sleep system and pullout sofa. A bathroom featuring Gilchrist & Soames of London personal and bath products, Greenwich Bay botanicals, and Turkish towel products is located off the hallway with privacy doors. Free fiber optic wi-fi, HDTV and DVD player, fireplace, guitar (for romantic serenades), forest and pond views, bamboo flooring, and eclectic art collection including a tapestry from the famed Irish Book of the Kells are features. Photograph by Donald Kelderman

Great Room Fireplace
Photograph by Brian Marshall McCreery

Lady Hazel Lavery's Portrait
This print of Lord Lavery's portrait of his beautiful Chicago born wife, Lady Hazel Lavery, is the central feature of Lady Lavery's Boudoir. The print was presented to us by James F. Cameron, an artist and admirer of Lord Lavery. Mr. Cameron has been a guest to Southern Illinois, and his painting of The Irish Inn hangs in our great room.

Elizabethan Nobleman Portrait in Great Room
Pictured with our prized portrait of the Elizabethan Nobleman is Larry Sidwell, the antiquarian, collector, and Renaissance man who acquired this beautiful work of art for The Irish Inn.