Merrion Hotel is a hotel located on Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2 in the Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

. The hotel comprises a block of four houses in a terrace on Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2, of which "Mornington House", is the leftmost (when viewed from the front). The houses were built in the 1760s by Charles Monck, 1st Viscount Monck

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 gained the title of 1st Viscount Monck in 1801 as a reward for voting for the Act of Union...

 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

Mornington House was the Dublin social season Georgian residence of the Earls of Mornington. It is located in Merrion Street, close to Leinster House, then city residence of the Dukes of Leinster and now seat of the Irish parliament, Oireachtas Éireann....

 is remembered historically as being the reputed birthplace of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century...

. It is half owned by Lochlann Quinn

Lochlann Quinn

Lochlann Quinn is an Irish businessman and philanthropist.-Education:Quinn took his secondary education with the Congregation of the Holy Ghost at Blackrock College, and graduated from University College Dublin in 1962. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1966. He is main benefactor of the...

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

Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud

Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud is a restaurant in Dublin in Ireland. It is a quality restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star in the period 1989–1995 and two stars in the period 1996–present Egon Ronay Guide awarded the restaurant one star in the period 1983–1985 and 1987...

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