Merrion Hotel, Dublin’s best Barbara Kingstone January 20, 2011 Hotels, Republic of Ireland The entrance to Dublin’s Merrion Hotel is so discrete, I had to ask the taxi driver if this was the correct address. So unpretentious is this stylish 7 year old hotel, that any other in...
Jewish Ireland Barbara Kingstone January 17, 2011 Europe, Republic of Ireland The earliest reference of Jewish life in Ireland is in the Annals of Inisfallen in the year 1077 which records the visit of five Jews to the High King at Limerick. Following the expulsion of Jews...