I was supposed to stay for 2 weeks over Xmas. I stayed a month. Three days into my holiday, the country went into Level 5 Covid restrictions lockdown. So my sightseeing was limited. This cozy 200 year old historical cottage became a time-out support bubble in Kilmarnock, a town where the past itself with its medieval walls & monastic ruins inhabit the same space as present day houses & shops on the main thoroughfare. Clinton, the host, has converted derelict old cottages on Wolfe Tone Street, including the Poet's Cottage, into habitable homes again that retain many of their original features & charm. Clinton is everything an Airbnb host should be, with the added bonus of living across the road or always only a phone call away. The Poet's Cottage has everything you need for a perfect stay, including Supervalu up the road, the best of the Irish supermarket chains for supporting & stocking their shelves with offerings from our local small food producers. And I can testify that although a Gaelic poet from the 1700s, Aindrias MacCraith, a man with a weakness for the drink & the ladies, (and in that order), might have breathe his last in the cottage, he won't be looking for a nightcap or wanting you to move over in the middle of the night. (Clinton assured me there were 2 exorcisms performed when the cottage was completed just in case.) I look foward to returning hopefully later in the year when the travel restrictions are lifted. Clinton said he'll tell the poet.