We stayed for 3 nights at Wicklow Head Lighthouse. The entire lighthouse is yours, it's truly amazing. The kitchen is 109 steps from the bottom, so you have to be willing to climb lots of stairs. There are two bedrooms, and one bathroom, basically in the middle of the lighthouse. In the livingroom there are padded cubbies to sit in by all the windows, giving you a very cozy place to sit and watch the ocean. It's remote, so at night it's very dark, which lets you see the star filled sky. We were lucky to be there during a storm, listening to the wind knock the windows about. A truly unforgettable experience. Kitchen is well appointed. We were there over Thanksgiving weekend, so we made ourselves a Thanksgiving dinner (Guinness beef stew instead of turkey) and spent the night at the top of our lighthouse. There are wonderful hiking trails all around, we were fortunate one day to happen upon a cove full of seals. We sat and watched them for an hour. Wicklow town has some restaurants and pubs, cute little stores and a couple of grocery stores so you can find everything you need. Close by is the town of Avoca, which has the Avoca Handweavers, the oldest working wool mill in Ireland. We bought some hand woven scarves and a coat, a fantastic souvenir of a beautiful trip.
