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The House Hotel
Galway, Ireland · Independent · Near Luxury
The House Hotel is Brennan's old yard, a protected stone warehouse on Spanish Parade, hard against the Spanish Arch. The rooms still come out in different shapes, because this was a builders' yard. Guests have slept here since 1992, the house now counts 48 rooms, and three minutes on foot you are under the Arch.
- 48 rooms
- Opened 1992
- Neighborhood: Latin Quarter
About The House Hotel
- In 2013 there were still 40 rooms, each a different shape, in what had been Brennan's builders' yard. The hotel now counts 48, after ground-floor bedrooms were added.
- The building is a protected structure on Spanish Parade, inside the city's core conservation area. Choice Hotel Group runs it, and names The Hardiman, five minutes away, as its sister.
- GW Design redid the ground floor in 2018. A later phase, finished in 2025, refurbished the bedrooms and added a cafe bar.
History
The House Hotel occupies a protected stone warehouse on Spanish Parade, formerly Brennan's Yard, a builders' premises beside the Spanish Arch. Trade records date the hotel use to 1992. A 2013 account still found 40 differently shaped rooms. The hotel now publishes 48, after new ground-floor bedrooms. Choice Hotel Group operates it and treats The Hardiman as a sister house.
The setting
The hotel is on Spanish Parade in the Latin Quarter, Galway, H91 X309, about three minutes from the Spanish Arch and Shop Street.
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