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Bog Week 2013

  Bog Week 2013: Saturday June the 1st The Monastery Hostel Gig: A very special evening with singer/songwriters/guitarists Sabrina Dinan and Ultan Conlon. This is a great chance to see some of Ireland’s finest emerging talent in the warm atmospheric surroundings of the Old Monastery Hostel. Candlelit dinner at 7:30pm. Dinner and Gig €20, Contact […]

Candlelit dinner & music on Saturday, 30 May 2011

Book your seat now for the candlelit and cosy vegetarian dinner during Bog Week this coming Saturday. We have some great singers who will also be there. To book just call us on +353 87 2349543 and we’ll sort you out.

The Irish Times calls us “one of the most colourful hostels in Ireland”

The Old Monastery Hostel was profiled in an article by the Irish Times this weekend. We were described as “one of the most colourful hostels in Ireland over the past 20 years” and that is something we have worked towards as part of being personable, friendly and unique. We think the colourfulness springs largely from […]

Memory lane: thanks for the guitar Alex

We’ve decided to post some the fantastic gifts & gestures we’ve received over the years and will try to trickle them out as we uncover them. We would like to be in contact with our friends and guests over the years so please if you do see something here related to a friend or you […]

Going back to the old bed & room booking system

We’ve tried the plugin for booking accommodation and hotels called Online Booking Calendar Pro and it really leaves a lot to be desired in its free version. Essentially you can only list one resource or bed and then this is marked as red in the calendar leaving all of your other beds rather sad and […]

New hostel booking system

You might notice that we have a new bed booking system. Some might find this a little more convenient but feel free to still contact us by direct email, text, phone, (00 353 87 234 9 543) etc.

Hello world from Letterfrack, Connemara!

Well, our site is beginning to take shape. It’s a little too pink and too grey for the moment, but that will be fixed in a couple of days when we”ve had the painters in. As we continue we’re planning on blogging a bit and in fact we have a bit of an idea here […]