Positives: beautiful cottage, easily accommodated a family of 6. Location is excellent to explore different parts of Ireland. I would also emphasize that particularly during the day, the cottage is much brighter than the pictures would suggest. Very lovely.
Negatives: couldn't get the heat working and once there, there were communication issues with the host.
I would note that the guestbook had glowing reviews of the cottage, ours may have been a one off experience.