Knockree Youth Hostel

Category: Hostel

Address: Lacken House, Near Enniskerry, Knockree - Wicklow, Ireland

Our newest 5 Star Hostel is NOW Open! We are delighted to annouce our new purpose built hostel has opened its doors to the public and its back to business as normal! Knockree Hostel (a Wicklow Way Hostel) is situated in a wonderful tranquil position, right on the Wicklow Way and commands superb

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Glendalough Youth Hostel

Category: Hostel

Address: The Lodge - Wicklow, Ireland

The county of Wicklow, just south of Dublin, has great variety of scenery within its boarders. It is known as the 'Garden of Ireland'. In the east of the coastal area is low and sandy, except in a few places where it crops out in headlands; two of the country's main resorts, Arklow and Bray are along

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Glenmalure Hostel

Category: Hostel

Address: Greenane - Wicklow, Ireland

In 1798, the Battle of Glenmalure was fought in the valley where the mountain hut is located. While the playwright, J.M Synge owned this estate, he wrote the play 'Shadow of the Glen' which was set in the house. Maud Gonne McBride, who inspired many of W.B. Yeats poems, also owned the house and Iseu

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