In the middle of nature and beauty sits a cluster of holiday homes (3 of then being Siobhans) and other 8 or so being privately owned holiday get aways.
We had a most tragic loss in our family and needed to get away for a few days, somewhere there wouldn't be alot of people, if any, as didn't want to converse and wished to walk and think.....so this area (also helped by the time of year, end of Feb) was people-less, we'll out in the country😁 and perfect for us for what we were looking for.
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Down the rd, aprox 4 mins of back country side rd driving you can call to the local pub (the local shop and petrol pump station is just beside also) and eatery (keoghs) which is inviting and warm (also great covered outdoor area).
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THE HOUSE ITSELF:
The house was lovely, furniture IKEA style but nothing wrong with that (I myself am a big IKEA fan). enough pots, pans, dishes cutlery, etc.
all hobs, oven, microwave, kettle & toaster in good working order.
fuel for fire not provided.
the TV worked on 4 basic channels but we were told normally meant to be connected to WiFi allowing you access Netflix and other accounts but a child had previously broken something and therfore we couldn't use it (I'd say it'll be fixed by time next group arrive), but this didn't bother us as we wernt there to watch TV.
As you walked out the main gate and took a right, you were greeted with a rd you could walk down safely as not many cars drive down it. The views were spectacularly scenic with the mountains surrounding you and bog to the left and right of the sml bog rd (but the walk only went on aprox 4k before we got to a gate and we didn't want to hop over incase it was private land, but I'm sure we could have asked John if we were overly bothered).
Back to the house.
The shower upstairs wasn't working but the downstairs was and water pressure was good and temperature fab.
Siobhan has messaged saying the water was hard and also why water marks were on the glass door areas of the shower but again, this didn't bother us at all.
The beds however were our biggest downfall and the reason for our low star status in this review.
The beds upstairs are spring loaded doubles and I have to say, were most horrible to sleep on (for the 2nd and 3rd night we put on our memory foam mattress topper and another duvet (from our camper we had luckily brought with us) and this saved us!!!
Siobhan said the mattress were just bought new (and they did look new), but regardless, they were not comfortable in anyway.
I suggested getting mattress toppers perhaps as this may help.
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There were towels and a couple of toliet rolls in house which was great and anytime I contacted Siobhan she wasn't anytime getting back to me, which I appreciated so much!
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All in all, lovely spot, lovely house and amenities, terrible mattresses (didn't try the singles downstairs however) and value money, (for time of year) fair!!
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Siobhan and John, thanks for having us.
kind regards,
S&G.