Patrick’s lovely 18th century house would be delightful anywhere, but its setting in the village of Inistioge makes it positively magical. If you are American, I think you will find that Inistioge fulfills your fantasy of Irish village living. Friendly pubs! Children playing on the green in the evenings! Mysterious ruins! A white horse climbing from the river under a full moon! Wow! But before I go on and on about how wonderful it was, the practicalities. The house is accurately pictured and described on the Airbnb website. It has been thoughtfully modernized and was clean and well-maintained; the beds were good; the kitchen was well-equipped. There was no coffee maker, but we prefer a French press anyway. We had trouble figuring out the mysterious Irish oven, but I have asked Patrick to provide some instructions for future visitors. The range, dishwasher and washing machine worked fine. Wifi was good. We did not use the TV. There are clothes lines outside and a portable drying rack for hanging wet clothes. The one full bath on the second level was just as big as it looks in the pictures, and all the plumbing worked fine. The shower has amazing water pressure; we did not use the enormous bathtub. The half bath on the ground floor is tucked under the stairs and also worked fine. The house is not good for someone with trouble climbing stairs: two bedrooms and the full bath are on the second level; the third bedroom is on the third level. It would be great for kids with this one caveat: the road in front of the house is heavily traveled, especially during the day. Younger children would need to be carefully supervised crossing it to get to that village green full of playmates. There is also a nice park about a block away along the river (look for the white horse). The small paved back yard has a tiny fountain with water lilies and goldfish in the pool. The house has walls at least two feet thick, so there is surprisingly little road noise despite the street right out front. The house is right on the South Leinster Way walking route, and there are wonderful walks along the river and up through the woods that are part of the Woodstock Estate, which includes a famous 19th century garden and a pleasant tea room. All three pubs were very friendly. Ask Johnny at O'Donnell's to monogram your pint of Guinness. We did not eat out at all during our stay, but I think there is only one proper restaurant that is open for dinner. Also, the Woodstock Inn has pub fare in the evenings. We liked the Supervalu grocery store in Thomastown, which has good fresh produce, meat and baked goods. Try their brown soda bread. It was awesome.