If you like breathtaking scenery and the healthy outdoor life, then hostelling is for you. There are numerous hostels located in the most beautiful parts of the country as well as in the cities. Overnight fees vary from between IR£5 and IR£8 depending on age and season. Hoilday hostels provide clean, self-catering accommodation in multi-bedded style rooms (limited supply of singles and twins available) and vary from IR£9+ for overnight depending on location.

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An Oige, - Irish Youth Hostel Association.
61 Mountjoy St, Dublin 7.
Tel: (01) 830 4555
Fax: (01) 830 5808
Email: mailbox@anoige.ie
Web: www.irelandyha.org
Thirty-four hostels located throughout Ireland. Central reservations in Dublin.

Independant Holiday Hostels.
57 Lower Gardiner St, Dublin 1.
Tel: (01) 836 4700
Fax: (01) 836 4710
Email: ihh@iol.ie
Web: www.hostels-ireland.com
145 Holiday hostels. Go as you please vouchers. Individuals, families and groups.

The Four Courts Hostel.
Tel: 00 353 (0)1 6725839
Fax:00 353 (0)1 6725862
Email: info@fourcourtshostel.com
Web: www.fourcourtshostel.com
The Four Courts Hostel consists of three Georgian buildings over looking the river Liffey, Directly opposite the Four Courts and adjacent to Temple Bar. The buildings have been faithfully restored to create a unique hostelling experience throughout. Facilities include a spacious dining area, games room with pool tables and wide screen televisions, a large self-catering kitchen, reading room, laundry room, left luggage, twenty four hour access/security, ensuite rooms, and a car park.