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The regional
tourist office
, which also hosts touring art exhibitions, occupies a restored tobacco warehouse on Jocelyn St (July & Aug Mon-Sat 9.30am-1pm & 2-5.30pm; Sept-June Mon-Fri 9.30am-1pm & 2-5.30pm; tel 042/933 5484). The Council Arts Office in the Market Square (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm; tel 042/933 2276) provides up-to-the-minute details of music and theatre.
Bikes
can be rented at the Cycle Centre, opposite the shopping complex.
A small number of
places to stay
are available both in and around town. Among the best of the town's numerous B&Bs are
Glenn Gat House
(tel 042/932 8266; A?33-40/a?¬41.90-50.79) at the top of Stapleton Place, off the Dublin road, and
Pinewoods
(tel 042/932 1295,
olmurphy@eircom.net
; A?33-40/a?¬41.90-50.79) a few miles out of town on the main Dublin road. While the central
Imperial Hotel
(tel 042/933 2241,
info@imperialhoteldundalk.com
; A?55-70/a?¬69.84-88.88) is not as bad as its drab facade would suggest, it is advisable to head out of town to the modern
Fairways Hotel
(tel 042/932 1500,
www.fairways.ie
; A?70-90/a?¬88.88-114.28), or the excellent
Ballymascanlon Hotel
(tel 042/937 1124,
www.globalgolf.com/ballymascanlon
; A?70-90/a?¬88.88-114.28) on the fringes of the Cooley peninsula.
Eating
well and cheaply is not a Dundalk speciality, but there are plenty of fast-food places around the centre of town; try
Connolly's
on the ground floor of the shopping centre. Better fare can be had at
McKeowns Pub
and
Quaglino's
(tel 042/933 8567), both on Clanbrassil St, or at
La Cantina
(tel 042/932 7970) off Park St (evenings only).
Pubs
that are well worth visiting include
Toal's
on Crowe St, a sawdust-on-flagstone hide-out and a venue where you can sometimes catch traditional music.
McManus's
pub near the library in Seatown is self-described as "simply a great pub" - there are old-fashioned snugs to drink in, excellent-value soup and sandwiches, guitar folk music on a Sunday night and more bluesy stuff on Monday.
McArdles
on Anne St hosts
CeolteA?irA
every Thursday night.
CafA© Metz
on Francis St is the new fashionable place in town, while there are a couple of more old-style pubs on Park St:
Mr Ridley's, Tara
and
McDaids
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