We are looking for a place to stay (hotel, B&B or guesthouse) in the Dublin area that will allow us to be central to touring the Pale--north, west and south of Dublin--for 4 days. We'll have a 4 year old and 2 year with us, so we prefer a quieter location out of the city center. We don't want to pay more than 35-40 euros pp if possible. Any ideas out there?

Start by looking up the tourist sites for hotels like www.ireland.ie. You probably can get a B&B with 2 rooms or a hotel outside the city with connecting rooms.

In Dublin try Clara House in Rathmines...a lovely guest house owned by a friend of ours...quiet and convenient and out of the worst traffic. Tell him Marilynn sent you...www.ClaraHouse.com

Rathmines may be a a pain with small kids i.e. busy bus route. Would you consider a serviced apt?

http://www.staydublin.com/?ref=googl...ringapartments

http://www.ocallaghanhotels.com/apartments/location.asp

http://www.centralr.com/Days_Inn_Ser...partments.html

These may be better and more comfortabvle for small children ans many are near the parks

We recently stayed in DunLaoghaire which is on the coast south of Dublin.It is a quite town on the Dart train line which takes you into Dublin in 25 minutes for 3.20E roundtrip.Parking in DunLaoghaire is free and they have very good restauants.We took the doubledecker bus to the airport.have a good trip jack

I agree with Jtune as this town is a nice break and Dublin is easily accessed. I think it is amusing to put quiet and Dublin in the same sentence, though Enjoy your trip, K

I live in Dublin and would suggest guesthouse or b&b's in clontarf area - it is a bayside/residential area just about 3 km from city centre on north side of Dublin and served by a very frequent bus service into town.

Ditto on the Clontarf area. It's a pleasant neighborhood to walk around. We spent 4 nights at Clontarf Castle but that is over your suggested budget. However, I'm sure there are b&b's nearby.