The Merrion Hotel

Twenty two family members from Philly/South Jersey spend a wonderful week at The Merrion Hotel in Dublin and unite with Family members from Sligo. Previous trips to Ireland meant a quick visit to the capitol before heading out to the surrounding ...

... , June 16th after a 6 hour flight from Newark Airport in New Jersey.  Our mini bus picked us up and transported us to The Merrion Hotel where we were met by the smiling face of The Merrion's doorman, Bernard. It was way too early for our rooms to be ...

... Dublin beckoned however - Trinity College, Grafton Street, Temple Bar, a walk along the Liffey - a couple of nights at the delightful Merrion Hotel was a fitting end to a great trip. As we flew Emirates, we decided to stay a couple of nights in Dubai on ...

... to show us dozens of articles and magazine reviews where his wine is lauded and celebrated.  Amazing stuff really.  The Merrion Hotel in Ballsbridge sells one of the wines we sampled for €100 a bottle!  After taking a short tour ...

Best breakfast at Rathsallagh then 9 holes of golf - lovely parkland course Glendalough Dublin - Guiness Storehouse Merrion Hotel ...

... ! I can proudly say I figured that one out before Bill. Todays travels/pictures took us to the financial district (passing Merrion Square park and the government buildings) to exchange dollars for Euros. The next stop was St. Stephens Green park which was ...

... drools* Then we listened to some musicians on the street and strolled along the Rive Liffey. Today we're going to the Guiness storehouse, dublin castle, liberty college, Merrion Square and who knows. We'll try not to get in too much trouble!! ...

... sort of knew it would be, but until it was we couldn't re-book on another flight. We walked with the Blakeslees around Merrion Square, which has a little playground.  I lived here for a year and had no mental map of any of these playgrounds!  ...

... foods for lunch. We perused the stores of Nassau Street before heading off past St. Stephen’s en route to Merrion Square. At this gorgeously green park in the middle of an otherwise concrete jungle, the 2009 World Street Performance Championship ...

... destination, seeing the sights. We came across the house of author Oscar Wilde, and across the street, another of Dublin's beautiful parks, Merrion Square. In my opinion, this park wasn't as nice as St. Stephen's Green (it didn't have a pond with swans), ...

... state offices.  The afternoon was free and I was enlisted as tour guide for a group of 4 other people.  We went to Merrion Square to buy art from the local artists and then to see the Book of Kells at Trinity College and then had a quick bite ...

... to some of the rooms there were golf buggies chauffering guests around all day - silently whisking by 24/7. Basically, it was Port Merrion - but we were willing prisoners. We booked a mini villa which had its own private infinity pool - probably approx 12 ...

... Kevin (who helped me with my bag when I was moving in) for lunch at 12:30.   We meet at O'Donoghue's on Merrion Row and walk just a few places down for lunch at Foley's.  We order sandwiches and compare Irish and American sports because Kevin ...