1890s – Northern Counties Hotel, Portrush, Co. Antrim
Architect: John Lanyon / Berkeley Deane Wise
The Belfast and Northern Counties Railway purchased a share in the lease of the well-established Antrim Arms hotel in the 1870s.
1891 – Grosvenor Hotel, Westland Row, Dublin
Architect: William M. Mitchell
Mentioned in Ulysees and Strumpet City,
1891 – Spa Hotel, Lucan, Co. Dublin
Architect: William Mitchell
Hotel constructed between 1890 and 1891 for the Lucan Hydropathic and Spa Hotel Co.
1892 – Former Grand Central Hotel, Royal Avenue, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Architect: Samuel Stevenson
The Grand Central Hotel stood at 12-26 Royal Avenue,
1893 – Grand Hotel, Bangor, Co. Down
Former landmark on the Bangor waterfront – now replaced with a more modern hotel building.
1893 – Hotel Metropole, O’Connell St., Dublin
Architect: William Mitchell
The Hotel Metropole was a landmark in Dublin,
1893 – Rosapenna Hotel, Carrigart, Co. Donegal
An unusual looking building for Ireland, but with good reason as it was designed in Stockholm,
1894 – Grand Hotel, Greystones, Co. Wicklow
Architect: William M. Mitchell
An eclectic Victorian seaside hotel designed to take advantage of the railways.
1894 – Great Northern Hotel, Bundoran, Co. Donegal
Architect: Sir Thomas Drew
The opening of the Enniskillen and Bundoran Railway (E&BR) in 1868 connected Bundoran with Ireland’s growing railway network and made the town more accessible from Belfast,
1894 – Great Southern Hotel, Kenmare, Co. Kerry
Architect: J.F. Fuller
Purpose built hotel constructed for the Great Southern Railways Company as part of their scheme to bring tourists to the Kerry area via their railway routes.
