Sheilas Cork Hostel

Cheap
Clean (ish)
Paperthin walls
Cold showers
Not the best hostel I have stayed in, and can’t think of any worse… but still it was cheap. Can’t really say more than this!

Sheila’s is a cheap hostel in Cork. A bunch of us (14) went down and paid € 15 a night for a bed and a breakfast.
We had a big room to ourselves, there was only 1 toilet, which caused hassle, but given the amount we’re paying, no one was that bothered.
Breakfast was cheap, unsurprisingly, but nice and plentiful. There was toast, cereal, coffee, tea, and orange juice.
It’s a perfectly servicable hostel. Sparse and cheap, which was all we needed.
1 warning: you will have to drive up a very steep hill to get here, on York Street. This is not pleasant and if you’re not comfortable with hill starts, plan ahead to avoid it.

We had a great stay here. I laughed at the review from another guest… they are not joking about there security. During our stay another guest was «pissed» and it was late, the security was not having it. We had a room to ourselves so it was not effecting us at all but sure was funny to hear!
The beds were average for a hostel, the shower didn’t drain that well but those were things i can deal with. Overall i enjoyed my stay and the staff was very accommodating.

…can I give this place negative stars? I’ve been wanting to ever since I visited their place back in spring ’09 for reading break. I had to spend two nights here.
One of the bad things was the fact that I kept waking up and banging my head against the top bunk. Like, ow. You can’t even moderately sit up straight. Biggest problem was huge, though… the room stank. Royally reeked. It was so bad I couldn’t sleep. It was coming from the bathroom, and it smelled like poo and mold. You heard me, the room I stayed in smelled like POO AND MOLD. The only reason I didn’t try and find another hostel was that my card didn’t want to work in Ireland, and I was out of cash, and they don’t do refunds for their rooms SMELLING LIKE POO AND MOLD.
Pro’s: free wifi. They now charge for internet, but it was free back then on their computers. Otherwise I wouldn’t have used it. The wifi is decent, and I used it often, escaping my room for the comfort of the main room with couches and seats that did *not* SMELL LIKE POO AND MOLD. Their prices didn’t stink as much as their room, and they exchange money at the desk, and they have a luggage check room. It’s also pretty close to everything else going on in Cork, even though it’s somewhat of an uphill hike to get there.
Okay. I think I’m done.
…POO AND MOLD.