Armagh Hostel

Counties Down & Armagh


This modern, purpose-built hostel near the St Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral has six small but comfortable twin rooms, two family rooms and 10 small dorms (all with private bathroom), plus TV and tea-and-coffee facilities, a well-equipped kitchen, a laundry, lounge and reading room.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Counties Down & Armagh attractions

1. No 5 Vicar's Hill

0.05 MILES

The collection of nearby Armagh Robinson Library spills over into the octagonal rooms of No 5 Vicar's Hill, a depository for Church of Ireland records,…

3. Armagh Robinson Library

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A first edition of Gulliver's Travels, published in 1726 and annotated by Swift himself, is the most prized possession of the wonderful Armagh Robinson…

4. Armagh Courthouse

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At the northern end of the Mall stands Armagh Courthouse, rebuilt after being destroyed by a huge IRA bomb blast in 1993. It originally dates from 1809,…

5. St Patrick's Roman Catholic Cathedral

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Huge twin towers dominate the approach to Armagh's Roman Catholic Cathedral, built between 1838 and 1873 in Gothic Revival style. Inside it seems almost…

6. Mall

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This long grassy expanse east of Armagh's centre was a horse-racing, cock-fighting and bull-baiting venue until the 18th century, when Archbishop Robinson…

7. Palace Demesne Public Park

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This palace and surrounding 121-hectare estate were home to the archbishops of the Church of Ireland from the 1770s to the 1970s. The palace now houses…

8. Charlemont Place

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The east side of the Mall is lined with handsome Georgian terraces including Charlemont Place, designed by local Francis Johnston, who later became one of…