Merrion Hotel

The Merrion Hotel
The Merrion Hotel
General information
Status	Open
Type	Hotel
Architectural style	Georgian
Classification
Address	21-23 Merrion St Upper, Dublin 2
Town or city	Dublin
Country	Ireland
Coordinates	53°20′19″N6°15′10″W / 53.33854°N 6.25286°W / 53.33854; -6.25286
Estimated completion	1750-1770
Opened	1997 (Hotel)
Owner	Martin Naughton and Lochlann Quinn (50%) Hastings Hotels group (50%)
Technical details
Floor count	5
Design and construction
Developer	Charles Monck, 1st Viscount Monck
Website
merrionhotel.com
[1]

Barack Obama at the hotel in 2011.

The Merrion Hotel is a 5-star hotel on Merrion Street in Dublin, Ireland which is located opposite Government Buildings. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

History

The hotel first opened in 1997 and encompasses a block of four Georgian 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 Number 22, which became known as Monck House. The first of these Georgian houses (Number 24), Mornington House, is the reputed birthplace of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.

The business is 50% owned by family members of Lochlann Quinn and Martin Naughton with the remaining 50% owned by the Hastings Hotel Group. ^[5]

The hotel also incorporates, as a separate business, a 2-star Michelin restaurant, Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud.

As of 2023, the hotel contained 123 rooms and 19 suites. ^[6]

See also

• Georgian Dublin

References

1. "Merrion Hotel, 22 Merrion Street Upper, Dublin 2, DUBLIN". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
2. Middleton, Christopher (16 May 2005). "Dublin: Weekend to remember". Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 7 February 2010.
3. Lyall, Sarah (23 August 1998). "Two Takes On Swank". The New York Times . Retrieved 7 February 2010.
4. "Merrion Hotel in the red with pretax losses of €1.21m". The Irish Times . Dublin. 8 August 2008. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
5. Carswell, Simon (29 December 2002). "Quinn's worth". Sunday Business Post. Archived from the original on 21 February 2006. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
6. "Merrion Hotel records €4.42m pre-tax profits for 2022" . Retrieved 10 July 2025.

External links

• Official website