Here's a directory of B&Bs that you can check out. I've used it here in Tipperary and been very satisfied. Hotels in Dublin are very expensive. And it is not advisable to use a car in central Dublin - traffic is heavy, parking expensive. I know South City Dublin best. If you go to this site and enter Dublin as "County" you will get a selection of localities under a heading "towns" which are areas of south Dublin. These areas I know have good bus or frequent and reliable trains (DART - Dublin Area Rapid Transit) to the centre of the city: Ballsbridge; Donnybrook; Ranelagh; Rathfarnham; Rathmines; South Circular Road; Terenure; Blackrock; Dun Laoghaire. (these last two are further out of Dublin - about six miles and eight miles respectively) http://www.townandcountry.ie/ Richard Callanan, Currently in Carrigahorig, north of Nenagh, County Tipperary.