The house feels like from home to home you can go fishing in the Lakes of Loch Gowna. You have the Derrycasson woods you can go for walks. The Pikers Lodge is a hotel and restaurant in the village which serves great food and fantastic staff. Christine is the manager of the hotel and very welcoming to all customers, Also in the village you have White's pub and a convenient shop next door to it opening hours are from 7.30 am until 9.00 p.m. They sell diesel and petrol too. Their is a Catholic Church a post office. Then Arva village is about 10 minutes in the car from the house Cavan town is about half hour from the village. Longford Town is 40 minutes from the village and Dublin is 1 hour half from Loch Gowna and they have Blanchards Town Shopping Centre and Liffey Valley Shopping Centre.