Pros: Historic house with castle-like features and room for a family, Tom the house host available & responsive, pub across the street (but was closed one night for lack of staffing), cafe, surprisingly well stocked small grocery store & bus stop within “one block” walk, beautiful old town with stone walls a plenty, private back patio with table and chairs, 45 min bus ride to Dublin for day trips, go to Abbeyfield Farms on the bus (Richardson Cross stop outbound) for horseback riding or skeet shooting, we stayed for 3 days without a car, 1 mile walk to K Club or Barberstown Castle, Tom located a 8 seater taxi (Stella) for our airport return.
Cons: quirks of an old house, stuffy upstairs, birds living in the eaves (noise & debris), located on a busy main road, needs a thorough deep clean, kitchen equipped only for minimal meal prep, gas stove not fully functional