A quaint room and quirky decorations do not make up for an abusive host. I was checked in pleasantly and given a tour while wearing a mask including our room, a public kitchen, and a common room with a nice fire. Later we began a nice conversation with another guest in the common room when the host returned from the pub and claimed he could not hear me through my "muzzle". He then began a rant saying he was offended that I would come into "his house, in his living room" and wear a mask, which again was the hostel common room. He then continued to berate me and say I was not welcome and that we should have just stayed home if we felt we needed to wear a mask. After he left the room my wife came in (wearing a mask) and I had to tell her I just been verbally attacked by the host. After trying to get back to a normal conversation with the other guest, the host came back in and began grandstanding about how "we have to get back to normal". This to him apparently means ignoring current Irish protocols regarding social distancing and mask wearing in public spaces. He stated that he felt they were doing things safely, however, at no time were we asked for our vaccination records, nor did he give any indication as to his own status. The AirBNB posting does say that the host has committed to AirBNB's enhanced COVID cleaning protocol which I have to question as well based on our conversation. In the end we left the room feeling attacked, unwelcome, and unsafe not knowing whether to expect him to burst into our private room with a third round of abuse. As it was after 9pm in Connemara we could not really leave. He did ask us to post about this experience and that he knew he was in a lose/lose situation and that no one would take his side, but he wanted to ensure that his side was represented which primarily included "getting back to normal". Suffice it to say we left before breakfast.