Award winning restaurant and guesthouse of Neven Maguire. We pride ourselves on excellent service, food and on using the best local produce. Blacklion, Cavan
Happy 50th Birthday
@nevenmaguire
!The leader of our entire MacNean Family and one of the kindest & most genuine person we all know! Enjoy all of the celebrations this weekend Neven because it is truly deserved!Not forgetting your twin, Happy Birthday David!
#HappyBirthday
#50th
✨Here we go everyone, some beautiful recipes from
@nevenmaguire
& the team for you to enjoy at home with your family. We aim to post more recipes over the coming days/weeks so stay tuned! For now enjoy the good food with family & look after one another!
#togetherisbetter
✨
✨RE OPENING UPDATE✨
Just over 12 weeks since
@nevenmaguire
& Amelda made the decision to close MacNean House & Restaurant.
Today we have news of our reopening which our team are planning!
It is with great sadness that we are posting this message tonight, however, in the current circumstances for the country it is the right decision! Stick together as family, friends and a community & we can get through this!
#togetherisbetter
🎉From everyone
@macneanhouse
we would like to wish our leader, boss & friend
@nevenmaguire
a very Happy Birthday!🎈
A tough year for the industry but through it all Neven has been positive & provided lots of recipes & inspiration to households around the country!
#happybirthday
🎉30 YEARS AT MACNEAN HOUSE! 🎉
We are celebrating a special year this year
@macneanhouse
, 30 years of business! 1989-2019: Vera & Joe to Neven & Amelda, thank you to everyone for their support, friendship, dedication & hardwork!! Congratulations
@nevenmaguire
!
#celebrations
An emotional night tonight as we wish Raymond, our barman for the past 10 years every good wish for his retirement! A great friend, loyal worker & an absolute gentleman! Goes without saying
@nevenmaguire
, Amelda & all the staff wish you well & we will miss you!
#legend
To all our Mum’s out there today, Happy Mothers Day!💞Thank you for everything you do,all the love & care you bring to our world each and every day.
💐To be in with a chance of winning Dinner, B&B for 2 people -tag 2 friends & make sure you are following us!💐
#MothersDay2021
🌟🥞Giveaway Time...🥞🌟
To mark Pancake Tuesday today,
@nevenmaguire
is giving away a bunch of essential kitchen utensils from the
#cookwithnevenmaguire
range!
To enter, place your answer to the question in the comments below & winner picked at random on Sunday 21st February!
✨⭐️RE-OPENING UPDATE ⭐️
91 days since
@nevenmaguire
& Amelda made the decision to temporarily close MacNean House & Restaurant.
Today we are delighted to have an update below about our reopening & the opening of our reservations phone line on Wednesday 17th June at 10am!
Delighted to receive ‘Best Restaurant’ in Cavan. Thank you to all of our hardworking dedicated team & most of all our customers who make the journeys from all over the country to enjoy the food experience!
#FoodOscars
🎈🎁All of the staff
@macneanhouse
would like to wish our leader, boss, daddy & friend
@nevenmaguire
a very Happy Birthday today! 🎂 Enjoy all the celebrations, You truly deserve it! Here’s a little message from us....🏅
#birthdaywishes
#specialday
As promised….
🌻Win a pair of tickets to Bloom 2022 along with a signed
@nevenmaguire
cookbook!🌻
Entering is easy:
🌸 Comment below & Tag who you would bring along to the fantastic event
🌸 Make sure you are following our page!
Winner will be notified on Tuesday 24th May!
🍞Today we are sharing 2 recipes for Wheaten Bread. One is our own MacNean House Wheaten Bread & the other is a recipe from our chef, Olivia🍞
⭐️Remember both these breads freeze perfectly well, wrapped in tinfoil & can be popped into the oven to warm through! ⭐️
The awards have arrived back & congrats are on order! Last night we picked up 3 awards
@restawards
Blaithin, our Restaurant Manager & Sommelier received Best Restaurant Manager, best wine experience and finally best restaurant. We are all thrilled here.
