Helen is a great hostess and the house boasts all the amenities to make for a wonderful holiday. We like to cook, and the kitchen is well stocked with all the pots and pans you need, as well as a good collection of basic foodstuffs and especially all the important spices, some of which seem to have accumulated over time through various guests like us who bought them and left them behind. The garden is nice and if, like us, you're lucky with the weather you can spend lots of time relaxing outside. There is a superb butcher in easy walking distance, a store selling biological veggies and a fishmonger who sets up shop on Fridays on the edge of town. Milltown is centrally located; nearby Killorglin and Trallee offer a wide range of shops so you don't have to fight the traffic around Killarney every time you need something. There are lots of nice beaches. Too bad the Irish aren't into building bicycle paths, because this would be perfect biking country, but I personally would be scared to death riding a bike on the narrows roads since most Irish drivers are certifiable maniacs.