“My husband and I stayed at cottage for a week.”
My husband is American and I'm irish and Orla did an amazing job of explaining the history of Lismore , the cottage ( built in 1809) and its original inhabitants and how the irish people lived back in the day and how the cottage dwellers would have been working for the castle owners ( she remembers her history better than I ,lol!) The bedrooms were more spacious than than we expected, the kitchen was well stocked with teas, coffee, all condiments, plenty pots and pans and even a lovely tea set , so that when my elderly mom came for a sleepover , we could share a traditional pot of tea which made my mother feel very much at home ! The garden has a little she shed at the end of the traditional garden, that had beautifull roses, pansies and a traditional irish very old wood stove /oven for decorative purposes only. We throughly enjoyed walking to the little stores to buy our groceries for dinner. Everything is within a 5 min walk of the cottage !!! Their are horse ,cows ,sheep ,rivers within traditional stone bridges within a 15 mins drive radius of the cottage which was delightfull and the grass is lush and green, there are rolling hills, wher you will see sheep, horse and cows grazing which we saw every day driving to and from my mom's care facility. We will definitely be back!
