Hotels I'd actually recommend

Donal Hennessy

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Facilities manager by trade, so I notice the things punters don't. Boiler rooms, fire doors, the state of the lift carpet. This is the list for when the cousins from Cavan ask where to stay for a match weekend, judged the way Jim Gavin judged a panel: no passengers. Written with a flask of tea in hand and one eye on the telly.

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Hotels I'd actually recommend — 5 items
Name	Hotel	Area	Address	City	My take
1Maldron Hotel Croke Park	Maldron Hotel Croke Park	Drumcondra	Clonliffe Road, Drumcondra, Dublin, D03 X6K3	Dublin	Home ground, literally. Walk to Parnell Park in ten minutes, walk to Croker in five. The boiler room in this one would put some I've seen to shame.
2Riu Plaza The Gresham	Riu Plaza The Gresham	O'Connell Street	23 Upper O'Connell Street, Dublin 1, D01 C3W7	Dublin	Been standing since 1817, older than most county boards. Solid as a stone wall and right in the thick of it.
3Anantara The Marker Dublin	Anantara The Marker Dublin	Docklands	Grand Canal Square, Docklands, Dublin 2, D02 CK38	Dublin	Fancy as anything, rooftop bar with views for miles. Not where I'd take the lads after a club match but grand for showing off.
4The Clarence Hotel	The Clarence Hotel	Temple Bar	6-8 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2, D02 HT44	Dublin	Quiet class by the Liffey, away from the stag-do racket a few streets over. Good bones on this building.
5Maldron Hotel Smithfield	Maldron Hotel Smithfield	Smithfield	Smithfield, Dublin 7	Dublin	Cobblestones outside, decent breakfast inside. Smithfield's come on a lot, worth the stay just to see it.

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