What's going for it? Who knew Armagh was such a delicious place? To my shame, all the name conjured up was memories of TV news reports, usually grim. The army watchtowers left the south of the county five years ago, though, and while the past has decidedly not been swept under the carpet, since the Troubles were tempered, places such as Armagh have been able to shine with a brilliance long unseen. Perhaps not since its heydays, and those were a while ago: in the 9th century it became Ireland's ecclesiastical epicentre (today, its two St Patrick's cathedrals face each other on opposing hills); in the 18th it reinvented itself, largely thanks to architect Francis Johnston, as an elegant Georgian town, the city of saints and scholars. Today it retains its plain, stone dress, and brilliant survivors such as Flanagan's butcher, but it's shabby around the gills after decades going to seed thanks to You Know What. It needs new lead in its pencil, the kind of zip you can see in small doses in, say, the Market Place theatre. This is basically a mini Bath, sitting there gathering dust. Fancy giving it a polish?

The case against The Troubles still simmer; nothing like the old days, but clashes still occur at marches and sectarianism lurks. Investment in the city centre is happening, but it still has plenty of boarded-up properties.

Well connected? No train, but there are buses every hour during the week to Belfast (60-90 mins) and, less often, to Newry and Enniskillen.

Schools Primaries: St Patrick's, the Drelincourt and the Armstrong are all "good", says the Education and Training Inspectorate, with Mount St Catherine's and Saints & Scholars "very good". Secondaries: St Patrick's Grammar is "good"; likewise St Catherine's College.

Hang out at… The Uluru Bistro strikes just the right note: modern, international, rooted.

Where to buy The elegant centre comprises streets of stone cottages and Georgians winding round the hills; full of lovely properties, many very affordable, but requiring a lot of investment. The plum area is the beautiful Mall park, lined with substantial houses; also Vicars Hill. Well endowed with rather humdrum suburbs – the city centre's far nicer.

Market values Detacheds, £160,000- £250,000. Town houses, £130,000-£250,000. Semis, £70,000-£150,000. Terraces, £60,000-£130,000.

Bargain of the week This looks like a treat. Four-bedroom stone terrace needing full refurbishment, with planning permission for an adjacent house, £120,000, with CPS Armagh.

From the streets

Seamus Coyle "Pet hates: traffic wardens, traffic jams, band parades, flying of national flags on lampposts. Likes: Red Neds bar, Bagel Bean's coffee, walking the Mall, Armagh humour, Navan Fort, driving into the city from Newry."

Brian Johnston "The city retains a strong Georgian feel. Both St Patrick's cathedrals are well worth a visit. Lots of great independent shops and green spaces. For a small city there is a strong cultural offering; nice cafe culture."

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