If you can only do one splurge hotel in your lifetime, seriously consider making it Ashford Castle! Ashford was the last of eight hotels I stayed in on a recent 3 1/2-week trip to England, Wales and Ireland. But I decided to start the trip reports with this one because it makes me think of eating dessert first. :) Ireland has many castle hotels (and sort-of castle hotels). To go there and not stay in one of them would be, to my way of thinking, to miss part of the Irish expe