Good location. Clean room, but very basic. Could really do with updating. Bed was extremely soft and not at all comfortable. Pale curtains which are very faded (very old) and no black out lining or blinds so did not keep out the heat or light. Room was very hot (it was a very warm weekend so maybe not so bad at other times). Very poor lighting in the room and bathroom so difficult to do make up.
There was no bathmat outside the shower door so had to use another towel to step out onto. Nowhere in the bathroom to place your toiletry bag. The light over the mirror did not work.
As we were downstairs at front of the house we had no privacy as people outside in the garden could see straight into our room. Venetian blinds or net curtains would have helped here.
The Breakfast room was again very basic. Breakfast was cooked fresh and was nice. There was some cereal available to help yourself. There were also a couple of cartons of juice in the fridge, but they were all almost empty and hard to say how long they would have been opened. We did ask for some orange juice and a new carton was brought out to us. There was a large jug of milk in the fridge but must have been there all night as there was a thick skim all around the edges. The bread which was brought out for us to make our own toast was completely mouldy (the whole bag). Sheila did bring out another fresh bag when we pointed it out and was very apologetic.
Check out was at 12 noon. By 12.05 when I was just zipping up my bag, I got a knock on the door to ask if I was ready to leave yet as she wanted to clean the room. I was a bit shocked that there was such little grace time as she could see that my other half and rest of the party had already loaded their bags into the car and were waiting outside.
In terms of location is was very handy for Cabra Castle, but I would definitely not stay there again.