Hello!

I am traveling w/ two gal pals to Ireland in February. Any suggestions on reasonably priced places to stay that will let 3 people sleep in a room? Places w/ roll away beds?

I stayed at Jurys Christchurch in May and my room had three full beds in it. The rate I think was $115 a night at the time. The rates posted on their site are flat rates, not per person. They aren't 4-star hotels, but traveler class and about a 10-15 minutes walk from what you'd be interested in the city centre.

Here is a web site I found a few months ago when searching for a place in Dublin.
http://www.charlevillelodge.ie/
Try a look at the Charleville Lodge.
A triple room during February is listed at about 27€ per person sharing. That multiplies out to about $96 USD per night depending on the exchange rate of course. I don't think you will find B and Bs to be much cheaper. We paid more than that per person in Sligo and had a very! small room.

I have not stayed at the Charleyville, but it looks like it would be fine for budget accommodations, if you can call that much per night "budget".
You will find that Dublin is expensive, not much less than London.
We paid $160 for a very average conventional hotel well south of the main city -- Tara Towers. It was ok, but nothing to get excited about.
Just another cookie cutter pile of glass, steel and concrete.

The city seems full of people, thus thriving and vibrant.

The afternoon we went to see the Book of Kells found us threading our way through mobs of people on the sidewalks along main shopping streets.

As I said, lodging in Ireland is expensive. Even that dump of joint we stayed in in Ennis runs 100? nightly, and someone would have to pay me to stay there again! I would sleep in my car before I would pay that price to stay there.
I think it was the Queens Hotel.
It certainly gave new meaning to the phrase "God Save the Queen."

You might call Wynn's hotel on Abbey Street, just off O'Connell and 50m from the Abbey Theater. They claim Oscar Wilde used to frequent their Saints & Scholars bar. You should be able to get a decent rate in February.

dixon writes: "... lodging in Ireland is expensive. Even that dump of joint we stayed in in Ennis runs 100? nightly, and someone would have to pay me to stay there again! I would sleep in my car before I would pay that price to stay there. I think it was the Queens Hotel. It certainly gave new meaning to the phrase "God Save the Queen.""

You wouldn't have to sleep in your car; Abbey Tourist Hostal is just across the bridge from the Friary (about 100m from the Queen's hotel).

Not that it has anything to do with enjoylife's question about lodging in Dublin, "God save the Queen" is not an Irish expression.
Last time I stayed at the Queen's hotel in Ennis (Sep'01) I negotiated a reasonable rate at check-in. I was advised about the noise from the night clubs, but that didn't bother me. And I have dined there several times. They do a nice, inexpensive 'table d'hote' midday meal.

Many of the sessions for Ennis' Spring Traditional Irish music festival (May'03) were held there, at the hotel. I was in Ennis but was staying at the Abbey Tourist Hostal (25 Euro).

I wouldn't recommend Charleville Lodge, purely because of its location. It's in a bit of a dodgy area (used to live there) and too far from the city centre to walk. Have heard good things about the following www.halpinsprivatehotels.com
- and they're in nice areas. In the city centre, The Trinity Lodge Hotel is meant to be good.

I find Jury's fine, except for horrible English stag parties who can be very noisy. However, the group are trying to discourage them staying so you could be lucky. The Christchurch location is excellent.

Some of the rooms at the Queen's hotel are right over a bar. Unless you enjoy amplified rock music until 2 am, you will not like the rooms on that side of the hotel.

Some of the wash basins had leaks in them and the water ran out on the floor.
Also, the rooms were tiny and some of them were not clean.

God save the queen does not have to be an Irish statement to give it validity!
The hotel was named for the queen of something!
And I stand by my statement.
The hotel was in my opinion a poor choice by Insight Vacations.

My own personal room was on the far side, away from the noise. But the people over the bar got very little sleep that night, probably 5 hours before the 7 AM wake up call so we could be on the bus by 8.
They rang up one guy at 2 AM, however.

I prefer to not discuss Ennis anymore on a 'Dublin' thread but Bob_Brown, in pertinent part, and referring to the Queen's hotel in Ennis, County Clare, writes: "The hotel was in my opinion a poor choice by Insight Vacations."

Yes, they 'lowballed' you! They should have booked you into the Old Ground or the Temple Gate. When anyone asks, I always recommend the Temple Gate hotel.

Also, I always carry a travel alarm and do not rely on Hotel 'wake up' calls.

That's all I have to say. Let's let the '3 Gals in Dublin' have their topic back.