Malahide is a great little community and Angela’s place is just down the street from several pubs, restaurants, coffee shops, and markets. Maybe most importantly, it is right around the corner from the train station- very convenient to get into Dublin.
We were traveling with our 5.5 month-old baby. There was a place at the bottom of the entryway stairs to leave the stroller, which helped a lot. There are no lamps though, only overhead lights, so when we put the baby to bed we pretty much had to have the lights off, which wasn’t totally ideal.
I was skeptical of the parking at first, when I parked right outside in the 3-hour zone but wasn’t able to renew the parking on my phone, but I was twice able to get parking next to the canal for free where I left our car for the night and during much of the day. There was also inexpensive overnight parking at the train station.
Overall we enjoyed our stay and recommend Malahide!