Blarney: hotel con bar

This could be a great hotel stay but not in summer. The rooms are cooled by 2 tiny windows and small desk fan. The bathrooms don’t even have fans to vent the rooms. On a 75 degree F day in Blarney and windows facing the sun all day long, the room must have been 90 degrees when we checked in. Now at 8:30 PM it is still unbearably hot. We have the door propped open with a pillow and the chain to keep out uninvited guests. We are hoping for some cross ventilation from the hot hallway but this is unlikely because the windows at the stairwell don’t seem to open at all. Staff’s reaction to my question about lack of any AC was “it is a 100 year old hotel”. Well, the mill store connecting to it has AC as does the pub and restaurant they are in former mills also 100 years old. The hotel has location, convenience, cleanliness, etc. going for it — but we are literally roasting in our rooms.

Muskerry Arms is located in the centre of Blarney. This traditional property offers a restaurant, bar and a lounge. It is a 3-minute walk to Blarney Castle, while Blarney Woollen Mills is 2-minutes' walk away. The property has 11 bedrooms. Each room at Muskerry Arms has attractive, modern décor, free WiFi, tea/coffee making facilities and a private bathroom. Guests can have breakfast, lunch and dinner in Nell's Restaurant or Muskerry Arms Bar, which serves homemade food throughout the day. The bar offers live music and TVs showing sports events. Blarney is just 10 minutes’ drive from the centre of Cork and the coast, while Limerick is just over an hour’s drive away.