We arrived at Teach Neile on a wintry January evening to be greeted by Aileen, who had kindly lit a fire in the stove and had the house beautifully illuminated. It was very welcoming and we instantly fell in love with the place. It also helped that, as we were the first guests, we were greeted with a bottle of Prosecco!
In tow was our cocker spaniel, who enjoyed the evenings sprawled out in front of the fire. He also enjoyed the novelty of the open-plan lay out as he could play right beside his owners in the middle of the night!
The place is a former turf house and stable, it has been beautifully converted and apart from a teething problem with the hot water, we found no complaints.
Neil and Aileen were wonderful hosts who didn’t seem fazed by any late night enquiries in the run up to our trip, which were also answered very promptly. As for during our stay, they were also very attentive with regards any questions or queries we had and helped us with trying to get the hot water working. This appears to be a minor issue with a new heating system and certainly no fault of our hosts, who supplied coal and firewood for the fire throughout the stay. When the fuse blew on the toaster, this was replaced within minutes. The evening prior to us arriving I had also enquired about an oven or microwave for cooking. A microwave was in place upon our arrival. They couldn’t do more for us and nothing was too much to ask.
In conclusion, we had a wonderful stay at Teach Neile and found it very relaxing. We enjoyed walking on Portnoo beach and visiting nearby Donegal and Killybegs. Our evenings where generally spent resting tired feet in front of the fire. I was only disappointed that we couldn’t stay a bit longer but would hope to return in the future.