LOVELY! From start to finish we loved staying at Jennifer's place. My only regret is that we didn't stay longer, and if I could swing another trip to Ireland soon I would start the trip here and stay a week and with a car take day trips here/there every other day.
The house is lovely, think of it as staying at your friend's house while they are away. No personal stuff is put away, so there are trinkets and stuff around and you'll find clothes in the closets and food in the pantry. But it isn't cluttered, just a normal house. And so you'll have the nice touches of plenty of towels and linens, condiments and foods in the pantry and refrigerator that you can use, etc.
The location is superb. Lovely cafe around the corner that serves full meals, bike shop around the corner making it so easy to rent bikes for a family outing on the GreenwoodWay, nice market just across the street for all your groceries, and 5 minute walk to main downtown with plenty of restaurants, pubs, stores, etc. Park across the street for extra room to play/run, and the harbor view/location w/in two minutes is a rarity.
I could not imagine a lovelier location. And the house property - having that walled/gated front yard was just amazing. Kids could run in/out of the house and we had that "at home" feeling where we never locked the doors during the day while we were present. The owners two well behaved dogs came and went in the front yard, which we loved and encouraged as our kids love dogs and enjoyed playing with them.
The house was so comfortable. I really liked the layout, and it let all 7 of us lounge around comfortably without being on top of one another. Having both a washer and drier was great, we all got to catch up on a bit of laundry. And a dishwasher was a nice luxury as well and we appreciated it.
I wouldn't hesitate to return, and hope others have as enjoyable a stay as we did. If you look at the interesting sites in the area, you'll find that there are so many less than 45 minutes drive - don't hesitate to use this house as a base and instead of moving often do daytrips and I don't think you'll regret it.