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at Christmas If
you are planning on visiting Dublin for Christmas make sure that you are either
staying with friends or family, staying at a hotel that is going to be open or
renting a self catering property like those advertised on a holiday homes website.
Unlike France, Italy or England it is very difficult to actually eat out, or even
get a drink on Christmas day. The reason is that traditionally it is a day when
a family is meant to be together. By Philip
Suter Updated
January 2010 Here ______________________________________
If you are planning on visiting Dublin for Christmas make sure that you are either
staying with friends or family, staying at a hotel that is going to be open or
renting a self catering property like those advertised on a holiday homes website
like jmlvillas.com
for example.
Unlike
France, Italy or England it is very difficult to actually eat out, or even get
a drink on Christmas day. The reason is that traditionally it is a day when a
family is meant to be together. I
tried in both 2007 and 2008 to find a restaurant or hotel that was open for Christmas
lunch. It is nearly impossible.
Most hotels close early afternoon on Christmas Eve and don't usually open again
till lunchtime on the day after St Stephens Day (Boxing day) the 27th. The pubs
will close early on Christmas Eve and some will open on St Stephens Day. Many
Guest Houses and bed and breakfast establishments also closed. A lot of bar staff
in Ireland used to be members of a union and it was agreed therefore that pubs
would not open. Although the situation with staff will have changed a lot today,
the same rules apply to opening. They don't!!
I discovered that
a hotel in Drumcondra on the way to the airport is open for Christmas Lunch, however
their arrangements included a small entertainment variety show. A hotel that is
part of an American chain was open as well in the centre for a 4 course brunch.
The price quoted was 160 euro per person without drink or service charges. They
had two sittings and if you were a family of five after spending nearly a thousand
euro taking the first sitting you would have to vacate quite quickly to let the
second sitting take over. Another
hotel in the centre near Grafton Street that is Irish owned was also open, but
by coincidence the price was exactly the same.
Looking outside Dublin, hotels around the country that were open and took guests
for 2 or 3 nights were generally much more expensive than they would normally
be. I stayed at a fabulous hotel on the west coat for the second time last June.
Like the others I discovered their Christmas break prices had gone up considerably.
With the credit crunch biting hard in Ireland, it will be interesting to see if
this changes for Christmas 2009. If
you are thinking of taking a break in Ireland over Christmas all of this is worth
considering as the only place you might find open on Christmas day is the odd
Chinese restaurant or petrol service station.
Left: Something to do on Christmas day a walk on Dollymount Strand (Beach), Clontarf,
Dublin
The
40 Foot, Sandycove, Dublin on Christmas Day (Click on pictures to enlarge) There
is a tradional swim, more like a jump from the 40 Foot rock at Sandycove just
along the coast from Dun Laoghaire. 2009 was a sunny but very cold Friday with
ice on the pavement and roads. Hundreds of brave individuals put on their swimming
gear to climb the rock and jump or dive into the freezing cold water. Apparently
for over 100 years people have taken part in this event.
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