Bray/Greystones (the gorgeous mountains and sunny south east are on your doorstep) or Rush/Lusk or Maynooth, anywhere really that isn't Dublin that has easy access to public transport. It may not matter now, but it will when your kids are older. They will want to get about & pursue their own interests, hobbies and relationships. They won't always be in the town that you choose. You don't want to have to be a permanent taxi driver for them. My uncle moved his family to the country when his kids were small. It was a small town half way between Dublin Airport and Naul. There were 3 buses a day to town, and 3 back. Almost no service on weekends. Growing up, his kids were always whinging about the things that they didn't get to do, especially on weekends and during school holidays coz both parents worked. If one of them wasn't around to bring them where they wanted to go, pick them up later, or drop them into Swords to get the regular service into Dublin, then they didn't get to do it. My brother and I loved going out there in the summer. We were very jealous of my cousins huge house, massive back garden and hay fields and strawberry farm next door. We didn't envy them the isolation they felt, and how boring they felt their lives were when they couldn't come and go with relative ease. Being on the DART or commuter train lines, or regular bus line would solve a lot of that.