The more time I spent in Ireland the more I learned by word of mouth and personal experiences when it comes to taking trips when I had to use up vacation time. I often spent hours surfing hotel booking websites and about half the time the hotels didn't live up tp my expectations. Lessons learned, I realized you need to consider the totality of the hotel or other lodging. This includes location, amenities, quality of service, distance to public transport, quality of menu, after hours service, etc. I've been in big beautiful hotels at 200€ + per night and was less satisfied than in hotels going for 60€-100€ per night simply because of convenience of location to transport and distance to entertainment, menu quality. Traveling solo, that's important if for instance you like to explore local pubs for Guinness and only have a rental car. Although necessary sometimes, keep taxis to a minimum which can get expensive. You can easily spend 30€ each way just to spend a few hours at a pub. Save that for something else, you'll need it - Ireland has always been expensive compared to most places. So I put together a couple of my recommendations. If you have a positive experience you would like to share please zip your photos and upload to the site and have it added to the ones below. The objective is to help prospective travelers make better decisions in their long awaited trip and get the best experience.