Eileen was amazing. Carriglea House was amazing. Everything about our stay there was amazing.

Eileen was the nicest, most informative host I've ever stayed with. She gave us tons of useful tips for traveling around the area, where to get groceries, best places to eat, etc. She even called a cab for my sister and her friends on several occasions since none of us could make calls on our cellphones while in Ireland.

The house itself is beautiful inside and out. Our cottage had 3 bedrooms, each with two beds in it which was almost too much space since there was only 5 of us. The house was immaculately clean and the beautiful kitchen was stocked with everything we needed (even had ice and coffee/bread for toast in the mornings). The fireplace was sooo comfy to sit next to on one cold rainy evening.

My room overlooked the lake and mountain and I sat in the window one evening watching one of the most beautiful sunset's I've ever seen. There is a horse that roams around the estate and ran up to me for a petting when I approached it.

The property is close enough to Killarney to be a quick drive or bike ride (less than 2 minutes) to go get dinner or supplies, but you still feel like you are out in the quiet country. There are too many things to see in the area - we only had 5 days here so we decided to drive the Ring of Kerry, hike Skellige Michael, visit the cliffs of Moher, and spend a day just relaxing around the Killarney national park (which you can walk to from the house). I really wanted to rent a bike and explore the area more, but sadly we didn't have the time.

If I ever make it back to Ireland, I hope I will be staying at this cottage