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The Lighthouse B&B

| Kinsale, Co. Cork. Ireland, Kinsale, Ireland
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Ranked #44 of 46 Kinsale B&B and Inns
3.5 of 5 stars 19 Reviews
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pal_web27
Melbourne, Australia
1 review
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 January 2010

We traveled as a group around Ireland this Christmas and stayed in many places, the one that seems to be everyones favorite is The Lighthouse in Kinsale, not because of its facilities as it is a B & B that opened just for Christmas, but rather It was clean and had a lovely warm charming feeling to it. More

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holidayjunkieIreland
Ireland
Senior Contributor
30 reviews
18 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 June 2007

I stayed here Aug 2006, the bed was really tiny - a large single bed with some kind of dodgy dusty four poster effect - very misleading on their website, the bathroom was miniscule and worst of all there were USED COTTON BUDS on the toilet back!!!! REVOLTING!! SIMPLY NOT CLEANED!! It was full of dusty knick knacks and generally... More

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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 May 2007
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Myself and my partner decided to go to Kinsale for 2 nights Friday and Saturday for rugby 7s, we rang the lighthouse and booked 2 nights with Carmel the owner, we gave her the visa number and all our details. she rang my boyfriend back the next day as she got a miss call form us. so everything was sorted,... More

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WildOrchid4
Schellinkhout, Holland
1 review
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 April 2007

We do not understand the bad critics for this house. Although it's maybe not very luxury, it's located lovely, nice view over Kinsale, a lot of antiques which suits the house and its owner. The rooms are mostly small, bathroom was o.k. and yes, we found a small spider too in our room but so what! The room was clean... More

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IrishtravelerCork
Cork
1 review
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 March 2007

I am from Cork City and me and my partner went down to Kinsale for St. Patricks weekend. We initially consulted tripadvisor to give more insight of a couple of B&B's because we did not get availibility at the hotel where we usually stayed. The only B&B that had avaiibilty was the lighthouse, but were very sceptical about it after... More

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Jackofalltrades
London
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4 reviews
6 helpful votes
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 September 2006

I am going to have to agree with most of the other reviews. We were greeted by a note on the door, entered, had to find our own rooms(we just presumed the ones with doors open. Both our rooms were very dark and musty,and the bathrooms really old and dated with bleach stains on the bright red towels. it was... More

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Tuscanshay
Italy
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 September 2006
2
people found this review helpful

When we arrived the host, Carmel, was not even there (although we'd called the day before to secure a time) and made us feel at fault?! We had a room with little more than a one foot perimeter around the bed. The website uses old pictures and leads you to believe this is a treasure when, in fact, it's a... More

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mitre
England
1 review
3 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 September 2006
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people found this review helpful

We arrived at The Lighthouse, no one was in, unfortunately we did not have the telephone number with us for Carmel so walked down into the town to the Tourist Board for her number, they kindly let us use their phone and she said she would be back in 10 minutes. She arrived in a fluster and palmed us on... More

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booklover49
New Jersey
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5 reviews
9 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 August 2006

I wish that I had seen these reviews before making this booking. The host, Carmel, was rude when we arrived, at first not even answering the door. There was a note on the door telling people to call someone else for access, but we had no cell phone, and were not about to go all the way back down into... More

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incamiller
UK
Senior Contributor
31 reviews
55 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 August 2006
1
person found this review helpful

We went as a family group of 4 adults. The B&s is located on a steep hill and parking is difficult though not impossible. We had a galaxy van and managed to park on the hill, although it was challenging! The owner if friendly, although a little strange - we found she sang a lot and although some in our... More

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