The Clayton Hotel Burlington Road is a hotel in

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. It is the largest hotel in central Dublin, and the second largest in

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after the Citywest Hotel.

History

The hotel was developed on the site of what was formerly the grounds of

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and included the Victorian houses - Burlington House, Tullamaine Villa and Embury House (formerly Burleigh House). It also emcompassed the site of Mespil House, a large notable Georgian house which was demolished in the 1950s. Completed in 1972 by P.V. Doyle initially as part of Doyle Hotels and named the Burlington Hotel and nicknamed "the Burlo" by Dubliners, the hotel was purchased by property developer

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in 2007 for €288 million. Following the

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took possession of the hotel from McNamara. It was sold in 2012 to

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for €67 million, in what was Ireland's biggest property transaction since the start of the downturn. The

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chain assumed management in 2013, and the hotel was rebranded as DoubleTree by Hilton Dublin – Burlington Road. In 2016, Blackstone sold the hotel to the German investment bank

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, and a 25-year lease to operate the hotel was granted to the

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, which rebranded it within their Clayton Hotels brand as Clayton Hotel Burlington Road in November 2016. The hotel's former nightclub, Club Anabel, gained notoriety in 2000 when the

death of Brian Murphy In the early hours of 31 August 2000, Brian Murphy, an 18-year-old student, was attacked by a large group of young men outside the Club Anabel nightclub at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin, Ireland. He died shortly after the attack. The subsequent ...

took place during a fight outside the premises.

References

{{reflist Hotels in Dublin (city) Hotels established in 1972 Hotel buildings completed in 1972 1972 establishments in Ireland