We actually spent two nights at the castle hotel in Ballynahinch, two nights in a castle hotel in the small village of Dalkey (south of Dublin), and two nights at the G Hotel in Galway, the most contemporary hotel I have ever stayed in or even seen. I said Dalkey is a small village, but it was 10 times larger than the village of Ballynahinch. Life in western Ireland is so different than life here in the USA, even where I live in the deep south state of Mississippi. Here is a picture of the view outside the window while having breakfast at the Ballynahinch Castle Hotel restaurant. This is typical of the leisure life in this part of the world.
