Michelle, thanks so much for your kind words.
It was great to welcome you and remember you're wlays welcome back in our lovely wee hostel in Historic Derry.
Thanks for your compliments on Paddys Palace Derry.
le meas/with respect
Stephen McPhilemy
Owner

Dear Guest

Thanks for your kind words about our hostel, thank you for saying it was very nice and my staff excellent.

I understand your point about the common room closing at 11pm. BUT on certain nights we do close it at 11PM if there is any large groups. This is for YOUR safety and comfort, not to annoy you.

As you know we always have a welcoming blazing turf/log fire burning from 8am to 11pm, it is one of the famous marks of quality of my hostel. Would you like it if 10 or 15 backpackers came in from the pub at 2am, went into an open common room and lit the fire again? No you would not

Also, we have neighbours who we respect, they are a family, and we cannot allow mad parties in our common room late at night. We regularly have supervised parties in the common room, these are legendary in the world of backpacking, but its NOT every night, of course not.

Finally, our common room is the nicest in Ireland, it is an elegant Georgian beauty, I do not want some drunk idiot spilling beer over my antique oak breakfast table or onto my €1000 leather suites (which you enjoyed when you were here)

We have several smaller common rooms which stay open and a lovely walled flower-garden with a roof-cover and outdoor heat lamps, you could have gone there. You also should have alerted our staff and they would have stopped the noise.

Anyway, thanks for your comments, I do hope we welcome you again soon

Happy Travels

Steve McPhilemy
Owner