Talbot Collection of Farm Machinery Tours

We chose to stay here because it is only minutes from the Shannon Airport and we had an early flight. At the end of a fast paced vacation, full of white knuckle driving, this is the place to reset before you return home. We arrived mid-afternoon and walked in a light rain around the beautiful grounds. There are excellent old trees, including Horse Chestnut; Beech; Mulberry; and many others including apple trees which are electric fenced to keep the horses and guests :) from devouring the laden branches. There is also a very clean and close by Circle K for refueling your rental car. We stayed on a night when the restaurant was closed, but the bartender was happy to accommodate us with a generous selection of local cheeses, homemade jams and smoked salmon (all wonderful). These were all washed down with hearty pours of wine and Guinness before a sound sleep and a hot shower.

Room was modest but fine. Fan was essential since no AC, but cooled things off well with window open. Pillows on beds were quite hard/not fluffy, so replacing them would be a good upgrade. Only real complaint was not with room but with reservations system: we wanted to shorten our 8-day stay by one night (in advance, not on arrival) and doing so would have been MORE expensive than just sticking with our original reservation. I didn’t understand why that should be, as we had to pay for the first night even though we didn’t arrive until the next day.