Hi fellow travelers, my husband and I are booked at Castle Leslie Estate in County Monaghan (80 min north of Dublin) for some horse riding starting September 8 (so excited!). I thought we should plan to fly from Florida to Dublin a couple of days ahead to rest up and get a bit of sightseeing in.

Can someone recommend a hotel or BnB in the Dublin area, preferably not to hard to get to from the airport but also easy to get to the city for Trinity College and so forth? Our budget is preferable under 200 euro but this is flexible.

Also, would it be feasible to use a hire car to drive to Belfast and then somewhere like Giant's Causeway in 1 or 2 days from Monaghan after our castle stay before returning to Dublin to travel on London? We wanted to take the ferry but it may be more reasonable to just fly from Belfast, yes?

TIA for any advice!