What area of Dublin?

We're trying to decide what area of Dublin to stay in.

We'll be in Dublin for 5 days in early October. We prefer to use
public transportation and walk, stay in an area with some shops,
stores and restaurants. Quiet at night (not in the pub area).

We're looking at hotels or B&Bs in our price range in the following
areas, any opinions on staying in or around Ballsbridge, Merrion
Square, the National Museum area, or O'Connell Street.

"al sharff" wrote in message
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We're trying to decide what area of Dublin to stay in.

We'll be in Dublin for 5 days in early October. We prefer to use
public transportation and walk, stay in an area with some shops,
stores and restaurants. Quiet at night (not in the pub area).

We're looking at hotels or B&Bs in our price range in the following
areas, any opinions on staying in or around Ballsbridge, Merrion
Square, the National Museum area, or O'Connell Street.

Personally, I would stay in the Drumcondra or Clontarf areas.
Drumcondra is on the route to the airport and a fairly pleasant walk into
town and Clontarf is on the coast, not that far from the airport, near parks
and many restaurants and near the DART line.

Apart from Ballsbridge, all those you named are in the city centre and would
be noisy.


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On Mar 30, 4:16 am, "al sharff" wrote:
We're trying to decide what area of Dublin to stay in.

We'll be in Dublin for 5 days in early October. We prefer to use
public transportation and walk, stay in an area with some shops,
stores and restaurants. Quiet at night (not in the pub area).

We're looking at hotels or B&Bs in our price range in the following
areas, any opinions on staying in or around Ballsbridge, Merrion
Square, the National Museum area, or O'Connell Street.

Of the 3 you mention, I'd also recommend Ballsbridge, its a nice area
and not too far out of town. Public transport in dublin is notoriously
slow and unreliable. O'Connell street is about as central as it gets
and as such is very crowded in the daytime and still very busy
although less so at night, the area around merrion square is a bit
like jeckyl and hyde... lovely in the daytime but can be quite sleazy
at night. There are some inexpensive basic but quite nice hotels
around the outskirts of the city centre if you wish to be within
walking distance of things, try jury's inns for example