Rathmines College is a small and beautiful college, very close to the Dublin centre. You can walk to get here, you can go by bike or whatever, but if you go by car, my advice is to park your car in the Swan shopping centre car park. It will be cheaper than to pay the parking on the street.
I really enjoy this old building with the little tower. When I see it I think that there should be some magic under the clock.
Classes are small and simply equipped. The atmosphere is quite good for studies, so if you are thinking about Rathmines - take it.
First weeks in September usually are strange. Some teachers start topics straight away and keep the lessons intensively one by one. These teachers, by the way, are the best ones. Teachers who tell you in detail at the beginning of the class what they are going to teach during this hour respect your time and your effort learning the subject.
Some teachers who don't plan their and yours time depend of their mood. Be careful with them! Today they try to get you laugh about something silly, but tomorrow they will fail to explain the part of the assignment.