Practicalities
The tourist office is in Market House in Market Street (end March-June & Sept-Dec Mon-Fri 9am-1pm & 2-5pm, Sat 9am-1pm; July and August Mon-Sat 9am-6pm, Sun 10am-2pm; tel 047/81122). There are several decent B&Bs , including Ashleigh House , 37 Dublin St (tel 047/81227; GBP40-55/?50.79-69.84), and The Cedars , Clones Rd (closed Nov-Feb; tel 047/82783; GBP33-40/?41.90-50.79). The Hillgrove Hotel , Old Armagh Rd, near the cathedral (tel 047/81288; GBP70-90/?88.88-114.28), is smart, spacious and welcoming and offers comfortable rooms. Several places serve bar meals : Andy's , 12 Market St, is especially good, McConnon's Olde Cross Inn , Olde Cross Square, is another decent option, and carvery lunches are available at The Hillgrove Hotel . Otherwise, there is a limited choice of places to eat in the evening: one of the best is award-winning Andy's Restaurant at 12 Market St (tel 047/82277), and the moderately priced, informal Italian restaurant Mediterraneo at 58 Dublin St (closed Tues; tel 047/82335) is also worthwhile. You won't have to go far to hear music in the evenings. In Dublin Street, McKenna's has blues bands (3-4 nights a week) and Mo's Bar has rock and pop bands (Fri-Sun). McConnon's Olde Cross Inn is a good spot for a quiet pint, and on the Diamond The Squealing Pig has DJs (Wed, Fri & Sat). For traditional music try Kavanagh's , Park Street, just across from the tourist office. Monaghan has some very active local theatre groups: check out The Garage Theatre, Armagh Rd (tel 047/81597), to find out what's on. There's an international rhythm and blues festival over the first weekend in September, usually starting on the Thursday night (tel 047/82928 for further information, or visit www.harvestblues.net ). Bus Eireann (tel 047/82377) links Monaghan with all major towns in the Republic and with Armagh, Belfast, Derry, Omagh and Strabane in the North. McConnon's (tel 047/82020) operates a private daily bus service to Dublin, picking up in Church Square (Mon-Sat) and from behind the courthouse (Sun).
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