http://www.ul.ie/main/places/campus.shtml All the abroad students live in Cappavilla. Think I might see about getting a cheap bicycle.
Also, the correspondent-person at IFSA Butler said that when she was in Ireland, she took a trip to Paris and stayed in a hotel with a window view of the Eiffel Tower for $60 a night. Apparently a one-star hotel in France is equivalent to a 2-2.5 star hotel here.