As my daughter and son both share July as their birthday month, I decided to take them to Donegal to celebrate. My husband and I have never been to Donegal, despite living less than 3 hours away, so this was an adventure for all of us.
First off, finding the cottage was a little bit tricky. The Sat Nav took us to Carndonagh as it didn’t recognise the postcode. So my first tip for anyone driving is that you should look for McClean’s Bar and Shop and Lily’s Bar as the cottage is a right turn between these two bars.
The cottage is bigger in real life than the photographs can portray, so we were pleasantly surprised by the space we had and a great selection of essential mod cons, kids toys, (which included a rather massive and fantastic colouring set that my kids were thrilled with!), and homemade bread provided by Tony himself. My husband said Is was the best bread he has ever had, and the kids who can be hard to please, wolfed it down with the butter and jam! So big thumbs up!!
Our main highlights were;
* The rescue horses
* Culdaff Beach
* Claire the Baker’s (located beside the Carndonagh Super Valu) - delicious eclairs, coffee, red velvet cupcakes and other delights.
* The wood burning stove
* Lovely bathroom and shower
* Plenty of storage for clothes
We will definitely choose this cottage again. Thank you Tony!