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The
tourist office
is in Harrison Hall in Market Square (May-Sept daily 10am-6pm; tel 0903/26342), which houses the museum. For
accommodation
in Roscommon, there's the central
Royal Hotel
on Castle St (tel 0903/26317; A?70-90/a?¬88.88-114.28), one of those fine, upstanding inns that still exist in rural Irish towns: comfortable and good fun, with plenty of locals in the bar. Alternatively the
Abbey Hotel
on the Galway Road, just out of town (tel 0903/26420,
cmv@indigo.ie
; A?55-70/a?¬69.84-88.88), is a comfortable place, and is located in an elegant eighteenth-century manor. There's also a sprinkling of B&Bs to choose from, including: Mrs Campbell's
Westway
, on the Galway Road (tel 0903/26927; A?33-40/a?¬41.90-50.79), or, if you have children, the best option is Mrs Carthy's
Hillcrest House
one mile out of town on Racecourse Road (tel 0903/25201; A?33-40/a?¬41.90-50.79).
Gleeson's
is a restaurant and B&B (tel 0903/26954,
gleerest@iol.ie
; A?40-55/a?¬50.79-69.84) situated in what used to be the manse of the Presbyterian church opposite the old courthouse. For
eating
, the restaurant side of
Gleeson's
(8am-9pm) does everything from breakfast to dinner, with delicious home baking; you can sit outside in good weather. A slightly upmarket option, in the converted jailhouse, is
Restaurant Le Chateau
(tel 0903/27616), serving the stylish French cuisine that has proved such a success in its sister restaurant in Athlone
. There's also a reasonable Chinese restaurant, the
China Palace
, a little further down the hill on Main Street, above the
Lyons Den
bar. Other useful information
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