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The Kingsley
Cork, Ireland · Independent · Near Luxury
The Kingsley stands on the Lee Baths, the open-air pool where Cork swam from 1934 until a ruined summer in 1985 closed it. Thomas McCarthy and Thomas Kelly opened the hotel on that ground in 1998, timed for the Tour de France coming through the city. On 19 November 2009 the river flooded the floor and 232 guests were evacuated. The Kang family, owners of Fota Island Resort, brought 131 rooms back on 21 July 2014.
- 131 rooms
- Opened 1998
- Neighborhood: Victoria Cross
About The Kingsley
- The pool ran fifty yards, four feet at the shallow end and seven at the deep, with a diving pool of fifteen feet. Andy O'Brien, the lifeguard Cork called the Brown Bomber, had the high board.
- County Hall, finished in 1968, stands across the Carrigrohane Road. The hotel is on the south bank at Victoria Cross, and a run of the rooms looks at the weirs.
- The 2009 flood followed the opening of the Inniscarra dam. The ground floor and the underground car park had to be rebuilt. The Examiner put that job at nearly 5 million euro before the July 2014 reopening.
History
The Lee Baths, an open-air municipal pool, stood on this ground from 1934 and did not reopen after the wet summer of 1985. Thomas McCarthy and Thomas Kelly opened The Kingsley in 1998, in time for the Tour de France visit to Cork. Floodwater closed the hotel on 19 November 2009 and 232 guests were evacuated. The Kang family, owners of Fota Island Resort, reopened it on 21 July 2014 with 131 rooms, as part of the Fota Collection.
The setting
Victoria Cross, Carrigrohane Road, Cork, T12 P680, on the south bank of the Lee. County Hall is across the road.
Restaurants and bars
- Fairbanks Restaurant — Restaurant
- Springboard Bistro — Restaurant
Amenities
- Dedicated wedding team and wedding co-ordinator
- Customised occasion packages
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