The Priory - Remarkable Home With Incredible Character

Great place for the family to stay. Full of character and close to all amenities. Hosts very welcoming.

If this property is available, you should absolutely book it!! The hosts go above and beyond to make sure everything is just perfect for hosting a large group. A fully stocked kitchen made preparing family meals easy. There is a large dining table for everyone to eat at together. The game room in the front, and the sitting room provided lots of space for people to spread out and relax. The kids loved the shuffle board table as well as the small playground outside the kitchen. They also played a lot of soccer in the front lawn. The bedrooms are all spacious and we slept 11 with beds to spare. I liked that the bedrooms were all upstairs so people could go to sleep early and not be disturbed by folks who wanted to stay up downstairs. The heart of Killarney is a short 10 min walk away, with many restaurants and bars to enjoy. This house served as a great launching spot for touring the region. We did 5 nights and were able to cover: Dingle Peninsula, Ring of Kerry, Cork & Cobh, and Gap of Dunloe.

Our family of 11 loved our stay at The Priory! The house is spacious, and both the house and gardens are beautifully maintained. We loved being able to walk into town for restaurants and shopping. Bernadette and Tim are exceptional hosts, who were very responsive to our questions and requests. An added bonus was having five more family members stay onsite at The Loft. I highly recommend staying at The Priory in Killarney!

We just returned from our vacation in Ireland, exactly one week from our departure from Killarney and our stay at The Priory. First of all, each leg of our journey was wonderful, so these following statements should carry some weight. Our stay at The Priory was, by a long shot, the best part of our journey for many reasons. If you are debating which charming Irish towns to lay your head in, look no further. Killarney is a beautiful place, surrounded by dramatic scenery and offering a variety of things to do. Hiking, biking, drinking, eating, fishing, boating, site seeing, golfing, etc. We had a group of 16, comprised of 10 adults and 6 kids. Needless to say, we had a variety of interests to satisfy. We were able to make The Priory our home base and let folks do their thing every day. It worked out great! There are three reasons The Priory was perfect. 1. Location-this is a very convenient location to everything. Short walks or bike rides can get you around just fine. You are a little out of town. Just enough to provide quiet and restful evenings when they are needed. 2. The homes that make up The Priory are beautiful. They are very comfortable, well appointed and very charming. I'm not sure of the ages of the homes, but they have all been remodeled and have beautiful bathrooms and kitchens. Our group had the main house and the Carriage house. The main house looks like a beautiful old stone house that belongs right where it is. Each of the homes has there own private spaces. In fact, there was another family renting the third home while we where there, but we never crossed paths. These are wonderful homes. 3. Last, but certainly not least. The proprietors of The Priory are fantastic! A lovely Irish family that provides all the hospitality you desire and all the privacy you want. I would say that our group was not "low-maintenance". But we never felt anything but warmth and kindness from anybody. They were a great resource for our planning and always fun to talk with. The last night of our stay there, we arranged for a catered dinner and a local singer to play after dinner. It was the best meal of our entire vacation and the most memorable experience of the trip. They handled everything. The singer was amazing and provided a few history lessons along the way. It was a perfect evening! If you were to ask me if I would change anything at all, my answer would be ... maybe I should have stayed a little longer. I miss it already.