We were astonished by the size of the room but looking at the fire plan on the wall we luckily had the largest room on our floor. It was a corner room overlooking the inner courtyard. Room 205. Straight away we noticed we were right next to the lift, (it was right behind our heads in bed actually), and we thought oh! no! but we needn't have worried as we didn't hear it at all in our 4 night stay.
We enjoy a walk so it didn't bother us but I would guess it is a 25 minute or so walk to the centre of Limerick. I'm sure this would put some off but we didn't mind. It was a nice walk along a pleasant road. With a few pubs on the way.
We paid 294 Euros for our 4 night stay with Tuesday and Wednesday being 59 Euros Thursday 99 Euros, (didn't understand that one), and Friday 79 Euros.
Don't worry about the sloping ceilings, I'm tall and they didn't bother me at all.
The hotel has it's own swimming pool and health club to which you are members for the duration of your stay. Quite a good sized pool too.
There is a large Pub and restaurant on the front of the hotel, (I'm fairly sure the hotel was added to the back of the original pub). Didn't eat there but the Pub was very comfortable and modern with TV screens and a small "Locals" bar on the front corner. Beer is expensive in Ireland, 4 to 5 Euros a pint for Guinness but the bar at Punches was the least expensive we found on our whole trip, (including about 15-20 pubs). A very refreshing change.
