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List of hotels in Ireland

According to the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF), it represents nearly 1,000 hotels and guesthouses in Ireland.[1] This is a list of notable hotels in Ireland, mostly historic hotels, or four or five-star modern hotels. It is intended they are covered in multiple secondary sources. They are arranged by the Counties of Ireland. Hotels and guesthouses with a Michelin Star includes: K Club and Wild Honey Inn.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

County Clare

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Main article: County Clare
Hotel Location Opened Closed Chain Proprietor Class Number
of rooms 		Notes
Atlantic Hotel

 

Spanish Point c. 1810 1930
Dromoland Castle

 

Near Newmarket-on-Fergus —       Famous guests include Muhammad Ali, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Juan Carlos I and Nelson Mandela
Moy House

 

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Wild Honey Inn

 

Lisdoonvarna —           
(page says both - section 1 and section 3) 		14

County Cork

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Main article: County Cork
Hotel Location Opened Closed Chain Proprietor Class Number

of rooms

Notes
Cork International Hotel Near Cork Airport 1 July 2007[2] —      145
The Montenotte Hotel Montenotte —     
Imperial Hotel 1813 — Michael Collins stayed here before he died. Daniel O'Connell and Frederick Douglass stayed here.[3][4]

County Dublin

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Main article: County Dublin
Hotel Location Opened Closed Chain Proprietor Class Number

of rooms

Notes
The Belvedere Hotel Great Denmark Street —    
Berkeley Court Hotel Ballsbridge 21 July 1978[5] 1 January 2016[6] Pascal Vincent Doyle       200[7]
Burlington Hotel

 

Dublin 2 1972[8] — Clayton Hotels     
Clarence Hotel

 

6–8 Wellington Quay 1852 —     
Clontarf Castle Clontarf —
Gresham Hotel

 

O'Connell Street 1817 —      The final third of James Joyce's short story "The Dead" i set here[9]
InterContinental Dublin

 

Ballsbridge February 2001 — InterContinental John C. Malone       265
Merrion Hotel —       Reputed birthplace of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Mornington House Merrion Street —
Mount Herbert Hotel Old Haig's Distillery —      168
Royal Hibernian Hotel Dawson Street 1751 1982      
Shelbourne Hotel

 

St Stephen's Green 1824 —       Mentioned in James Joyce's Ulysses. The Constitution of the Irish Free State was drafted in the hotel in 1922, in what is now known as The Constitution Room.[10]
Wynn's Hotel

 

Abbey Street 17 December 1926 —     

County Galway

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Main article: County Galway
Hotel Location Opened Closed Chain Proprietor Class Number

of rooms

Notes
Ashford Castle

 

Lough Corrib —       Guests include Oscar Wilde, George V and Ronald Reagan
Ballynahinch Castle

 

Connemara —      Billionaire Denis O'Brien and his wife Catherine[11] Guests include Gerald Ford, Daniel O'Connell, Ranjitsinhji and Éamon de Valera[12]

County Kildare

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Main article: County Kildare

County Kerry

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Main article: County Kerry
Hotel Location Opened Closed Chain Proprietor Class Number

of rooms

Notes
The Butler Arms Hotel

 

Waterville 1884 —
Sheen Falls Lodge Overlooks Kenmare Bay 1991 —       77

County Limerick

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Main article: County Limerick
Hotel Location Opened Closed Chain Proprietor Class Number

of rooms

Notes
Adare Manor

 

Adare —      
Clarion Hotel

 

Limerick — Ireland's tallest hotel
Glin Castle

 

Glin 1993[15] 2008

County Meath

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Main article: County Meath

County Tipperary

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Main article: County Tipperary

County Westmeath

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Main article: County Westmeath
Hotel Location Opened Closed Chain Proprietor Class Number
of rooms 		Notes
Annebrook House Hotel Mullingar 9 February 2007[16] — Berty Dunne      93 One of the oldest buildings still standing in Mullingar[17]
Bloomfield House Hotel Lynn 27 July 1979[18] —
  • John Connaughton
  • Edward Reilly
  • Patrick A. Fitzgerald
  • John P. Foy
      111
Greville Arms Hotel

 

Mullingar — Christy Maye     40 One of the few surviving Irish hotels known to James Joyce and mentioned by him in his writings.[19]

County Wexford

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Main article: County Wexford

County Wicklow

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Main article: County Wicklow

References

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  1. ^ "About Us". Irish Hotels Federation. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  2. ^ "Opening Night for Cork's Newest Hotel" (PDF). Evening Echo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2007 – via Corkinternationalairporthotel.com.
  3. ^ Browne, Bill (19 August 2022). "Cork hotel where Michael Collins spent his last nights to host commemorative programme". IrishCentral.com. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  4. ^ "Cork's Imperial Hotel unveils Michael Collins portrait and names suite in his honour". Independent.ie. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  5. ^ Cairns, Frank (21 July 1978). "Six-star award for P.V. Doyle!". Irish Independent. Retrieved 2024-01-02 – via Irish Newspaper Archives.
  6. ^ "Former Berkeley Court to be demolished for apartments". Independent.ie. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  7. ^ "Berkeley Court Hotel Opens". RTÉ Archives. 21 July 1978. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  8. ^ "Hint of market confidence as Burlington Hotel sells for €67m". Independent.ie. 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  9. ^ O'Shea, Cormac (2016-06-14). "Seven places across Dublin depicted by James Joyce's works for Bloomsday". Irish Mirror. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  10. ^ "Unique event to mark the signing of the 1922 Constitution takes place at Shelbourne Hotel". Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Billionaire O'Brien reopens iconic castle hotel". Irish Examiner. 10 April 2014. The four-star hotel was taken over by Mr O'Brien and his wife, Catherine last year and a major revamp has just been completed.
  12. ^ "History Timeline". Ballynahinch Castle. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  13. ^ "Ireland's wedding castle for keeps at €16m". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 18 March 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Escape Dublin For A Weekend Trip To Kilkea Castle". Forbes. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  15. ^ "Glin Castle Hotel". Irish Tourism. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  16. ^ O'Reilly, Linda (20 January 2007). "Tourism boost as refurbished hotel set to open next month". Westmeath Examiner. p. 8. Retrieved 2024-01-02 – via Irish Newspaper Archives.
  17. ^ Illingworth, Ruth (22 October 2005). "The Town Park - steeped in history..." Westmeath Examiner. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-12-31 – via Irish Newspaper Archives.
  18. ^ "New hotel is opening this week". Westmeath Topic. 26 July 1979. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-01-02 – via Irish Newspaper Archives.
  19. ^ Daly, Leo (1975). James Joyce and the Mullingar Connection. Humanities Press. ISBN 978-0-391-00418-4.
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