{"id":161,"date":"2007-04-05T20:39:05","date_gmt":"2007-04-05T20:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/?p=161"},"modified":"2023-08-26T12:50:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T12:50:33","slug":"greenacres-bed-and-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/2007\/04\/greenacres-bed-and-breakfast\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenacres Bed and Breakfast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Greenacres Bed &amp; Breakfast<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Kilteel Road, Rathcoole, County Dublin, Ireland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Greenacres Bed &amp; Breakfast was a very comfortable inn in Rathcoole, one of the little villages around Dublin. It is convenient to Dublin, Leixlip, Castletown and some other places I was hoping to explore.<br \/>\n<!--more-->That\u2019s not exactly how it worked out. The day I was to have checked in I totaled the rental car.<\/p>\n<p>The Garda, the Irish police, asked where I was staying and phoned a taxi to take me to the bed and breakfast. By the time I got there, my hands where completely swollen. Mary Spillane, my hostess, drove me to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Mary was so very accommodating. I slept the whole next day and she took very good care of me. I just laid in bed, watched Irish TV and felt sorry for myself.<\/p>\n<p>Twice a day the most beautiful cows I have ever seen walked by.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/XdvJOB5Y8_Y?rel=0\" width=\"650\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The most beautiful cows I have ever seen.<br \/>\nCan you hear Martha Jones (Dr. Who) on the TV in the background?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_343\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Garda-in-Rathcoole.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-343\" data-attachment-id=\"343\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/2007\/04\/greenacres-bed-and-breakfast\/garda-in-rathcoole\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Garda-in-Rathcoole.jpg?fit=2816%2C2112&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2816,2112\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot A540&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1175880302&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Garda in Rathcoole\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Garda Station in Rathcoole&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Garda Station in Rathcoole&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Garda-in-Rathcoole.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Garda-in-Rathcoole.jpg?fit=676%2C507&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-343 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Garda-in-Rathcoole.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Garda Station in Rathcoole\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Garda-in-Rathcoole.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Garda-in-Rathcoole.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Garda-in-Rathcoole.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Garda-in-Rathcoole.jpg?resize=676%2C507&amp;ssl=1 676w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Garda-in-Rathcoole.jpg?w=1352&amp;ssl=1 1352w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Garda-in-Rathcoole.jpg?w=2028&amp;ssl=1 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garda Station in Rathcoole<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is the Garda station. I had the taxi bring me by to see if there was anything I needed to do about the car wreck. There was no one home.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_344\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Taxi-Station.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-344\" data-attachment-id=\"344\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/2007\/04\/greenacres-bed-and-breakfast\/taxi-station\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Taxi-Station.jpg?fit=2816%2C2112&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2816,2112\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot A540&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1175886217&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Taxi Station\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Rathcoole Taxi Station&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Rathcoole Taxi Station&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Taxi-Station.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Taxi-Station.jpg?fit=676%2C507&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-344 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Taxi-Station.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rathcoole Taxi Station\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Taxi-Station.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Taxi-Station.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Taxi-Station.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Taxi-Station.jpg?resize=676%2C507&amp;ssl=1 676w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Taxi-Station.jpg?w=1352&amp;ssl=1 1352w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Taxi-Station.jpg?w=2028&amp;ssl=1 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rathcoole Taxi Station<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is the taxi. They brought me from the car wreck to the B&amp;B. A different taxi brought me from the hospital back to the B&amp;B.<\/p>\n<p>The third morning, Sunday, I had arranged for a taxi to pick me up. I waited and waited and they never came. Mary tried to call them and got no answer. Finally, her husband drove me to the Kingdom Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Greenacres Bed &amp; Breakfast is very clean, bright and convenient. The food was wonderful. And I could not have had more helpful hosts.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_349\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/IMG_1837.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-349\" data-attachment-id=\"349\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/2007\/04\/greenacres-bed-and-breakfast\/img_1837\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/IMG_1837.jpg?fit=2816%2C2112&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2816,2112\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot A540&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1175954241&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Milky Tea\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Milky Tea at Greenacres Bed &amp;#038; Breakfast in Rathcoole&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Milky Tea at Greenacres Bed &amp;#038; Breakfast in Rathcoole&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/IMG_1837.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/IMG_1837.jpg?fit=676%2C507&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-349 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/IMG_1837.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Milky Tea at Greenacres Bed &amp; Breakfast in Rathcoole\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/IMG_1837.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/IMG_1837.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/IMG_1837.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/IMG_1837.jpg?resize=676%2C507&amp;ssl=1 676w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/IMG_1837.jpg?w=1352&amp;ssl=1 1352w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/IMG_1837.jpg?w=2028&amp;ssl=1 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Milky Tea at Greenacres Bed &amp; Breakfast in Rathcoole<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_351\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/IMG_1836-1.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-351\" data-attachment-id=\"351\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/2007\/04\/greenacres-bed-and-breakfast\/img_1836-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/IMG_1836-1.jpg?fit=2816%2C2112&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2816,2112\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot A540&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1175954227&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Greenacres Bed &amp;#038; Breakfast in Rathcoole\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Greenacres Bed &amp;#038; Breakfast is very clean and bright&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Greenacres Bed &amp;#038; Breakfast is very clean and bright&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/IMG_1836-1.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/IMG_1836-1.jpg?fit=676%2C507&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-351 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/IMG_1836-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Greenacres Bed &amp; Breakfast is very clean and bright\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/IMG_1836-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/IMG_1836-1.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/IMG_1836-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/IMG_1836-1.jpg?resize=676%2C507&amp;ssl=1 676w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/IMG_1836-1.jpg?w=1352&amp;ssl=1 1352w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/IMG_1836-1.jpg?w=2028&amp;ssl=1 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Greenacres Bed &amp; Breakfast is very clean and bright<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/2007\/04\/07\/sunday-new-friends-near-dublin\/\">Next: Sunday, New Friends Near Dublin &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greenacres Bed &amp; Breakfast Kilteel Road, Rathcoole, County Dublin, Ireland Greenacres Bed &amp; Breakfast was a very comfortable inn in Rathcoole, one of the little villages around Dublin. It is convenient to Dublin, Leixlip, Castletown and some other places I was hoping to explore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bed-breakfasts-inns-and-guest-houses","category-ireland"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/featured_image-greenacresrathcoole.jpg?fit=750%2C348&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eR8A-2B","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3025,"href":"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions\/3025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.design42.com\/ireland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}