Would you be interested in renting a car for a morning while you are there? Lovely places like Glendalough (in Wicklow) or Newgrange (in Meath) are fairly close, and you'd get to see some of the Irish countryside as well as Dublin (which is a great city, but a city nonetheless).
I haven't lived in Dublin in six years, but Kennedy's pub (near Butt Bridge) had the most amazing Guinness I've ever tasted in my life. It's the only place I'd consider getting a pint of Guinness rather than a glass.
And book dinner somewhere for Valentines night...
