My husband and I took a two week dream vacation to Ireland in Sept/Oct 2009. Our first stop was Kilkenny where we stayed three nights at Dunromin. I can not say enough about how much we enjoyed our stay and what wonderful hosts Tom and Val were!. Though we enjoyed our other B&B's during our trip... Tom and Val set the bar so high, that no one else measured up in our opinion.
Since Ireland, we have stayed in several other B&B's while vacationing in the United States, where we live. Every time we come back from a trip... we always find ourselves comparing our B&B experience with Dunromin... and Dunromin still remains our favorite.
Val spent so much time going over with us, the best places to eat as well as sites to see in Kilkenny. Val and Tom where continuously available for any questions we had and always eager to help make our visit enjoyable. We stayed in the little blue room at the top of the stairs and loved it. Each morning we were greeting by a wonderful Irish breakfast and thoroughly enjoyed meeting other travelers from all over the world, and hearing their experiences in Ireland as well.
My favorite memory was a sing-along during breakfast one morning, in which Tom played the accordion and foot-drum. They handed ouy sheet music and all of us sang along to traditional Irish folk songs. My husband and I warmly referred to this experience as Irish Karaoke. haha
We loved walking in to town each day (only a 15 minutes walk from the B&B) and found Kilkenny to be beautiful, charming and full of warm, friendly residence. Since we have returned home, I have been absolutely homesick for Ireland.. and the country struck something within my soul, that no other place has yet to fill.
We will return one day... and will most definitely stay in Dunromin again.
Sincerely, Hope and Ty (Jacksonville, FL USA)
