Overall this place is amazing! Wow! The views and serenity you have are pretty indescribable. Pictures do not do justice.
This house sits in the middle of the Slea Head Drive. There is a shortcut to get to the house so you don’t have to do the drive to get to it, FYI. It’s about 20 minutes from Dingle proper. We got groceries before going there as other suggested and glad that we did! That way you can enjoy waking up to the ocean/Blasket Island. It takes your breath away.
Theres so much to do in the Dunquin area and along the Slea Head drive. Katrina provided so many great suggestion and location wise, I’m SO glad we stayed here. We did the Slea Head drive in totality then did one part of the Slea Head drive with stops. The next day did the rest of the Slea Head drive with stops and. Incredible. The most beautiful place I have ever seen was the top of Clogherhead. Do the walk. We did it with small kids and did fine and it’ll be the best decision you’ll make! Coumeenoole beach is also a must.
Also had so much fun feeding the sheep at the fairy fort and did a sheepdog presentation at the famine cottage.
Get a reservation for Out of the Blue in Dingle when you have your dates set as they book up fast and check our St. James church for a traditional concert. So good.
Just as FYIs:
-You pay for electricity &oil
......You get a 5 euro credit per day but when you have a lot of people staying (we had 5 - 3 adults, 2 small children) and cook meals or do laundry, you’ll likely pay more. We had never done this so it was hard to gauge how much was being used. We looked at it every day but wasn’t able to reduce much more use as we still had to take showers, etc :)
-Washer is there but bring soap. There’s no dryer except Mother Earth. So if you stay at another place you might want to do your laundry there just so you know it’ll be done and dry!
-You need to empty dishwasher before leaving and take your glass recycling to town so just plan ahead on your last day
Even with these “quirks” I’d stay here a million times over. We all keep dreaming of waking up to that view and drinking coffee on the patio again ❤️