If you possibly can, to get a sense of Irish history, plan a stay in a castle! Claregalway Castle was wonderful and John and others were available for anything we needed. Everyone involved obviously loves and values the site as we do now! Breakfast was good, room and bed were comfortable. Our room had the only bathtub versus showers we had in the entire trip. Clair gave us a very informative private tour of the castle. I highly recommend this site and hope to get back there in the future.