It was nice to find a real budget friendly place to stay in Ireland. The staff was very friendly and helpful, the hostel has lots of cosy corners to sit, the showers are surprisingly good, the kitchen is well equipped and the breakfast (including fresh fruit!) is a very nice touch.
A couple things could be better:
Assigned luggage storage or a locker for each bunk would have been nice. I arrived late afternoon to a very full dorm with luggage everywhere and it was hard to find a spot to leave my stuff and even struggled to hang my coat.
I was in a top bunk and had no access to an outlet to charge my phone (there was an outlet close to the ground, but that was being used by the person in the bottom bunk), I also didn’t have a shelf to leave a few bits to keep at hand. (All bottom bunks had bedside tables or shelves and most of the top bunks had at least some space, I was probably just unlucky)
Some of the bunks are very squeaky and feel a bit unstable.
Overall a nice experience, especially keeping in mind that it is one of the very few budget places around.