Brian's apartment was delightful: spacious, comfortable and artfully decorated. It lives up to the photographs, though the latter don't really do justice to the outlook from the windows onto the waterfront park, then out to the harbour, and Ireland's Eye across the water. A great location from which to explore Howth, and, with easy access to the DART (train), all of Dublin.

The facilities and amenities provided are also excellent. Brian was there to meet me outside and show me around, and checked up the next evening that all was OK.

The only drawback was that the apartment fronts onto the road, and the large, period windows do let in some traffic noise. Howth is not a busy place, so this is not like city traffic noise, but you do nonetheless hear the 'swoosh' of each passing car. Whether that will bother you or not probably depends on what you are used to.

All in all, though, I enjoyed my stay, would definitely recommend it to others, and will probably stay again myself on a future visit.