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HOTEL MEYRICK

Eyre Square

Galway


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Why stay here?

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  • Little bit of Irish history mixed with contemporary charm.
  • Good food, good service and good people-spotting


I stayed at Hotel Meyrick many years ago when it was the Great Southern Hotel and it was then one of the most popular hotels in Galway. Now that it has re-invented itself, and the recent boom has added many more hotels to the city, this charming property has managed to retain its popularity with Galwegians and visitors alike. Situated right on Eyre Square, beside the train and bus stations, it enjoys without doubt the best address in town. And like historic Eyre Square itself, it has had a bit of a facelift to bring it slap-bang into the twenty-first century busy City of Tribes. Incidentally, Eyre Square was originally called Meryick Square, thus the new name for the historic hotel.


HOTEL HISTORY

I found it fascinating to learn that it is more than one hundred and fifty year since Hotel Meyrick first opened its doors to guests in Galway city. Through the years it has hosted such notable names as Prince Napoleon of France (1857) pilots of the first non-stop transatlantic flight Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown (1919), Charles and Annie Lindbergh (1933) and Queen Salote of the Tonga Islands (1953). Added to that list are numerous famous politicians and presidents, soccer stars, musicians and singers and actors and writers. I have heard of one well-known Hollywood movie star who refuses to stay anywhere else when he is in Galway!

ACCOMMODATION AT HOTEL MEYRICK

We had a spacious room on the fourth floor overlooking Eyre Square. It was bright and comfortable and included plenty of working and relaxing space and a very good sized bathroom with separate bath and power-shower. Having the view over the square was great, as we knew we were at the heart of it all. All the shops and attractions were right on our doorstep and we could watch all the activity from the warmth and comfort of our own room!
There are ninety-seven bedrooms in total, the same number as the hotel always had and while they occupy different floors and obviously are varying sizes, the hotel is small enough to remain cosy and compact unlike the larger hotels that have hundreds of identical rooms.


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