By staying in Peter's home, you have the extremely rare chance to stay IN AN IRISH CASTLE. Do I really need to say more?

But just in case you need additional convincing: Peter & Eva are lovely, engaging hosts. We really enjoyed talking with them about their home, their lives, and just life in general. Great people.

After 9:30, you get the the living area in addition to the bedroom (two whole floors) to yourself until you leave in the morning, so you get to really feel like you are the king and queen of your own castle for a night. (And believe me, it will be hard to leave in the morning.) There is a really cool bathtub in the floor of the living room. They leave you lots of candles to light, which only adds to the atmosphere. You can climb to the top and look out over the whole countryside from the roof. The list of amazing things about this place goes on and on.

They let you use the kitchen if you'd like -- to get the full experience I recommend bringing some things for a picnic or a simple meal, particularly if you are getting in a little later as we did.

The only slight downsides -- there are a lot of stairs to the top (we didn't mind, but I can imagine someone with older knees might have some difficulty), and the bed is a bit on the hard side. (Okay, a lot on the hard side).

But that's all WELL worth it for the chance to stay in Peter & Eva's beautiful, historic home.