What can I say about Ronan and his place? THE BEST!!! (As a note we have been to Dublin once before and travel worldwide yearly)
Before the trip I reached out to him as we were traveling with our 7 month old son and my father-in-law also needed distilled water for his CPAP machine, which can only be found in the pharmacy or car store in Europe. He quickly responded and was even awesome enough to pick some water up for us! On arrival, he was there to show us the apartment and also had a variety of coffee/tea/milk/bread/snacks all there which was a life saver after traveling 12 hours with a child and no sleep. Personable and all round great gent Ronan was an amazing host and so was his place. He also loves Twizzlers and hot sauce if you happen to want to bring him something from the states!
Location: Nice quiet spot right below St. Patrick's Cathedral. About 1 mile/1.6km walk to all the major spots. blue/red hop on and off bus is right at the Cathedral so makes it great if you have issues walking and not many places closer. We expected to walk a good bit and made the normal loop of Dublin easily in one day. Family friendly location with nice neighbors and street parking with a pass Ronan provided.
Apartment: One step down to main floor with full tv/netflix and in ceiling speakers. Fridge/freezer with Nspresso and french press. washer/dryer combo but we did not use it. One step up to first floor ensuite bedroom with enough space for one large suitcase opened and beautiful skylight.
Upstairs with bathroom and bedroom with skylight big enough to put our pack-n-play plus to open large suitcases as well. Had plenty of plugs, soap/etc in the shower upstairs and towels/ no washcloths or top sheets (though both of these are not common here and not present in any location we stayed in Ireland for two weeks).
All newly remodeled by the Host and modern.
Very clean, safe, quiet, with express stores close for anything you need for kids.
Host: What can we say, we love Ronan. It was our favorite place we stayed the whole trip, and we even stayed in a castle. He made it so easy and enjoyable to relax and the food, coffee, advice, and help with the purified water and kids food was above and beyond. This has 5/5 but we would give him 10/5! With 4 adults and one baby it was the perfect size but not for many more. You will walk a good bit as we averaged 5-7 miles a day unless you use the hop on/off bus as though we had a car parking it not really possible downtown. Look forward to returning! Also of note, about 25 minutes from the airport. 1 mile from Brazen Head and Trinity going through St. Stephen's Green.