Howth is beautiful and Emer's place was very clean and comfortable. It's easy to access public transportation. It's a 25 minute walk downhill to the train that makes it easy to get into Dublin. There's a bus that you can take from the train station to the top of the hill and it's a less that 10 minute walk downhill to Emer's. I'd recommend buying a 3 day Leap transportation card that you can buy at the Dublin airport or at the tourist office on Upper O'Connell St. We appreciated Emer's flexibility with us for breakfast times when we had schedule changes. The Howth tourist office hours are limited but we found the information there valuable. We enjoyed our stay immensely.