May 10, 2005
Ireland
Peter King from Sports Illustrated has some comments on Ireland including a 5 room B&B on a farm that sounds very tranquil:
One lodging recommendation: a B&B on a working farm in the middle of the country, Coolanowle House, in Ballickmoyler, north of Kilkenny about 25 minutes. You stand in the middle of 250 acres and hear either dead-silent nothing or cows or sheep talking to each other. That's it. The husband, Jimmy, farms. The wife, Bernadine, runs the five-bedroom B&B. She makes something called pinhead oatmeal in the morning, and all I can say is it's the closest breakfast food to vanilla ice cream that I've ever had. If you go to Ireland, and you want a placid couple of days walking amid the sheep (not really true; the sheep run away when you get close), you've got to try it. They're reachable at info@coolanowle.com....Until we got to Dublin for the last two days of the trip, the coffee in Ireland was positively abysmal, the only daily disappointment of the trip. So weak, like coffee-flavored water. But Dublin had a couple of nice coffee bars ("Rio'' was our favorite) with legit dark roast. If that's the biggest complaint you've got about a country, I'd say it's a pretty darned good country, folks.
Posted by James Trotta at May 10, 2005 12:37 AM
Oh not so fast James, the Guinness more than makes up for the coffee! Where are your prioritys man?
Posted by: Mike at May 11, 2005 3:25 AMI can't seem to access the web site noted in the article. Do you have a mailing address for the B&B? Thanks
Posted by: Rosemary at May 11, 2005 10:09 AMThese are Peter King's (from Sports Illustrated) opinions so I can't explain the Guinness/coffee thing. As for the web site and phone number, all I have is the email - info@coolanowle.com - I hope that's enough Rosemary. Good luck!
Posted by: James Trotta at May 11, 2005 2:23 PMHi, Bernadine Mulhall here, I would like to thank Peter King for his Kind words. Our web site is www.coolanowle.com , thanks Bernadine Mulhall
Posted by: Bernadine Mulhall at May 26, 2005 9:09 PMi would say, being in the middle of 250 acres is the best idea i have heard in a long while. and as far as the coffee goes, i will take my ow.
Posted by: deborah logsdon at September 13, 2005 6:44 AM