Christmas Parties at Mount Herbert Hotel

Looking for somewhere to celebrate Christmas with your colleagues or a group of friends? Our Gourmet Extravaganza is fun, festive and most definitely a feast. The evening starts with spectacular cocktails created by designer specialists, along with amuse bouche canapés, before a lavish 8 course tasting menu in our Cordyline Restaurant, with party novelties to get everyone in the festive mood.

And for one of these 8 courses, our Chef will be putting on a dramatic display in front of guests and making Christmas pudding ice-cream in just seconds with liquid nitrogen! As well as gourmet entertainment, there will also be fantastic live music to really get the party started and a bar extension so that it can keep on going.

For those looking to celebrate during the daytime, we are also offering a fabulous four course Festive Lunch.

Our Gourmet Extravaganza is €49 per person and our Festive Lunch is €25 per person.
See menus for both here.

Call us on 01 6142000 for details or to make a booking!

A Dublin Image from our Flickr Group

Image Copyright Patrick Losty

We have selected the fabulous image above to feature on our blog from our Dublin Images Flickr Group, taken by Patrick Losty. This picture is a great juxtaposition of old and new, with our neighbour Aviva Stadium in the background. Read Patrick's background info on his interest in photography and how this picture came about:

"I have been taking pictures of my home city Dublin since the mid 1980's and from the late 1980's I focused on Dublin Bus and Bus Eireann operated buses branching out into civil aviation in the early 1990's, started off and encouraged along the way by fellow transport photographer and author Jonathan McDonnell.

My photography interest is still as strong as ever and in fact the availability of digital cameras from 2004 onwards opened up many more items of interest where previously film cameras were restricted to 36 prints which meant many items in day to day life went unrecorded, digital cameras allow almost 100% coverage.

Wheelingintheyears.com
I have supplied the text and images for the yearly series currently up on Barry Millar/Tony Murrays excellent website, www.wheelingintheyears.com which covers every year from 1987 up to and including 2009. These mostly transport related photofeatures cover the main events that occurred during the specific year and some years feature non transport/non Irish items. If you click on year 1989, pictures 9 & 10 (April 1989) show the Johnson, Mooney & O'Brien Bakery Buildings, Ballsbridge and the Sweepstakes Building, Ballsbridge which were located not too far from Mount Herbert Hotel. Click on 2009, the new Samuel Beckett Bridge, the opening of IKEA Dublin, Guinness 250 were featured, click on 2007, the closure of Jurys Ballsbridge was featured. So there is something in the yearly series for everybody to enjoy.

I also provide Tony's website www.dublinbus.cc with photofeatures such as the Bombardier buses which were withdrawn from service in 2001, there are many other bus types featured too. On Saturday, 30/10/10, the famous and much loved Dublin Bus route 10 was withdrawn so I covered that most historic event, an image appears on my www.Flickr.com site under 'Shamrock 105'.

So the picture of the 'Railway Preservation Society of Ireland' (RPSI) steam train is one such item that will be on a shortlist for inclusion in Wheeling In The Years 2010. I generally watch the advertisements in 'The Irish Times' advising of such RPSI trips and then decide the best location for pictures taking account of sun direction and in this case Sandymount Railway station platform was chosen for this 22 August 2010 image."

Concerts at The O2

Dublin is a city with no shortage of live music or fantastic venues to enjoy it in. Here are some of the concerts lined up for the remainder of 2010 at The O2 Dublin. Mount Herbert Hotel is close to The O2 and we are currently running a great offer which includes an overnight stay in one of our stylish rooms with full Irish breakfast the next morning from just €37.50 per person sharing.* You can also get a pre-gig bite to eat in our Tritonville Bar & Terrace. Call us on 01 6142000 for more info or to make a booking.

*Subject to Availability. Terms & Conditions Apply.

November 6th
Paramore

November 7th
Simply Red

November 11th
Gorillaz

November 13th, 14th & 16th
Michael Flatley

November 22nd
Andrea Bocelli

November 27th
Diversity

November 29th
The War of the Worlds

December 3rd
Cheerios Childline Concert

December 4th
Horslips

December 5th & 6th
Arcade Fire

December 12th
Here Come the Girls!

December 14th
Deadmaus

December 15th
Elton John with Ray Cooper

December 16th
Shakira

December 18th
Meatloaf

2010 GUINNESS Series

Rugby fans don't have much longer to wait for international rugby to return to Lansdowne Road with the Autumn Internationals kicking-off at Aviva Stadium next month. The first match on 6th November sees Ireland play World Cup holders South Africa. In a clash of colours the visiting team gets to wear their home jersey, but to mark the special occasion South Africa have waived this right so that Ireland can play in green. The Ireland team will also play Samoa on 13th November, New Zealand on 20th November and Argentina on 28th November.

