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Fáilte go Éireann Welcome to the original Independent Hostels, Ireland. We invite you to come and discover Ireland through our network of hostels, both rural and urban. All our member hostels offer you a guarantee of good old fashioned Irish hospitality, providing low cost accommodation in a relaxed, clean and friendly environment. Our hostels stay open all day, don't require membership cards, cater for all age groups and are curfew free. Most of our hostels also provide camping facilities.

All our hostels provide bulletin boards with maps of their region and other information on various pastime activities in their area and sites of interest etc.

We listen carefully to what our visitors have to say and we actively encourage our members to develop their hostels in accordance with the requirements of our guests.

Our aim is to provide our visitors with a happy, memorable holiday. You will find that each hostel has its own sense of character, particularly our rural hostels. We come in all shapes and sizes, each offering you our high standard of service.