The location of this place can't be beat. Everything is within walking distance and the apartment is absolutely beautiful and exactly as described.
Unfortunately, we did not have a good experience while staying here but it had nothing to do with the apartment itself or the host. There were people staying above us and we heard them walking at all hours of the night and morning. We couldn't sleep because of how much the floor would creek above us with every single move they made. We would often be woken up really late at night and again early in the morning. The noise would go on for hours and our room would shake. In addition to that, we heard other things going on upstairs that would also shake the room and certainly was uncomfortable to listen to... This made it hard for us to relax in the apartment during the day and obviously it was really hard to sleep at night. On our last night, we almost left and went to the Dublin airport to sleep until our flight left at 11:30am the next day. It just got too frustrating.
There's also a sound that comes from the bathroom that sounds like someone is learning to play the recorder. Sometimes it would start after we used the sink or toilet and other times it sounded like it came from the tea shop below.
We are used to city noise and both take Trazodone to sleep at night and this still kept us up at night. I'm so bummed this was our experience because the place is beautiful. The only reason we wouldn't stay here again is because we wouldn't want to risk there being guests upstairs. If you're a deep sleeper and can handle loud noises, I would definitely book this place. For the rest of us, it might make for a very difficult stay if there are guests upstairs.