Spoon & the Stars

Counties Meath, Louth, Cavan & Monaghan


Rory and Hannah's well-run budget accommodation blends vintage and contemporary furnishings and has a great, laid-back vibe. Rooms range from a double with private bathroom and kitchenette to eight- to 10-bed dorms (one female only). Facilities include a cosy lounge and a breezy courtyard and garden, complete with a barbecue, as well as bike storage.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Counties Meath, Louth, Cavan & Monaghan attractions

1. St Laurence's Gate

0.25 MILES

Astride the eastwards extension of the town's main street is the 13th-century St Laurence's Gate, the finest surviving portion of the city walls (which…

2. Highlanes Gallery

0.27 MILES

Set in a beautifully converted 19th-century monastery, this gallery has a permanent collection of contemporary art, along with regular temporary…

3. Millmount Museum & Tower

0.27 MILES

Overlooking Drogheda, Millmount is an artificial hill that may have been a prehistoric burial ground like Newgrange, but has never been excavated. The…

4. Butter Gate

0.35 MILES

The 13th-century Butter Gate, just northwest of Millmount, has a distinctive tower and an arched passageway.

5. St Peter's Church of Ireland

0.38 MILES

St Peter's Church of Ireland (not to be confused with St Peter's Roman Catholic Church) is the church whose spire was burned by Cromwell's men, resulting…

6. St Peter's Roman Catholic Church

0.4 MILES

Displayed in a glittering brass-and-glass case in the north transept, the shrivelled head of St Oliver Plunkett (1629–81) is this church's main draw (the…

7. Magdalene Tower

0.47 MILES

The 14th-century Magdalene Tower is the bell tower of a Dominican friary founded in 1224. It was here that England's King Richard II, accompanied by a…

8. Battle of the Boyne Site

3.36 MILES

More than 60,000 soldiers of the armies of King James II and King William III fought in 1690 on this patch of farmland on the border of Counties Meath and…