We had a great week staying in Fergal's house. The house was pretty much as the photos suggest, bright, clean and creative with lots of interesting furniture and pictures. He has a great collection of art books too. It a had a lovely outside space at the back. It felt very homely as well as being fun and new. We enjoyed looking after Bob the goldfish, the newspaper delivered each morning and using their 'bicycle' pizza cutter! The house is situated about a twenty minute walk from the centre of town although there is plenty going on nearby and you're definitely in the city rather than a neighbouring area. As Fergal said, 'it's not a leafy suburb' and you could hear the kids on the street from the flats beside playing out til quite late (when ours were tucked up in bed!), possibly because it was near Halloween and bonfire night. It felt a little bit rough or as a friend described it 'authentic Dublin' but we liked it. Fergal was an excellent communicator answering questions and giving plenty of information about the place, our journey and the house. He was very generous in sharing the things in his house and left wine and chocolates as well as pizzas which he bought in when he knew we would be arriving late. We enjoyed our trip and took in a number of the sites including the Irish museum of modern art which is ten minutes from the house and well worth a visit. Should we return for a family holiday in the future we would definitely consider staying at Fergal's place again.