You can not beat Gav and Una's place for location in Dublin - it is the greatest balance of accessibility to tourist spots and a few steps away from more quiet and local neighborhoods. We immediately fell in love with The Sussex restaurant around the corner, a must try for all. The place itself has everything you would need - the water heater noise was a bit surprise for us but it ended up just being background white noise and not to much of a bother. If the people upstairs are moving around a lot - it can be really loud however, that is what you get when you book a place in an apartment so it is not a negative - just a statement. Gav was really kind and able to work with our flight time and provide us clear directions on how to get into the apartment and it was an enjoyable stay. Thank you so much.