Article: The making of Marlfield. (Marlfield House hotel in Gorey, County Wexford, Ireland)

Nothing escapes Mary Bowe's laser-beam eyes. At Marlfield House, in Gorey, County Wexford, she is mistress of all she surveys; one glance at a room and she will spot the unplumped-up cushion, the chair a fraction out of place, the rogue wilted leaf in a floral arrangement. Combine this perfectionism with an extravagant love of entertainment, a flair for decoration, and, most important, a strong business head, and you have a woman who is an outstanding hotelier. If today Marlfield House is one of Ireland's premier country house hotels, it is because Mary and Ray Bowe have never compromised their standards. Nothing is ever too much.

"She is," says her daughter ...

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