A great place to stay: highly recommended! My adult daughter and I had a great weekend here. Carole and Kevin were the warmest of hosts: they made us genuinely welcome, were close to hand if we had questions, but respected our privacy and our schedule. The house is very comfortable and properly equipped for cooking (not always true of self-catering cottages like this). The area is simply beautiful: rolling countryside, woods leading down to the lake, and very quiet lanes lined by gorgeous mature trees. We cycled, I swam in the lake, there is pretty little lake harbour half a kilometre away. Lough Derg is a stunning, extraordinary large lake with much to explore in its surrounding countryside. The grounds of the house are wonderful and well cared for; the cottage looks out on a fine large courtyard (easy parking right next to the house) complete with mature vine and ducks and chickens, and surrounded by outbuildings that form a quadrangle. There is pub that serves food a mile or so from the house (which we didn't go to, but which Carole recommended). It might go without saying, but you'll have to have a car to get and stay here: the nearest sizeable grocery store is in Scarriff (about 15km/9 miles away); there are smaller shops and pubs in Mountshannon, about 5km/3.5 miles). Allow about one hour to get to the house from Limerick or Shannon airport; perhaps 40 minutes from Ennis. The house is very comfortably furnished in all rooms: good beds, lots of seating, good workable shower in the bathroom. Heating was efficient, although we didn't need it much. Very clean and beautifully presented. A handsome, sizeable square table that seats four, easily. The kitchen area and the sitting area are in one good-sized room, with a fine TV with DVD player and Sky satellite service. The WiFI works fine but is slow: don't bank on using it for anything intensive. Mobile phone reception is weak and patchy, but you can get voice and 3G data service by moving around. Overall verdict: this is a gem of a place, and you'll want to come back.