Our stay at Julie's place was overall very pleasant. Julie is a very kind and communicative person. When we arrived she was kind enough to let us in after midnight because one of us had to land in Dublin instead of Cork due to extreme weather, and everything got delayed. She recommended a few places to visit, which was very helpful.
The surrounding area of Julie's house was neat and quiet, we parked on her driveway. There was a pub just around the corner. Not sure about the walking distance to the town centre since we had a hire car and never walked there.
We enjoyed our mornings with continental breakfast that Julie thoughtfully prepared.
The only down side of our stay was the shower that wasn't working properly for the first few days, so we basically weren't able to have a shower. Julie fixed it the day before we left so at least we had a proper wash then :)