Such a beautifully restored house, warm, cosy and very comfortable, which can be hard to achieve in period properties without losing character. The bedroom is bright, airy and of very generous proportions, with an amazing vaulted ceiling. The house has so many original or replaced features in keeping with it's time; doors, handles, tiles, stairs, purlins, beams, flooring, sash timber windows, anyone with an interest in period properties or restoration will fall in love with it.
The kitchen has everything you'd need for making dinner every night if you wanted to, SuperValu in the village has everything you'd need, even for vegans!
There's also a chemist, fuel supplies, vet and petrol station in Grange village as well as the pub (Langs), which is really lovely inside; and buzzing on Friday nights. All only about 2km from the house, which is in a lovely quiet rural area.
Daragh is such a lovely host, so accommodating and helpful. It was blissful to arrive to a warm house and see the fire lit on a rainy autumn night. He even arranged accommodation for my horse, way beyond what would be expected of any host, which brought my holiday into a league of it's own in comparison to pretty much any other holiday I've been on.
The people in the area where the house is are so hospitable, if only all neighbours could be like them! I'm only sorry I only got to meet 2 more of them on my last days.
This cottage is a rare find in a county which is definitely the unsung hero of the west of Ireland.