Merrion Hotel Explained

The Merrion Hotel
Map Type:Ireland Central Dublin
Status:Open
Building Type:Hotel
Architectural Style:Georgian
Address:21-23 Merrion St Upper, Dublin 2
Location City:Dublin
Location Country:Republic of Ireland
Coordinates:53.3385°N -6.2529°W
Est Completion:1750-1770
Opened Date:1997 (Hotel)
Destruction Date:-->
Owner:Martin Naughton, Lochlann Quinn and Hastings Hotels group
Floor Count:5
Developer:Charles Monck, 1st Viscount Monck
Footnotes:[1]

Merrion Hotel is a hotel in Dublin, Ireland,[2] [3] [4] which comprises a block of four terraced houses on Upper Merrion Street, built in the 1760s by Charles Monck, 1st Viscount Monck, for wealthy Irish merchants and nobility. He lived in No. 22, which became known as Monck House. The first of these Georgian houses (No. 24), Mornington House, is the reputed birthplace of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. It is half owned by Lochlann Quinn.[5] The hotel also incorporates, as a separate business, Dublin's only 2-star Michelin restaurant, Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud.

References

  1. Web site: Merrion Hotel, 22 Merrion Street Upper, Dublin 2, DUBLIN . Buildings of Ireland . 2 December 2021.
  2. News: Dublin: Weekend to remember . Middleton . Christopher . 16 May 2005 . . 7 February 2010.
  3. News: Two Takes On Swank . Lyall . Sarah . August 23, 1998 . . 7 February 2010.
  4. News: Merrion Hotel in the red with pretax losses of €1.21m. 8 August 2008 . . Dublin . 7 February 2010 . live . https://archive.today/20210806013942/https://www.irishtimes.com/business/merrion-hotel-in-the-red-with-pretax-losses-of-1-21m-1.928010 . 6 August 2021.
  5. Web site: Quinn's worth . December 29, 2002 . Simon . Carswell . . 2012-04-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060221081223/http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2002/12/29/story395613528.asp . 2006-02-21 .