We stayed at Katrina & John's awesome estate as part of our family 2-week trip in Ireland to meet with the grandparents who are unable to come visit us in the U.S. (due to the travel ban on visitors from EU).
The Captain Lysley's Retreat property in Adare is a former country house that went through extensive renovation, and where John & Katrina currently live as well. They offer the place on Airbnb from time to time and would live in the Annex, leaving the full house to the lucky guests to enjoy.
The house is absolutely HUGE (I counted 4+ bedrooms, 4+ bathrooms, a cozy lounge, 2 huge dinner rooms etc...), all very well equipped, furnished and decorated, with taste and attention, giving the whole house a very distinctive charm and allure.
You can see that Katrina & John put a lot of time (and money) to renovate the property (from scratch) and make it comfortable and clean. It is still an ongoing process and guests can expect things to improve even more, but you already get all you need for a nice and enjoyable stay. Anything that is not there which you require, don't hesitate to ask Katrina and John, who will go out of their way to assist you.
The property is less than 10 minutes driving from Adare, a beautiful little Irish village where there are so many historical sites you can visit for the day.
Our hosts Katrina & John were absolutely fantastic and we cannot thank them enough for taking good care of us and attending all our needs. We got to meet them in person during our stay and were able to have a lovely conversation, about how they got Captain Lysley's Retreat in the first place. Whenever we reached out to them, they were always very quick to respond, so the communication was excellent.
Thank you for having us and keeping very fond family memories at Captain Lysley's Retreat. We would like very much to come again in the future!
Justin, Vinh, Hadrian & Dorian