Cozy cottage was the perfect resting place for us. A spacious, clean, comfortable cottage. Patrick and Mary were very friendly and helpful, they gave us some good tips on sightseeing and dining in the town nearby. They also prepared a fire for us in the wood burning stove each evening that made the cottage even cozier, since it was rainy and cold outside in the middle of June!
It was a great base for us to go out on a couple of day trips. We arrived from Waterford, and enjoyed going into the town of Cahir for the evening, where we visited with locals and had a pint at Irwin’s on the town square. We stopped at SuperValu and loaded up on some snacks and breakfast food for the cottage.
There are two sofas and a dining table at the cottage, and we had a lazy morning both days before heading out for afternoons and evenings. The cottage is in a pretty garden next to Patrick’s house, but backs up to a country lane. If you are very sensitive to sound, you will hear cars driving by. However, that didn’t bother us and the setting is still very rural and peaceful.
One day we went to Rock of Cashel and then to Blarney Castle in Cork, which were both spectacular for the views and the gardens and the history. Then we headed to the scenic port town of Kinsale for dinner and walking around town and visiting the 9/11 memorial park outside of town. Beautiful and moving to go there at sunset on a hill overlooking the water. That town was packed with tourists, but there were lots of good dining choices. We liked the White House.... The next day we headed out to Killarney, and from there up to Galway, for several days finding the most spectacular scenery on our trip.