Historic backpacking hostel moves on to new era on Wellington Road

Dan McCarthy speaks to the people taking over at the new An Oige hostel as it moves to Wellington Road.

For generations of backpackers or students passing through Cork for a night, the An Oige hostel at 1-2 Redclyffe Place, Western Road was the place to grab a bunk.

Drenched Germans weighed down with backpacks, Scandinavian cyclists with loaded paniers or West Cork students in between flats this An Oige hostel always willingly gave a place to the traveller for the night.