My family and I stayed at Mary’s lodge for a couple of days while we were visiting Dublin, and it was wonderful. We rented the place keeping in mind that we wanted to stay outside of the city, and this was just perfect. The lodge is right on a little private beach, and there’s plenty of restaurants nearby to enjoy when we didn’t want to travel into Dublin. Its only about 30 mins outside of the center of the city, but it’s an easy enough drive in. The apartment was wonderful. Clean, and fully stocked with whatever you’d need. The wifi wasn’t great as some of us / the tv had trouble connecting on and off throughout our stay, but it wasn’t much of an issue since we were so busy anyway. Mary was also a delight. We never got to meet her, but she was so accommodating upon check in as our plane didn’t land until 3am. She was quick to respond anytime I updated her with delays or had questions about the stay. 10/10 would recommend to anyone looking for a quieter place to stay near the city.