Stay in Swords and get steaming and then travel in like we did for Maccy's
Incredibly cheap drink (I think Pride was 2.10 EUR) and also very reasonable food too (American pancakes, syrup & bacon + unlimited filter coffee for 4.99
) as a Spoon's had just opened up
We did Karting, Storehouse etc just like you plan to.
We had to stop in Swords when we couldn't get a hotel room in Dublin for one night due to a Bon jovi concert, the eurovision contest was on and the irish were well into it, i didn't know they loved it so much.
Then moved onto Dublin the next day for a day on the Guinness



) and also very reasonable food too (American pancakes, syrup & bacon + unlimited filter coffee for 4.99
) as a Spoon's had just opened up