We loved virtually all of the places we stayed at in Ireland but this one clinched our pick for favorite booking. Pete and his wife Eva are an absolute blast as hosts and... well, the listing is accurate. You get to stay in a castle equipped with modern accommodations like indoor plumbing and fewer peasant uprisings.

It's honestly a toss-up for us in regards to what was better about our stay. The actual castle (which was awesome) or Pete and his partner who were incredibly interesting people who have had interesting lives (to say the least). Either way let me just say that there's a reason this listing is almost always booked out 3 months in advance.

To put this another way. My wife and I would seriously consider taking time off to help him restore the bits of his castle that he's still working on in exchange for living in "the dungeon."