On Friday, March 12 we arrive in
London at 11:45
a.m. Since we are not clearing customs
to enter the UK we will remain in the air terminal.
Group A boards flight to Dublin at 2:10 p.m.
arriving at 3:25
p.m. Group B boards flight to Dublin at
5:40 p.m. arriving at 7:00 p.m. Check
in at the Grand Hotel, Malahide. Dinner
at the hotel, evening at leisure.
Note: This ininerary is
absolutely tentative and unofficial and is based on information dated
Dec. 7,
2003
 
Grand
Hotel, Malahide, County Dublin, Ireland
Our phone number is +
353 1 845 0000
Our FAX number is +
353 1 816 8025
Our email address is info@thegrand.ie
Malahide
Historical Society
10.
The Grand Hotel
Close to the top of Bath Avenue stands the Grand Hotel.
This
mock-Palladian
building was built by James Fagan of Feltrim in 1835. It
was formally known as the Pink Hotel and the Royal Hotel. The coming of
the
railway in 1844 brought many visitors to Malahide and in 1898 the Great
Northern
Railway Co. (G.N.R.) issued combined weekly rail and hotel tickets for
63/--.
The railway brochure quoted the Grand Hotel as being charmingly
situated on the
coast and surrounded by four acres of ornamental pleasure grounds, with
hot and
cold sea-water baths. In the ‘twenties the hotel was owned by the
McCavanna
family who in turn owned a highly successful race-horse, aptly named
A-Jar.
Prior to this, the hotel was owned by a Dr.Colohan who had bought it in
1910
for £10,000 and sold it in 1918 for £17,000. He was the
first man to bring a
motor-car to Malahide and was commemorated on an Irish postage stamp.
When owned by H. Belsen, who lived in Seapark House, pigs were kept to
ensure a
supply of food for the guests. The 1914-’18 war destroyed the hotel’s
business
and it failed as a going concern for some years. When at home in
Malahide Lord
Talbot used the hotel for many of his visits and the Talbot flag flying
from
the roof of the hotel gave the wrong impression to many people that the
hotel
was a Talbot dower house. The Grand was re-constructed in 1955,
modernised and
officially re-opened by Attorney General Mr. P.McGilligan, T.D. A new
conference centre was opened in 1984, followed by several bedroom
extensions
and a leisure centre and the once local hotel now displays an
international
dimension.
Malahide
Castle
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