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Weekly Rates This Spring

weekly rates at sheilas cork hostelWe know that many of you will be coming to Cork this Spring; looking for more permanent accommodation.

You might be going back to college or even be lucky enough to be starting work in the city

We also know how difficult it can be to find the right place.

That’s why Sheila’s Hostel is offering you this great value from the 1st of September onwards:

#1: 8 bed dorm @ only 90.00 Euro per week:

Book an 8 bed dorm for 90.00 euro per week and get the following:

  • Save over 20.00 Euro on the standard rate!
  • Get a free locker
  • Get one load of free laundry
  • Free WiFi
  • Get our great, all-you-can-eat, continental breakfast included for only another €10.00 per week

#2: Single Room @ only 150.00 Euro per week:

  • Save over 60.00 Euro on the standard rate!
  • Get a free locker
  • Get one load of free laundry
  • Free WiFi
  • Get our great, all-you-can-eat, continental breakfast included for only another €10.00 per week

You get all this in addition to our great facilities such as:

  • City centre location
  • Sauna
  • Free movie room
  • 24hr reception
  • Large guest kitchen
  • Bureau de change

To avail of this offer, simply email us, letting us know when you would like to come and stay at Cork’s Favourite Hostel

Offer subject to availability and prices are liable to change without notice.Special Offer price only applicable if a full week is paid for, in advance.

Should you decide to check out early any refund will be calculated based upon the standard daily rate of the portion of the week you have stayed with us

Australia Day Special Offer: 1 Euro = 1 Aussie Dollar!

Celebrate Australia Day at Sheilas!G’Day mates!

Australia Day is on Thursday 26th January.

He’re at Sheila’s Hostel, we’d like to help you celebrate it with a fair dinkum special offer.

We are called Sheila’s after all :)

For one day only, show us your Aussie passport and save a fortune on your bed!

1 Euro = 1 Aussie Dollar

So, if your bed costs 15 Euro, you only pay the equivalent of 15 Aussie dollars at the day’s exchange rate.

That should leave you enough money to have a few tinnies!

 

100th Anniversary of The Titanic

logo for www.titanic100.ie“2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s maiden voyage. Cobh, then Queenstown, was the Titanic’s last port of call. 123 passengers boarded the magnificent vessel in a bid to journey to the new world. For the last century the world has been intrigued with the story of the largest passenger liner at the
time and the vessel that many thought was unsinkable.

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s journey and to remember and pay tribute to all who have been involved with her, Cobh in County Cork, Ireland, will play host to a memorable series of events. This event series – Titanic 100 Cobh 2012, will include many and varied events and will appeal to a wide audience.” (via titanic100.ie)

For those of you not familiar with Cork; Cobh is only 20 mins away from Cork by train and Sheila’s Hostel is only a 5 minute walk from the train station!

Christmas Opening Hours 2011

picture of candy cane and merry christmas message

Sheilas will close this Christmas at 12pm on Dec 23rd and will reopen on Dec 28th @ 3pm

We would like to wish all our friends a very happy and peaceful holiday season.

We look forward to seeing you soon and we’re really looking forward to ringing in the New Year with you all!

Nollaig Shona faoi mhaise dhaoih go léir!

Gabriel House is open for Christmas!

Gabriel House is open for Christmas!

Need accommodation over Christmas?

Our friends in Gabriel House Guesthouse are open and are looking forward spending Christmas 2011 with you:

Call them on +353 (0)21 4500333 or book online

Send Us Your Snaps!

Send us your photos of Sheila’s Hostel and you could get free accommodation!

send us your photos of Sheilas Hostel

We would love to see some of the photos taken during your stay in Sheilas Hostel!

Send us your snaps; be they of the hostel, the friends you made in Cork or just a photo of the city.- nothing too naughty ;)

The best photo(s) each month will get posted on our photos page and the snapper will get a free night in Sheila’s! + Free Breakfast + A Free Sauna! + A Free load of Laundry!

Just email your piccies to paddy[at]sheilashostel.ie

Murphy’s Lesser Known Laws

We’ve all heard of Murphy’s Law:

“Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong”

Here are a few that you mightn’t have seen before.

1) Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

2) He who laughs last, thinks slowest.

3) Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

4) Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don’t.

5) Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

6) The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there’s a 90% probability you’ll get it wrong.

7) If you lined up all the cars in the world end to end, someone would be stupid enough to try to pass them, five or six at a time, on a hill, in the fog.

8) The things that come to those who wait will be the things left by those who got there first.

9) Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

10) Flashlight: Is a case for holding dead batteries.

11) The shin bone is a device for finding furniture in a dark room.

12) A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.

13) When you go into court, you are putting yourself in the hands of 12 people who weren’t smart enough to get out of jury duty.