The Charles Stewart's surprisingly low-priced rooms make this one frugal find, especially since it's located right across the street from historic Parnell Square.

The Four Courts Hostel is the kind of high quality hostel we dig. With 236 beds in all, it's clean and features spacious lounges on two floors.

With 281 beds, Avalon House is a big joint hostel/hotel facility. Its architectural grandeur, convenient location and professional management all make the Avalon a fine budget option.

Located across the street from Christ Church Cathedral and Dublin Castle, the Kinlay House is one well-placed hostel, offering budget beds within minutes of the rollicking Temple Bar scene.

The Abbey Court is located right off the O'Connell Bridge on Bachelor's Walk, placing it just across the water from the safe (yet somewhat noisy) Temple Bar area.

ne of Dublin’s best-known hostels, Barnacles sits at the epicenter of Temple Bar. The epicenter. An earthquake centered on the world’s Irish pubs would rip the earth open in this precise site.

The Jacobs Inn is a mammoth hostel, cramming 420 beds into its 69 rooms. Location, a stone’s throw from Dublin’s main bus terminal, is an easy 15-minute walk to Temple Bar.

Named after one of Dublin's most famous historical figures, this Fleet Street hostel, which used to be a bank, is now cashing in on the backpacker and budget traveler vibe.

The brown brick Abbott Lodge has a pleasant, homey atmosphere inside.

The Clifden's 15 immaculate rooms and high-ceilinged hallways suggest a romantic Georgian past.

Staying at the Hazelbrook House, one of the many centrally located guesthouses on Lower Gardiner Street, is a bit like staying at the home of a fastidiously clean, though aesthetically indifferent, aunt.

Situated at the south end of Lower Gardiner Street, this unique 80-room bed-and-breakfast located near Connolly Station has personality to spare.

The Dergvale Hotel, offering 20 rooms in the Upper Gardiner part of town, falls into that subcategory of hotels we consider to be especially appealing to a fussy aunt or uncle.

Well over half of the Harding Hotel's rooms offer stellar views of beautiful Christ Church Cathedral, which is just across the street.

The 22-room Anchor Guesthouse, situated at the south end of Lower Gardiner Street's hotel hub, features a subtle nautical theme.

Conveniently placed adjacent to Dublin’s bus terminal, the Beresford is an easy pick for its location as well as its solid rooms and often reasonable rates.

The Marian Guesthouse is a cute 16-room B&B situated among a cluster of similar little inns along quiet Upper Gardiner Street.

A hostel with style? Yes folks, it's possible. Globetrotters Hostel, with its 260 beds, is cut of a different cloth.

Rooms are student dormitories and, as such, provide surprise-free furnishings without televisions or telephones, though many are equipped with kitchenettes.