I cannot possibly say enough warm things about my experience with Peter and Fionnuala in Birdhill. The property is breath-taking. But that is clear from the listing. What can’t be seen is the level of kindness, responsiveness, and tending with which they both welcome their guests. I had traveled through Ireland a lot by the time I landed in Birdhill—I’d experienced so much graciousness from my many hosts by this point—but there was something somewhat unnameable about it from Peter and Fionnuala. Their attentiveness was subtle and quiet and real and it embraced me in ways that had me fantasizing about returning again and again. All the other things people have said are real: central convenience, darling animals, great wood stove, delicious restaurant down the way. But I think the pinnacle reason to be there is Peter and Fionnuala’s kind warm spirit.