Conversations at DriftThe events home of Drift Farmhouse

Room to gather, space to think.

A restored farmhouse and private spa in the Monaghan drumlins, taken exclusively by one group at a time. Made for gathering, for inspiring conversations.

Corporate Away Days Curated Weekend Ireland: From the Inside
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The setting

A house made for gathering.

A working family farm since the 1860s, Drift was reimagined in 2023 as a private retreat in the drumlins of Monaghan.

Sleeps 10
Five bedrooms
Exclusive use
One group at a time
70 min
From Dublin
90 min
From Belfast
For groups

Convened three ways.

Beyond a private stay, Drift is convened three ways for groups who want more than a house. Whatever the occasion, the whole house is yours.

For teams

Corporate Away Days.

Exclusive use of Drift for leadership teams and small teams, for focused work away from the office.

  • The whole house, one group at a time
  • A multipurpose meeting room
  • Private spa: pool, sauna, hot tub and gym
  • Catering as an option, with team-building on site: falconry, painting, fitness
Explore Corporate Away Days › Built to order

Curated Weekend.

Bring your own circle for a weekend built around a subject you choose.

  • The whole house yours for the weekend
  • Three private conversations with remarkable guests
  • Any theme, from law to medicine to the arts
  • Speakers chosen around your group, quoted privately
Explore the Curated Weekend › For your group

Ireland: From the Inside.

A curated weekend for visitors who want to understand Ireland from the inside, not the outside.

  • Its economy, its peace process and its living culture
  • Three hosted fireside conversations with people who shaped them
  • A long weekend, Friday to Monday
  • Small groups, from four guests, by application
Explore Ireland: From the Inside ›
The spaces

Room to meet.

Rooms across the house for working together, breaking out and slowing down, each one yours alone for the stay.

The kitchen and the long table
The Gathering KitchenThe heart of the house: the long table seats all ten in the light-filled kitchen, where the group works, eats and gathers.
The long table from above, set for ten
The Long TableSet for ten and dressed for the occasion, the table every gathering turns around.
The studio, with yoga mats laid out
The studioA calm, matted room that reconfigures to suit the group: breakout space, workshop or morning yoga.
Long lunches on the terrace
The outdoor tableA long table on the terrace for lunches and slower afternoons in good weather.
The fireside sitting room
The sitting roomA fireside room to break out into: softer chairs, quieter talk, the fire lit.
The snug
The snugA small, book-lined room for one-to-ones and the slower hours.
From recent guests

In their own words.

Genuinely the best property we have stayed in. Everything about the house is outstanding.
Viv J., November 2025
Drift Farmhouse is a truly unique property. The property and facilities were exceptional; the attention to detail was obvious from the moment we arrived at Drift Farmhouse.
Andrea C., February 2026
This was one of the most beautiful houses I have ever stayed at. It truly felt like being in a spa.
Helena M., March 2026

Recognised by GQ as one of the best spa hotels in Ireland and the UK, and by the Irish Independent as one of Ireland’s great gathering houses.

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The house

A house with room to breathe.

Bedrooms that look onto the fields, a kitchen built for long lunches, a library for the slower hours, all in stone and lime among the Monaghan drumlins.

Drift Farmhouse, seen across the gardens
A bedroom at Drift, light and linen
The farmhouse entrance
The upstairs landing, with the woven pendants and the old farm tools
A gap in the hedge, looking out to the drumlins at dusk
Drift Farmhouse and its grounds, from the air
The studio in the grounds
The spa

Where the days unwind.

An indoor endless pool and sauna, a hot tub set in the old ruins, a treatment room, a gym, a yoga studio and table tennis for the evenings.

The indoor pool beneath the beams
The sauna beside the pool
The treatment room
The hot tub, set in the old cottage ruins
The gym, with views across the fields
Table tennis in the games room
A bedroom, with a bath beneath the window
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Lough Muckno at dusk
An invitation

Set in a landscape all its own.

A private gathering, by arrangement.

Corporate Away Days Curated Weekend Ireland: From the Inside
Conversations at Drift
The events home of Drift Farmhouse
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For a self-catering stay outside of the ‘Conversations at Drift’ tailored stays, book Drift Farmhouse through Unique Homestays.