#teamwork
#FoodOscars
⭐TEMPORARY CLOSURE ⭐
Following the recent Government announcement made on Monday 5th October,
@macneanhouse
will temporarily close until 28th October 2020(subject to change)
For now, we wish you and your families well during this uncertain time.
Neven, Amelda & MacNean Team
🧁Try out
@nevenmaguire
beautiful cupcake recipe with your family over the next couple of days! They are sure to go down a treat with everyone! 🧁
We’d love to see the results, so why not post a photograph of your creations in the comments below/tag us 📸
#togetherisbetter
2 Flights ✈️
15 Days 🗓
Over 3000km 🛣
1 Dedicated Driver 🚘
3 Spanish Regions 🇪🇸
110 Crew Overnights 💤
3 UNESCO sites ⛰
6 Programme series 📺
6 Of Nevens Recipes 🥘
85 Pages of Notes 📝
Lots of fun 😎....and that’s a wrap for
@nevenmaguire
#SpanishFoodTrails
An amazing response from everyone to
@nevenmaguire
recent tweet for some recipes to enjoy and cook with their children. We're sharing a selection which Neven cooks as part of our Parents & Children's cookery school class! Enjoy & happy cooking!
#cookwithnevenmaguire
🎉From all of the staff here
@macneanhouse
we would like to wish our leader, boss & friend
@nevenmaguire
a very Happy Birthday today!! 🎈 Enjoy all the celebrations & have a great day!!🎉
#birthdaywishes
Everyone at MacNean House would like to wish a very happy birthday to our leader, boss & friend
@nevenmaguire
!
We hope you have a lovely special day 🥂🎂🎉🎊🎈
🎂🎈2 special birthdays today....🎈🎂
We are wishing a Connor & Lucia a very Happy 8th Birthday today!! 🎁
@nevenmaguire
& Amelda are so proud of you both! Have a wonderful day celebrating from all the staff here
@macneanhouse
!! 🥳
🔸Kitchen Prepped ✅
🔸Dining Room Set ✅
🔸Bar Stocked ✅
🔸Wine Chilling ✅
Not many times we see this beautiful image of
@macneanhouse
all ready to go for 2020!! As always
@nevenmaguire
& the team are looking forward to welcoming all our upcoming guests!
Finished off the evening with being awarded ‘Best Restaurant’ in Cavan
@restawards
! Thank you to everyone who nominated us & to all our valued customers !!
🍋LEMON & SULTANNA SCONES! 🍋We bake these every morning for our guests & they are always a hit!
✨Neven has a great tip: Make the batch, cook some & freeze some raw on a tray, they are perfect when cooked from frozen! So you’re ever ready for a morning coffee break ☕️😉
🌟The MacNean Team!🌟
Here are our loyal,hard working, dedicated kitchen team who create and produce the beautiful food each night for our guests.Each one of them are important,special and create a fabulous kitchen team.They are like family. Some may say it’s girl power👨🍳
🍫Today we are sharing this delicious & guaranteed tasty ‘Neven’s Chocolate & Pecan Nut Brownie’ for all the family to enjoy🍫
A great recipe for younger family members to make & get baking with parents guidance! 👨🍳👩🍳
✨Happy & Safe cooking everyone!✨
Blacklion has lots of beautiful scenery, walks & amenities in the area, one of which is
@blackliongolf
Situated less than 3 minutes from the restaurant the course is located on the shores of Upper Lough McNean is a scenic 9 hole multiple tee golf course.
🌶🥘One Pot Wonder...🥘🌶
We’ve had lots of requests for one pot wonder recipes and in particular a Chilli Con Carne recipe. This is a great one pot dish & great to have prepared in advance!
We would like to inform all our restaurant guests that we are remaining open, we are complying with and implementing all government and HSE guidelines with immediate effect.
