Introduction I recently returned from an eight night visit to Ireland, my first trip to this country. During our trip, we stayed in four hotels and visited seven others. This is my site inspection report. As with all of my reports, these are my subjective opinions. Others will (and should) feel otherwise! As a TA, it's impossible to evaluate service, so this is more of a reflection on the physical attributes of these properties. Location This hotel is located in an upscale residential neighborhood which boasts the most expensive real estate in Ireland. The hotel (built eleven years ago) fits into the red brick Georgian architecture of its neighborhood. It is convenient to the embassy district of Dublin, and Four Seasons provides a complimentary car service in its BMW 7-series house car to the central shopping district of Dublin. Our ride back to the Merrion took just six minutes, post rush hour.<br><br>The hotel offers an exercise room, lap pool, jacuzzi, and spa, along with restaurants and a Whiskey Bar. Furnishings are reminiscent of other FS hotels of its period with large, comfortable rooms, traditional styling, and marble bathrooms with soaking tub, step-in shower, and separate WC. Just a single vanity is available, although the counter space is very generous - plenty of room to hold the toiletry items of two guests.&nbsp; Room Deluxe rooms have a floor-to-ceiling window looking out either onto the attractive tree-lined neighborhood or garden courtyard; the large windows have the added advantage of bringing in a lot of light in often cloud-covered Dublin. The wall color was an attractive yellow, further lightening and warming the room. We also saw an immense Junior Suite (which includes a pullout sofa for a child staying in the room), but the real WOW room was the Corner Executive Suite (the hotel has four of this category). Its living room has a bay window looking out over the front of the hotel as well as a corner window, and there is a nicely dimensioned separate Master Bedroom.