I booked this for my husband, two kids aged 14, my parents, brother and two dogs.
Martina gave a lovely warm welcome and left some goodies for the kids. The house was well stocked with all the essentials, which really helped as we didn't feel we had to go running out for shopping. The house is so cosy and really suited us through the generations. There are two sitting rooms. One with a tv and one without, so you had the choice of going without tv and curling up and getting lost in a good book. The view of the mountains is breathtaking!
The dogs (6 month old Golden Retriever and a mini schnauzer) loved the space to run around the house and have fun. The garden is well secured, but we did find that chicken wire on one section of the gate needs to be replaced.
The bedrooms are very comfortable and the kitchen is huge, one thing that could be added is few lamps in the bedrooms and floor lamps/ table lamps in kitchen and sitting rooms just to make it even more cosy at night.
Greenore is 10 mins away for the ferry over to Greencastle. We headed to Tollymore forest park, which is about 40 mins away from Greencastle and brought a picnic with us and then on to Newcastle. We also treated ourselves to the spa in the four seasons down the road in Carlingford, which was really relaxing. They have mid week specials worth checking out. We also used the pool which the kids loved. Templetown beach is about 15 min drive down the road and offered a refreshing walk and good sea air going into our lungs on the morning we were due to leave.
We had Feeleys Fish and chips one of the nights, but it can get very busy, and Ruby's tearooms. The food and location is lovely. We also went to Fitzpatricks which is 15 mins down the road, go with an empty stomach!! as the portions are huge.
We all loved it and will definitely be back!