An absolute pleasure to have two superstars
@LisaMcHughx
and
@MarkusFeehily
dine with us this evening along with their families. We hope you all enjoyed the experience & hope to see you again soon 😊
🎁🎄Neven’s Perfect Irish Christmas🎄🎅🏼
Signed & personalised copies of
@nevenmaguire
Perfect Irish Christmas book are available to purchase at the restaurant or online at:
RT to be in with a chance to win a signed copy!!
#Christmas
#competition
#irish
Thank you everyone for the nomination & the award.
@nevenmaguire
& Amelda are proud to work alongside their dedicated team to provide each of our guests with the MacNean Experience from start to end!
⭐️🍪SNACKS & GRANOLA BARS🍪⭐️
With many people juggling working from home, home schooling and adapting to changes, having a quick ready made, go to snack for morning elevenses is great to have prepared ahead! 💻📚📂
▪️Healthy Flapjacks
▪️Granola Bars
▪️Nutty Energy Bites
All go & hands on deck for the last service of a great week. Thank you to both our customers & staff...back Wednesday for a new week, new customers & some new dishes by
@nevenmaguire
😉
✨END TO OUR FIRST WEEK✨
@nevenmaguire
& the team are delighted to be back open after 5 months and finished our first week of service here at MacNean House & Restaurant.
This week was topped off by the most thoughtful gift from our dear friends
@ClarkesFruit
⭐️🥔Cottage Pie has got to be one of the most delicious Home Comfort dinners...🥔⭐️
Who agrees?
👩🍳Check out Neven’s recipe below which we can say is a huge hit among our team when made for staff dinner!!👨🍳
✨Blue skies on our fist Sunday since reopening....✨
It was great welcoming all our guests back over the past week to MacNean House & we look forward to greeting our guests again on Wednesday!
It’s good to be back!
Look who’s on the front cover of
@RTE_GUIDE
for their Easter edition 🐣 What a beautiful family photo and the twins are certainly thrilled to see themselves
@nevenmaguire
. We’re sure they’ll sell out this week!!
#family
#Easter
#rteguide
⭐️Neven, Amelda & All The Staff would like to wish all our customers and friends a very Happy Christmas! 🎅🏼🎄Thank you for your all your support in 2019,
@nevenmaguire
& team look forward to welcoming our guests in 2020!! 🍾
🎄CHRISTMAS CAKE & AUNTIE MAUREEN'S CHRISTMAS PUDDING🎄
Its the time of year to get ahead for all your Christmas baking!
@nevenmaguire
is sharing his Christmas Cake recipe & his Auntie Maureen's Christmas Pudding. A tried & tested recipe over the years with fantastic feedback.
Thank you sincerely to
@Blaithinmccabe
, whom has given over 20 years of hard work, dedication, friendship & professionalism to the MacNean Team.
@nevenmaguire
, Amelda & every member of staff wish you well Blaithin in your next adventure!!
#thankyou
🐣HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE...🐣
✨To our staff, families, friends & customers, the past 12 months have been challenging for everyone but, for now, enjoy the special moments & making memories, this easter season for people all over the world.
Stay safe and have a lovely day!
One of
@nevenmaguire
busiest weekends of the year on the road with demonstrations. We are in our home county for
@tasteofcavan
today and
@tullamoreshow
tomorrow. We are giving away Sunday Lunch for 2 people over the weekend! Winner on Friday 16th August!
To enter follow us & RT!
🍴We’ve had lots of requests over the last couple of days for Beef Stroganoff! 🍴
✨A great recipe for all the family, which will keep in the fridge for 2/3 days and can easily be reheated! ✨
⭐️We Are Hiring...⭐️
Join
@nevenmaguire
& our award winning restaurant. We are preparing to reopen and we will have job opportunities.
Send us your CV to careers
@macneanrestaurant
.com
We were delighted to welcome 3 awards to our kitchen last week.