At just a stone's throw from Aviva Stadium, Mount Herbert Hotel is the ideal place to experience the atmosphere of the Guinness Series. Our room only rates for the Autumn Internationals start from just €49.50 per person sharing - give us a call on 01 6142000 for more information or to make a booking.

The 2010 Guinness Series Ireland Squad:

Forwards (19)

Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)
Tony Buckley (Shannon/Munster)
Tom Court (Malone/Ulster)
Sean Cronin (Buccaneers/Connacht)
Stephen Ferris (Dungannon/Ulster)
John Hayes (Bruff/Munster)
Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)
Jamie Heaslip (Naas/Leinster)
Brett Wilkinson (Connacht)
Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster)
John Muldoon (Galwegians/Connacht)
Donncha O'Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Sean O'Brien (Clontarf/Leinster)
Mick O'Driscoll (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster)
Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster)
Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Damien Varley (Garryowen/Munster)
David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster)

Backs (15)

Isaac Boss (Terenure College/Leinster)
Tommy Bowe (Ospreys)
Gordon D'Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Gavin Duffy (Galwegians/Connacht)
Keith Earls (Thomond/Munster)
Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock / Leinster)
Shane Horgan (Boyne/Leinster)
Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster)
Johne Murphy (Young Munster/Munster)
Ronan O'Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Brian O'Driscoll (UCD/Leinster)
Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster)
Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)
Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster)

Camphill Ladies Raise €25,000

Here's a piece about Camphill Communities of Ireland's participation in this year's Flora Women's Mini Marathon that was featured in their newsletter, Camphill Spirit. Mount Herbert Hotel are delighted to have been able to provide a helping hand to the partipants with our facilities. Congratulations to Camphill on raising this phenomonal amount for their charity.

Camphill Ladies Raise €25,000
The Flora Women's Mini Marathon of 10k took place on a very wet day in Dublin on Bank Holiday Monday, June 7th 2010. In total there were 40,397 runners from all over the world. The Dublin Mini Marathon is the biggest all women event of its kind in the world and a major event in every charity's organisational calendar including Camphill. 121 volunteers were drawn from all communities in Ireland from Ballybay to Carrick-on-Suir and Dunshane and Greenacres in between. All ran or walked in support of Camphill Communities and in excess of €25,000 was raised for individual communities, thanks to their efforts. About 70 Camphill participants enjoyed the facilities offered by the Mount Herbert Hotel in nearby Ballsbridge, and arrived in time for a pre-run lunch and change of clothes. After that, the Greenacres bus began ferrying people to the start at Merrion Square an back afterwards for a hot shower and refreshments. Our thanks to John Loughran of the Mount Herbert for his support, which he has undertaken to provide again next year, when we hope to double our participation and funds raised. For information, sponsorship cards or tee shirts contact Michael Hilary at: 087 2568810

Dublin Marathon

People all over Ireland and further afield are getting ready for the 31st Dublin Marathon, which takes place on Monday 25th October.

13,000 entries were received this year for what is internationally known as the "Friendly Marathon", not least because of the great support shown by specatotors on the city's streets. The single lap course is mostly flat, participants will be happy to know, and takes in Dublin sights including St. Stephen's Green, Trinity College, O'Connell Street, Phoenix Park, and the RDS just up the road from us.

We've put together a great Dublin Marathon special offer here at Mount Herbert Hotel. Park your car for free, check in and enjoy dinner in our Tritonville Bar & Terrace (with pasta on the menu for marathon participants!), have a great night's sleep in one of our stylish rooms, and get an early breakfast the next morning before the event (with a selection of fresh fruit available but also full Irish breakfast to keep the spectators going!). And there's no need to think about checking out until later on as we've extended this until 4pm for our Dublin Marathon offer. This offer is just €49.50 per person sharing, or €79 for single occupancy!

Call us on 01 6142000 or email us at info@mountherberthotel.ie for more information or to make a booking.

To all who are particpating, good luck, we hope the weather is perfect on the day!

Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival

The Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival started its mammoth programme of 363 performances in 22 venues from 10 different countries yesterday, and goes on until October 17th.

As well as a huge variety of shows to take your pick from, there is also a long list of special events.

"In Development" gives you the opportunity to see major Irish theatrical works before they hit the stage (free but booking essential).

"Panel Discussions" looks at topics including the recent turbulence of the world economy, the ethical, environmental and social responisibilities of supernational companies, and the influence of the audience on artists' works (free and not ticketed).

"The Wonderful World of Hugh Hughes" includes an invitation to help him create his next show with an audience, and a documentary about him after which he will be available to answer questions (both free and not ticketed).

The full programme is available on the festival website and information is also being posted on their blog.

Mount Herbert Hotel is just 2 DART stops from the city centre for anyone looking for accommodation for the festival.

Enjoy the show(s)!