Arriving in Dublin for First Time, Tips

I'm arriving in Dublin with my brother and I'm not sure where to stay. We don't mind walking too much. We'd like to visit the Guinness Factory, Dublin Castle, and some museums. 

Should we stay on the north side, south side, on temple or o'connell? 

Any suggestions will help! Thanks.

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Dublin is a relativity small city, you could walk to most places you want to go, such as Dublin castle, all the museums, and even the Guinness brewery, however that is outside of the city centre, you can get the 78A bus outside the 'supervalu' shop on the south side of the quays near O'Connell bridge if you like, or get the Dublin bus tour, that drops you off at it, and everywhere else. I think a hop on hop off ticket is only €20.00 

When booking a hotel the trick is the lower the Dublin postal address the nearer it is to the city centre, and temple bar. So, a hotel in Dublin 1 or 2 is extremely central, even numbers (2,4,6 etc) are all on the southside, and uneven are the North, as someone has suggested Jurys in Christchurch is located well, its far enough away from Temple bar to get a good night sleep, but its within walking distance of it too, and right across the road from Christchurch cathedral, (I'd walk to Guinness from there, but then again, I know the short cuts), if you do stay there have some fish and chips from Burdocks around the corner from the hotel. Lovely 

No doubt you will try Temple bar, but you are more likely to meet some locals up around South William street, try Grogans for Guinness, or the Market bar across the road from it. Pub grub is reasonably priced, but a lot of restaurants have great value with their early bird menus, esp Tante Zoes in Temple Bar.

http://www.jurysinns.com/?gclid=CMXQ9t2d... 
http://www.tantezoes.com/ 
http://www.dublinsightseeing.ie/index.as... 
http://www.dublinks.com/index.cfm/loc/11... 
http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Eur...

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Just about anywhere in Dublin is good, public transportation rocks, not like here in the States. I went some years ago, and stayed in Rathmines, which is on the south side ( I had a friend there, so no hotel). Drinking Guinness at Guinness is like being on hallowed ground - the sky lounge is sweet. Dublin Castle was cool too. While you're there, go to Kilkenny, and have a pint of Kilkenny too. Should you want to have a pint of Smithwicks, don't pronounce the "W", or they'll peg you as a tourist for sure. Good luck, and enjoy the visit!

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Try Jurys Christchurch. It is right beside Dublin Castle and only a short walk from the Guinness brewery and from Temple Bar. It is a reasonably priced hotel. Enjoy your stay.

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Ireland is a walkable city, there are no major hills an the majority of attractions are within reasonable distance of each other. It depends on what kind of level of accommodation you want. Temple bar is central though (although it may be noisy if you have a stag (bachelor) party staying next door). From here you can easily get to the national Gallery on Merrion square, the national museum (Kildare st. and Collins barracks sites). Trinity college, Dublin castle etc. 

There's a bus that visits a lot of the major sites, however, the majority are within 15-20 mins walk of temple bar. (the only sites I'd recommend getting the bus to are the Guinness storehouse and Kilmainham jail)

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The best website to book hotels in Dublin through is http://www.hotelscombined.com 

It is the cheapest. Btw, doesn't really matter much where you stay as Dublin has a good city bus network and a relatively new tram system.

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get out of dublin and come see the real ireland! stay near temple bar if u want to go drinking. otherwise i dont really know. whenever iv gotten a hotel in dublin its always been in city centre. jurys inn is always good. or the burlington 

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stay at the four courts hostel, you'll meet loads of people and have a more relaxed time than in a hotel and it will only cost you about 10 - 15 euro a night each..I've never stayed there myself but did join some friends that stayed there for a while and it was great craic. 

I usually try to avoid temple bar as its not that great, I prefer a lot of other areas in dublin..Rathmines is my favourite area at the moment as theres a a couple of pubs and restaurants there that I like. Though I also like it in Phibsboro in the north of the city