We liked the house, the amenities, the beds and the gift basket that Mary left for us! We enjoyed the farming lifestyle, the willingness of the Shanahan family to include us in going to the market and seeing the calves.

The kitchen could have been bigger and the heating could have extended to the kitchen.

Schönes, sehr geräumiges Haus in einer wunderschönen Gegend. Gut um den Ring of Kerry, den Killarney Nationalpark oder Galway und die Cliffs zu besuchen. Das Haus ist groß, gemütlich und gut ausgestattet. Toll für Familien. Wir hatten eine herzlichen Empfang mit einem Körbchen für die Kinder, Milch und Saft.

It’s a renovated traditional two story farmhouse on a 180 acre dairy farm half way between Kerry Airport and the village of Castleisland. You need a car, I recommend Hertz. It’s the whole house! Mary welcomed us with a generous great welcoming basket full of groceries to supplement what was already in the well equipped full kitchen. Nealy took us to the Monday morning cattle sale and showed us the daily milking routine. So fascinating! We missed the date to return the car but Nealy brought us back from the airport when we had to return it and Mary took us back the next day to make our flight out. They didn’t have to do that as there are plenty of taxis but that’s what country folk do in Ireland is my guess.

It rains every day in Ireland so you soon get sick of all those green hills and latticework of rock walls and fuchsia hedges County Kerry is famous for. Even the delicious Kerrygold butter seems ordinary after a while.