Rising eight storeys and with over 200 bedrooms, The Samuel is a bold new addition to Dublin’s hotel accommodation. With its modern, best-in-class architecture and central location in the city’s rejuvenated and dynamic docklands, it’s the perfect base for a city break.
The hotel is named after one of Ireland’s greatest writers, and one of the island’s four winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Samuel Beckett. The twentieth-century, avant-garde, literary master, probably best known for his play ‘Waiting for Godot’, was born in Dublin.
Commenting on the opening of the hotel, the Samuel’s general manager, Ann-Marie Traynor, says: “In Dublin, we are proud of our people, culture and history. We feel the connection between people and place is really reflected throughout the Samuel, whether that be the link to our literary legend, Samuel Beckett, in our name, or through the eye-catching art by local creatives visible throughout the Samuel Bar and Grill.”
The hotel is located close to another Beckett landmark in the city, the Samuel Beckett Bridge, a modern and eye-catching construction that evokes the shape of the Irish harp.
With many of Dublin’s biggest attractions nearby, including the award-winning EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum and the Jeannie Johnston Famine Ship, the Samuel offers a great base for exploring the city.