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Qb-€230-340, Wi-Fi, free parking, 31 Leeson Close, tel. [phone], www.number31.ie ,
[e-mail] ) .
$$$ The Schoolhouse Hotel taught as many as 300 students in its heyday (1861-1969)
and was in the middle of the street fight of the 1916 Easter Uprising. Now it's a serene
hideout with 31 pristine rooms and a fine restaurant (Sb-€99-169, Db-€119-199, book
early,Wi-Fi,2-8NorthumberlandRoad,tel.[phone], www.schoolhousehotel.com , re-
[e-mail] ) .
$$$ Mespil Hotel is a huge, modern, business-class hotel renting 255 identical three-
star rooms (most with a double and single bed, phone, TV) at a good price with all the
comforts. This place is a cut above Jurys Inn (Sb, Db, or Tb-€79-195, breakfast-€12, el-
evator, free Wi-Fi; small first-come, first-served free parking; 10-minute walk southeast of
St. Stephen's Green or take bus #37, #38, or #39, 50-60 Mespil Road; tel. [phone],
www.mespilhotel.com , [e-mail] ).
$$ Roxford Lodge Hotel is well-managed and the best value of my Dublin listings.
In a quiet residential neighborhood a 25-minute walk from Trinity College, it has 20
tastefully decorated rooms awash with Jacuzzis and saunas. The €150-200 executive
suite is honeymoon-worthy (dynamic pricing causes prices to swing high and low—Sb-
€55-110, Db-€79-160, Tb-€89-180, Qb-€95-170, best rates online, breakfast-€12, guest
computer, free Wi-Fi, secure free parking, 46 Northumberland Road, tel. [phone],
www.roxfordlodge.ie , [e-mail] ) .
North of the River Liffey
Near Connolly Station
This once-tattered neighborhood (like much of the north side) is gradually being rejuven-
ated. To locate these hotels, see the map on here .
$ $ Jurys Inn Custom House, on Custom House Quay, offers the same value as the
other Jurys Inns in Dublin, but it's less central. Its 239 rooms border the financial district,
a 10-minute riverside hike from O'Connell Bridge. Of the three Jurys Inns in the city cen-
ter, this one is more likely to have rooms available (Db-€79-119 Sun-Thu, €109-149 Fri-
Sat, breakfast-€10, pay Wi-Fi, parking-€15/day, tel. [phone], US tel. [phone],
www.jurysinns.com , [e-mail] ) .
$$ The Townhouse, with 81 small, stylish rooms (some with pleasant views into a
central garden courtyard), hides behind a brick Georgian facade one block north of the
Customs House (Sb-€49-70, Db-€60-120, Tb-€75-144, guest computer, Wi-Fi, limited
parking-€10/day—reserve a spot ahead of time, 47-48 Lower Gardiner Street, tel. 01/
878-8808, www.townhouseofdublin.com , [e-mail] ) .