Article: An Irish Idyll - County wexford's romantic marlfield house is the perfect escape for celebrities, royalty, and commoners alike.

"Would that be good enough for you?" Ray Bowe asked his wife, Mary, pointing out an advertisement in Country Life magazine one Saturday morning while the couple were reading in bed. On Monday, they ran through Marlfield House, deemed that the home of the earls of Courtown was perfect, and bought it on a whim. Within months, the couple had transformed it into one of Ireland's most sumptuous country-house hotels. Less than two years later, in 1979, the Bowes were invited to join the prestigious ranks of Relais et Chateaux, a French association of luxury inns and restaurants.

Marlfield, moreover, is "good enough" for celebrities and royalty: Peter Ustinov, Meryl ...

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