Product Description
Published by Blackwater Press, 1999, this is a history of Dublin's most notable hotel - The Shelbourne on Stephen's Green - this was issued on it's 175th anniversary , its now nearly at 200 years ( in 2024, the anniversary of its opening by Martin Burke, a prominent Catholic entrepreneur in the era before Emancipation. The first Free State constitution was drafted in the building, it was garrisoned by the British Army in the 1916 Rising , and has witnessed much social change across the last century. The Horsehoe Bar became famous for politiciand and deal making
Illustrated throughout, and full of anecdote and staff insights to famous guests and events.
Minor age tanning only.