Abigails is located on Aston Quay overlooking the River Liffey, with Temple Bar right on our doorstep. O’Connell Street, Trinity College and Grafton Street are all less than a 5 min walk away.
Address:
Abigails Hostel,
7-9 Aston Quay,
Temple Bar,
Dublin 2.
Telephone: 00 (353) 1 677 9300
Fax: 00 (353) 1 677 9007
Email: stay@abigailshostel.com
Directions
Airport:
When you arrive at Dublin airport arrivals hall (terminal 1 or 2) various buses are located outside the main arrival hall doors.
Aircoach (700) – The Aircoach is an express bus into the city centre. It runs 7 days a week every 30 minutes.
The price is €8.00 for a single, €12 for return. Once you’re on the bus the stop you are looking for is O’Connell Bridge – ask the driver to let you know when the bus has arrived here. When you reach O’Connell Bridge, head south over the river and turn right on to Aston Quay and Abigail’s will be on your left-hand side.
For more information access www.aircoach.ie
Public Bus 16 – If you want a cheaper option other than the Aircoach, you can take the regular Dublin Bus, number 16 towards Ballinteer, which leaves from outside the terminal 1 arrivals hall. It will take a little longer as it will make a lot of stops on the way to the city centre but is a good way to save a few euros. The bus runs Monday to Saturday from 6:00am to 11:30pm and Sundays from 8:00am to 11:30pm.
The fare is €3.30 and you must pay by coins and have the exact change for the driver as they cannot give you change in return. Get off the bus at D’Olier Street and it’s just a 4 min walk following the directions below.
Public Bus 41 – The number 41 towards Abbey Street is almost the same as the 16, but it takes a different route to the city centre. Get off the bus at O’Connell Street. When you reach O’Connell Street, head south over the river and turn right on to Aston Quay and Abigail’s will be on your left-hand side
Taxi – A taxi from the airport will be roughly between €25-€30 depending on the time of day and the traffic.
Bus Station:
Busáras is the main bus station in Dublin for all national bus routes. See walking directions below.
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Train Stations:
There’s two main train stations for national routes arriving into Dublin city; Heuston station and Connolly station.
Heuston Station – If you’re arriving in to Dublin by train into Heuston station, probably the easiest way to get to the hostel is to take a left when you exit the station and walk to the Heuston stop on the Luas (tram) line. You can buy your ticket from the machines on the platform. Take the Luas until the Jervis stop. The names of the stops are well signposted. Once you get off the Luas, continue in the direction you were going on the tram and then take your next right on to Liffey Street. Follow this straight over the famous Ha’Penny Bridge and then take a left on to Aston Quay and Abigails will be on your right-hand side.
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Connolly – Arriving in to Connolly station means you have just a short walk to the hostel following the direction below.
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Ferry Ports:
Dublin Port – Arriving into Dublin port with Irish ferries you can take the express bus (timetable and info here: https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/faq/dublin-bus-times/) which brings you to Busáras, the main bus station. From there you can walk to Abigails in 10 min following the directions above.
Dun Laoghaire – If you’re arriving by boat into Dun Laoghaire, you can walk to the Dun Laoghaire DART (train) station and buy a ticket to Tara street station at the ticket desk. The train will take about 25-30 mins. Once you get off at Tara street you can follow the directions below.
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Useful Links
Air Link (https://www.dublinbus.ie/Your-Journey1/Timetables/Airport-Services/)
Aircoach (https://www.aircoach.ie/)
Dublin Bus (https://www.dublinbus.ie/)
Dublin Airport (https://www.dublinairport.com/home.aspx)
Bus Éireann (National bus service) (https://www.buseireann.ie/)
Irish Rail (Iarnród Éireann) (https://www.irishrail.ie/)