My Mum and I recently reserved a single room and a double room in Kathryn's home for our visit to Galway. The experience was really fabulous from beginning to end. Kathryn was very quick with communication in advance of our arrival and made us feel very welcome. She serves up a mean breakfast and kept us fueled for the day ahead. Salthill is really lovely and peaceful, a little bit away from the centre of Galway but the bus stop is right outside and getting into town was super easy. I certainly preferred staying in Salthill. The rooms and bathroom were very clean. Upon checkout I mistakenly left a pair of shoes behind and Kathryn was super helpful in getting them to me in Dublin - one of the future stops on my itinerary. Totally recommend staying with Kathryn and would return if I'm ever in that area of Ireland again!