Lugnaquilla House Hostel is a small intimate hostel that opened in June 2008. It has accommodation for 12 people. The Hostel is situated just above the Ow valley in the town-land of Aughavannagh at the foot of Lugnaquilla, at 927m it is the highest mountain in Wicklow and the 3rd highest in Ireland. Hill-walkers use the Hostel as a base to climb ‘THE LUG’ happy in the knowledge that they will return to a blazing fire and peaceful surroundings. For people walking the Wicklow Way the Hostel is a perfect stage stop being en-route to the Iron Bridge less than 1.5km.

This region is steeped in heritage going back as far as 500a.d. with the monastic settlement that St Kevin founded in Glendalough, to the Military Road of eighteen hundreds with its associated barracks in Glenmalure and Aughavannagh, a testament to the resistance of the United Irishmen and the 1798 rebellion.

The Wicklow Way crosses the Ow valley at the Iron Bridge (1.5km from Lugnaquilla House Hostel). This is the forth stage stop on the Wicklow Way and is a famous landmark for walkers.

Aughavannagh is famous for the Military Barracks that was built circa 1800 by the British in order to subdue the rebels and Michael Dwyer. It is one of five barracks that they build on the Military Road that cuts through Aughavannagh. Subsequently the building was bought by the family of Charles Stewart Parnell and used as a hunting lodge. It later became an An Oige hostel and ran as such for approx 40 years. Sadly it closed in 1998.