Clontarf Castle Hotel

For visitors and locals alike, the castle can be the highlight of any trip to Ireland. The Clontarf Castle Hotel is nothing short of magnificent. This is a place where the Irish show off their sophistication and good taste.

As an anchor to Dublin's "inner ring" – a series of castles and fortresses that guarded the capital – the Clontarf Castle Hotel is located just minutes away from Dublin's city centre, Dublin Ferryport and the Dublin International Airport in the picturesque suburb of Clontarf. For millennia, Clontarf was the point at which marauding armies docked their ships and prepared to invade the Emerald Isle.

The Clontarf Castle Hotel was opened after a £13M renovation in 1998 as a four-star hotel offering 111 rooms that satisfy the most discriminating of tastes. As you drive up the narrow lane and park in the fair-sized parking lot, Clontarf Castle looms impressively before you. Green ivy climbs along its gray stone façade and floodlights elicit its grandeur at night.