We spent Christmas time at Brennan's Cottage at Loop Head and overall enjoyed the warmth and the comfort of the cottage. The location was very unique to us visiting from Australia. The cottage had a well stocked kitchen, was very clean and underfloor heating was great. The directions to the cottage were also very easy to follow, as we arrived in the dark. However when we arrived after dark on Christmas Eve we were informed that we had to provide our own brickettes and coal for the fire, which we were not previously informed about despite numerous texts prior to arrival. We then had to drive out again along the unlit, unsignposted road to get supplies for our 3 night stay. In addition, we were only supplied 1.5 rolls of toilet paper, for a 3 night stay with four people in a remote area, over the Christmas period when shops were closed. Luckily, we had brought our own emergency supply with us! It also could have been helpful to have spare tea light candles in the cottage.
Throughout our stay we also had the sound of incredibly disturbing, noisy pipes which went on for over 4 hours during the night. The noises were loud clanging and movement of water. The sounds were very unsettling and disconcerting in a remote area in the winter. The sounds kept us awake each night and made our overall stay quite disturbing and disappointing.