@CarmelMcGirr
, Head Chef picked up Highly Commended Award for Best Chef Ulster
@foodandwineIE
Awards.Two of our chefs Daniel & Conor received awards for their entries to A Taste of Donegal Food Festival
@nevenmaguire
☘️HAPPY ST PATRICK’S DAY☘️
This year our country is celebrating a very different St Patrick’s Day but with everyones coperation we will be back to big celebrations next year. We are sharing 2 great recipes with everyone today. 1 for all the family to enjoy & 1 for the parents 😉
New Goats Cheese on the menu this evening! Boile Goats Cheese with Textures of Organic Beetroot for our in house garden! Superb feedback from our customers
@nevenmaguire
#newdish
#goatscheese
#beetroot
We received our first award of 2018. Two awards from
@TripAdvisor
Travelers Choice Awards!
- Top 25 Small Hotels - Ireland
- Top 25 Hotels for Romance - Ireland.
@nevenmaguire
, Amelda and the team are delighted!
⭐️🍾From
@nevenmaguire
, Amelda and the entire staff here
@macneanhouse
we would like to wish everyone best wishes for 2020! Special thanks to everyone who visited in 2019 and we look forward to welcoming our guests in 2020!! 🍾⭐️
#NewYearsEve
⭐️👨🍳WE ARE HIRING CHEFS👨🍳⭐️
Do you have a passion for food and want to be part of an award winning restaurant? Would you like to be part of
@nevenmaguire
busy kitchen?
We are looking for talented committed chefs. To apply, send your CV to careers
@macneanrestaurant
.com
We invite all our guests in this fabulous weather to enjoy their pre & after dinner drinks on our terrace! Let’s hope the weather lasts! ☀️ 🕶
To make a reservation call our team on 071-9853022 or check out for our cancellations available.
#SummerNights
Set your alarms,
@nevenmaguire
new
#tvshow
‘Neven’s Greenway Food Trails’ begins tonight on
@RTEOne
at 8:30pm. Neven begins his journey in beautiful Westport in County
#Mayo
!
🎄Neven, Amelda and all the staff here at MacNean House & Restaurant would like to wish our guests, families and friends a very Happy Christmas and Best Wishes for 2019🎄
Thank you for your loyalty & support!
@nevenmaguire
&
#team
look forward to welcoming you in 2019! 🎅🏼
Birthday celebrations this weekend for our Restaurant Manager & Sommelier
@Blaithinmccabe
. From
@nevenmaguire
, Amelda & the entire team here
@macneanhouse
we wish you a very Happy Birthday 🎉🎊
We are delighted to be shortlisted in 2 categories for this years Reader Travel Awards! We are shortlisted for Ireland’s Best Breakfast & Ireland’s Best Short Stay.
@nevenmaguire
& the team reopening for service this Thursday & this news has given the team a great boost!
✨We are endeavouring to get around to everyone's recipe request today.Thank you for your patience.We will be posting our recipes on all of our social media platforms over the coming days.✨If you require any specific request please email recipes
@macneanrestaurant
.com 📧
Last night on the menu for this beautiful Pheasant dish. Menu changes tomorrow night, keep an eye out & we’ll share some of the dishes over the coming week which
@nevenmaguire
and the team create.
A big night tonight for
@nevenmaguire
,
@Gill_Books
& Team as we launch Neven’s 15th Cookbook “Nevens Home Economics For Life”. Always a great excitement on launch day!
#HomeEconomicsforLife
Signed & personalised copies can now be purchased online at
👨🍳🍴More than ever, households around the country are using their time baking/cooking! 🍪🥘We are seeing some amazing results around & we are asking our followers to share their baking & cooking results with us....👩🍳🍴Comment below with images & we’ll compile a clip! 😀
⭐️🥫Lots of people are cooking at home at the minute & this fantastic Pork Meatball recipe is sure to be a household hit among the whole family 🥫⭐️
Check out Neven’s top tip for freezing the meatballs too 😉