Gwen is wonderful and we wish we'd had longer staying their house. It's in a safe, affluent gated community and about 10 minutes from the airport. You can walk to the train station in about 10-15 minutes and can also walk to the beach (about 45 min - we didn't have a car). What we especially enjoyed was the natural beauty - like being in the countryside, but about a half hour outside of Dublin. One thing to keep in mind - trains are frequent to the center of Dublin during rush hours and it's about 20 minutes journey. But if you leave mid-day, we were surprised that trains were leaving about 60-minutes apart. Not sure if that's always in the schedule, but that was our experience and something to plan for.