Grand old dame

I LOVE the glamour and romance of old railway hotels.

Grand old dame
Sun, 27 Jan, 2013 - 00:00
Pól O Conghaile

And celebrating 160 years in Galway, the Meyrick ticks all of those boxes — it’s old, romantic, and steeped in railway heritage.

It was here, in a sweeping granite building bordering Eyre Square, that Prince Louis Napoleon of France called for lunch in 1857.

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