Trinity City Hotel

Trinity City Hotel, formerly the Trinity Capital Hotel, is a 4-star hotel located at 13-27 Pearse Street, in Dublin, Ireland. The hotel has 262 rooms located in "Victorian, Georgian and modern wings".
History
In 1791, the Wide Streets Commission laid out the street on which the now hotel sits. The street was named Great Brunswick Street in honour of King George I of Great Britain, the Duke of Brunswick. Soon after, buildings were constructed opposite the walls of Trinity College, Dublin, where the hotel now stands. Among the first of these buildings were numbers 23, 24, 25 and 26, which were built in 1818. The facades were refurbished, along with the interior of the buildings, before the 2006 Ryder Cup.
Among the businesses occupying this site was Robert Tedcastle's Coal Merchants, which began trading at 19-20 Great Brunswick Street in the 1850s and remained until the 20th century. From 1910 until 1924 the British Army Recruiting Office stood at 23-25 Great Brunswick Street.
Padraig Pearse, one of the executed leaders of the 1916 Rising, was born a couple doors down at 27 Great Brunswick Street in 1879. The original house stands, while the hotel occupies the back garden. In 1923 the name of the street was changed to Pearse Street to honour Padraig Pearse and his brother Willie.
Between 1906 and 1909 the Dublin Fire Brigade established its headquarters at number 14 Pearse Street, where it intersects with Tara Street. The station served Dublin for nearly 100 years until a new station was established on Townsend Street. The Trinity City Hotel has preserved the original exterior of the station including the watchtower, which has been developed to incorporate it into the hotel.
Trinity City Hotel is owned by MHL Hotel Collection, and was subject to a €16m redevelopment in 2018.

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