The Brehon - Killarney, Ireland     

The Brehon is a lovely hotel, with spacious rooms and large bathrooms. It could have been nearly magnificent had the bathroom in our second floor corner double room not been poorly designed and executed. There was one low-watt bulb in each of the two ceiling fixtures and an equally low-watt magnifying mirror. Combined with the beige ceiling, walls and floor, the general effect was of trying to shave or apply face make-up through brown eyedrops. There were no grab bars in or near the round bottomed tub, and in spite of the size of the room the shower was very small and inconvenient to enter without flooding the room. The closet's hanging area was too short to accommodate a tall person's evening dress and there were no other hooks in the room or bath for this purpose. Hanging even temporarily in the shower was also impossible because the hangers were the "no-steal" type. The bedside lights contained 40-watt bulbs, inadequate for reading. The desk chair was too low for comfort in using a laptop, and the two easy chairs were both less than comfortable and located far from any reading light. In summary, this would be a good hotel for people with 20-20 vision, perhaps sportsmen with electric shavers and a short wardrobe, who are too exhausted at night to need good lighting for any activity. The breakfast is hearty and tasty, just the right start for a day on the golf links or by the fishing stream.