This was our favorite place that we stayed during our 9 days in Ireland; it was affordable, had lots of character, was in an amazing location in Galway (about a five minute walk from the city center but very quiet), and the hosts were AMAZING. Uli and Brid are very welcoming and provide lots of great advice on restaurants and music in Galway, as well as advice on where to take a nice walk, etc...they were amazing. Uli cooked us a wonderful Irish breakfast each morning, and they made us smoked salmon sandwiches for lunch each day to take with us. Brid was a great conversationalist and told us a lot about growing up in Ireland and chatted with us about everything from the U.S. elections to photography...I can't say enough good things about this place, right down to the well-kept rooms and constantly available tea and cookies on the second floor.
The only thing I would note about this place is that you can tell that smokers live in the house; our room/the second floor didn't smell of smoke at all, but when you walk in the first floor you notice a bit. This is probably common in Ireland overall though, I would still choose this place if I were to go back to Galway!)






