Gina,

What a relief that the Four Seasons worked everything out for you. I hope all goes well with your plans. Thanks so much for your opinion of my book. I'm glad it has helped with two trips to Ireland so far.

I have not looked at O'Callaghans apartments but they have an excellent reputation with all their other properties. Since they seem consistently good, I think you are pretty safe assuming that the apartment will be a good place to stay.

I think you might enjoy some of these pubs:

O'Dwyer's: http://www.capitalbars.com/xml/Bars/ODwyers/PubTalk.xml

Cafe en Seine: http://www.capitalbars.com/xml/Bars/CafeenSeine/PubTalk.xml

Castle Inn: http://www.fxb.ie/castle_index.html

Ryan's: http://www.fxb.ie/ryans_index.html

Doheny & Nesbitts

Oliver St. John Gogarty: http://www.gogartys.ie/pub/

The Porterhouse: http://www.porterhousebrewco.com/

The Brazen Head: http://www.brazenhead.com/

The Long Stone: http://www.thelongstone.com/

O'Donoghues: http://www.odonoghues.ie/

Abbey Tavern (Howth): http://www.abbeytavern.ie/

Johnny Fox's (8 miles from city center): http://www.jfp.ie/  

For New Year's Eve a big crowd always gathers for the ringing of the bells outside Christchurch Cathedral.

For fun things to do definitely take the hop on hop off bus. On rainy days go for the great museums: National Museum, National Gallery, Chester Beatty, etc. If you have any interest in Irish history you should definitely see Kilmainham Gaol. Visit the President's house on Saturday's only. I think that this website will give you a lot of info on what you might like to see in Dublin: http://www.visitdublin.com Also consider taking a day trip or two either north of the city to Newgrange or south to Wicklow.

Michele