Mermaids Garden is a lovely place to spend a couple of days! Paraic is a gracious and thoughtful host, from picking us up at the pier as we got off the ferry, to two delicious breakfasts, to taking us back to the ferry on a cold, dark, blustery morning and helping us get our bags on board as the ferry pitched about. Note for others planning to visit Inis Oirr during the winter-- most amenities on the island are closed (the pub, restaurants, craft shop) but the warm spirit is still there. We were able to get dinners at the hotel, with many thanks to the kind souls who helped arrange that, and bought lunch fixings at the shop (which sells quite a wide range of things, including wine), so we had a fine time with an excellent picnic on the rocks the first day and a cosy meal in our room the second. We heartily recommend the Mermaids Garden to anyone visiting Inis Oirr!