This was the worst experience I've had so far in an Airbnb. Patrick has a lovely home in a great location, but unfortunately it seemed very much like he does not enjoy sharing it with his guests. This is understandable of course that he prefers to have his space to himself, but given this is the case, perhaps he shouldn't rent out a room, since as guests we felt very uncomfortable.
Initially Patrick seemed friendly and welcoming, although he did stress that he had some quite detailed house rules. We had read the listing carefully and were already aware of many of these, and were happy to do our best to follow all of them. But despite our best efforts to follow the rules and be respectful, this did not seem to be good enough, and Patrick was very unreasonable.
On our first night we were tired from travelling, it was raining heavily, and indoor things like pubs weren't really an option due to covid, so we spent most of the evening in our room. Patrick seemed a bit irritated and was rude to my partner when he asked for advice about booking a boat tour. We then spent the evening quietly reading and using our laptops, and hardly left the room. The next morning as soon as we came downstairs, Patrick was very annoyed with us, saying it had been uncomfortable for him that we were upstairs in our room all evening. He told us "It's Killarney, there's loads to do", and asked what time we would be back that evening, heavily implying we should stay out as late as possible and minimise the time we spent in the house. He repeatedly told us "This is my home!" After this we avoided Patrick and didn't speak to him again before we left. On the morning we were leaving, I was closing the door to our room. One of the Patrick's house rules is that you should turn the doorknob to make sure you close the door softly. The doorway is narrow and the doorknob is close to the doorframe, so this can be difficult to do if you don't have small hands. On this one occasion I made a slight noise while closing the door, and I heard Patrick exclaim "Jesus Christ!" from inside his room across the landing. It was not particularly early in the morning and I could hear he was already awake and watching TV in his room.
When I booked the room, I read only a few of the most recent reviews, which were all positive. After these interactions with Patrick, I looked again at more of the reviews, and saw that while most are positive, there are also quite a few horror stories spread out among the positive reviews. This confirmed our impression that there are two Patricks; the nice friendly one, and the one who is offended by your simple existence in his home. I wouldn't recommend this place, as you don't know which Patrick you will get. We had booked two nights, and strongly considered leaving after the first. We decided not to as it would have disrupted our holiday too much, but we wished we had stayed somewhere else.