1008408 Glashaus Hotel

The area around The Square in Tallaght was extensively built up towards the end of the Tiger era, with two hotels, an Marks and Spencers and a Captain Americas branch amongst the various things built. Three of those are gone; the area having been hit very hard with closures.

The Glashaus did actually close at the same time and along with the Tallaght Cross Hotel which is to reopen next year, was used for short-term accommodation for a while. But it was bought by the Comer development group and reopened as a hotel in 2014. There are now plans in to add another 24 bedrooms to the hotel.

For a relatively small hotel there is a decent sized bar, that seems to mostly work off food trade. I had lunch here, which was more than acceptable - more traditional than what I had in the nearby N2581 The Brass Fox a few weeks prior, but nothing wrong with that. My pint glass survived the closure and reopening, as it happens; and a complete rebranding of Smithwicks by Diageo in the interim.