Merrion Hotel is a hotel in

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

, which comprises a block of four terraced houses on Upper Merrion Street, built in the 1760s by

Charles Monck, 1st Viscount Monck Charles Stanley Monck, 1st Viscount Monck, was born in 1754 and died on 9 June 1802. He was the 1st son of Thomas Monck MP, by his wife, Judith Mason, daughter of Robert Mason, of Mason Brook. He was MP for Gorey from 1790 to 1798. He gained the ...

, 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 Mornington House was the Dublin social season Georgian residence of the Earls of Mornington. It is Number 24 Merrion Street, close to Leinster House, the former city residence of the Dukes of Leinster, where the Irish parliament now sits. A ...

, is the reputed birthplace of

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Tory statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister o ...

. It is half owned by

Lochlann Quinn Lochlann Quinn (born 1940) is an Irish businessman and philanthropist. Education Quinn attended Blackrock College, and graduated from University College Dublin (BComm) in 1962. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1966. He is main benefac ...

. The hotel also incorporates, as a separate business, Dublin's only 2-star Michelin restaurant,

Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud is a restaurant in Dublin, Ireland. It is a fine dining restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star each year in the period 1989–1995 and two stars each year from 1996 to present. Egon Ronay Guide awarded the res ...

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