Just superb! The owners of the property built it themselves! The amount of care and attention that went into its construction is enormous. Genuinely the owners were so considerate and friendly it felt like visiting my relatives for a few days.
The bedroom is spacious, bed is large and comfortable with lots of space for bags, clothes and unpacking. This space is closed off from the living area with sliding doors, natural light from the sky-lights gently woke us in the morning rather than an alarm. The en-suite bathroom glistens and the shower space is large with both a showerhead and overhead option (which I've always loved). The kitchen has a half size fridge freezer (with lots of room), oven, 4 top electric hob, kettle, Nespresso machine, toaster, pots, pans etc to cook yourself if you choose to (they kindly provided breakfast supplies to us). Living space has a table with 2 chairs at which to eat and a huge reclining sofa to look out on the bay, full of sailing boats, through an entire wall made of glass (though it was well insulated and we found ourselves leaving the door open to listen to the birds). It was such a delight not to be burdened with a tv since the view from the apartment was just stunning and we found ourselves sitting on the decking outside of an evening just enjoying the environment. But I might add that I could get 4G in the apartment and using the wi-fi we had no trouble streaming a film.
Local amenities include a Spar shop 20 minute walk away with a better drinks selection than my local off-licence, where you can purchase a full grocery shop and has a butchers. Bia Blasta (translates to Tasty Food) is a local restaurant and boy do they live up to their name. The local area is Irish speaking (but they all know English too) so eating a meal here will allow you to try a cúpla focal yourself or eavesdrop on others chatting away in Gaelic. It's a quaint one street village and there is a beach 40 minute walk away that has coral instead of sand. For this I'd advise the walk as you get to see lots of farm animals along the way and the flowers are much prettier when you stop to smell them.
The property owner Pat suggested a local water sports company which you can do evening kayaking with at the Coral Strand. There's also a scuba dive shop on Inis Mór (one of the Aran Islands). The ferry for which is only a 10 minute drive away and Pat so kindly offered to drop us to and collect us from the ferry (he also played local cobbler when the sole of my hiking boot started coming loose, and helped me glue them back together). This trip is a must see, you can rent bicycles on the island for €15 a day with which you can see the entire island and most of it's attractions just note that the Aran Sweater shop closes approaching 6pm so if you pick the last ferry you need to go a bit earlier.
Pat even spruced up some bikes he had around the house and loaned them to us to get a more personal feel of the local area. Truly the ideal location to disconnect for a couples retreat, to see rural Ireland and how welcoming and good-natured country people are without the stressors of city life. I can't express how much we enjoyed this stay and we'll make sure to share the location with anyone willing to listen.