Recently stayed in Francis's place for a weekend in Galway with 6 friends. The location is brilliant - right across from the Spanish Arch, walking distance to everything. No parking. The place itself is nice. Basic but clean, comfortable & quiet (I thought it would be loud considering how central the location is but it was great!). It was a bit of a squeeze with 7 of us so I would recommend keeping it to 6 (the 7th person stayed on the pullout bed in the sitting room). We just used the place as a base & somewhere to sleep though so it was grand! (ie we didn't cook while we were there, but I imagine it would be a bit tricky with a group as the kitchen/dining room/sitting room are a bit tight with everyone in there). We didn't meet Francis but we were able to check in & out easily and he was very good with communicating before, during & after our stay.