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"The Grand Hotel opened its doors in 1790. For 200 years, its name has been synonymous with the grace and style of that era. It overlooks the golden strand of Tramore, which is probably the most enchanting and the most popular of the Atlantic resorts." |
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Grand Hotel
Tramore
Waterford
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Ireland
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| Personal attention is guaranteed if you wish to hold a conference for 5 to 250 people. The hotel caters to your group's specific requirements and offers tailor made packages for each booking. The hotel was built by Bartholomew Rivers, a wealthy banker, merchant and ship owner, as part of his plan to develop the little seaside village as a thriving tourist resort. By 1801, the Hotel was leased to a John Walsh, and for a time it was known as Walsh's Hotel, but an advertisement in the Waterford Mirror in 1807 referred to it as the Great Hotel, and the name stuck. Sometime in the 1830s, the hotel was purchased by the Phelan family, who had been running a smaller hotel known as the Little Hotel. It was undoubtedly a big jump for them to move to the Great Hotel, but they were quite successful in turning around the fortunes of the premises, which had been declining since the death of Mrs. Walsh some years previously. Under John Phelan's guidance the hotel was returned to prosperity. He also acted as secretary to the Tramore Races, a position which seemed to go hand in hand with the hotel. The hotel then changed hands a number of times before it passed to Margaret Kavanagh. In 1894, the writer P.M. Egan produced his well known History of Waterford, and wrote of the hotel as follows: \ |
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