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but-noisy ground-floor pub; free Wi-Fi, on Fishamble Street across the street from Christ
Church Cathedral, tel. [phone], www.hardinghotel.ie , [e-mail] ) .
$ Kinlay House, around the corner from Harding Hotel, is the backpackers'
choice—definitely the place to go for cheap beds, a central location, and an all-ages-wel-
come atmosphere. This huge, red-brick, 19th-century Victorian building has 200 metal,
prisonstyle beds in spartan rooms. There are singles, doubles, and four-to six-bed coed
dorms (good for families), as well as a few giant dorms. It fills up most days—call well in
advance, especially for singles, doubles, and summer weekends (S-€30-40, Sb-€40-50, D-
€50-60, Db-€60-66, T-€72-87, Tb-€87-96, dorm beds-€12-18, includes continental break-
fast, guest computer, free Wi-Fi, free 10-minute international phone call, kitchen access,
launderette-€8, left luggage-€1/day, travel desk, TV lounge, small lockers-€1/day, lots of
stairs, Christ Church, 2-12 Lord Edward Street, tel. [phone], www.kinlaydublin.ie ,
[e-mail] ) .
$ Four Courts Hostel is a 234-bed hostel beautifully located immediately across the
river from the Four Courts. It's within a five-minute walk of Christ Church Cathedral and
Temple Bar. Bare and institutional (as hostels typically are), it's also spacious and well-
run, with a focus on security and efficiency (dorm beds-€12-18, S-€35, Sb-€38-45, bunk
D-€40, bunk Db-€45-50, includes small breakfast, elevator, guest computer, free Wi-Fi,
free 10-minute international phone call, game room, laundry service, some parking-€10/
day, left-luggage room, 15-17 Merchant's Quay, from Connolly Station or Busáras Central
Bus Station take LUAS to Four Courts stop and cross river via Father Matthew Bridge, tel.
01/672-5839, www.fourcourtshostel.com , [e-mail] ).
Trinity College Area
You can't get more central than Trinity College; these listings offer a good value for the
money.
$$ Trinity Lodge offers fine, quiet lodging in 24 rooms split between two Georgian
townhouses on either side of Frederick Street South, just south of Trinity College (Sb-
€79-139, Db-€85-159, Tb-€149-209, Qb-€159-250, Wi-Fi, 12 South Frederick Street, tel.
01/617-0900, www.trinitylodge.com , [e-mail] ).
$$ Trinity College turns its 800 student-housing rooms on campus into no-frills, af-
fordable accommodations in the city center each summer. Look for the easy-to-miss Ac-
commodations Office (open Mon-Fri 8:00-17:00) inside the huge courtyard, 50 yards
down the wall on the left from the main entry arch (late-May-mid-Sept, S-€58, Sb-
€71.50, D-€78, Db-€120, includes continental breakfast, cooked breakfast-€4 extra, tel.
01/896-1177, www.tcd.ie/accommodation/visitors , [e-mail] ).