Iveagh Garden Hotel
Andrea Smith, in The Lonely Planet, writes:
Dublin’s newest accommodation offering, Iveagh Garden Hotel, will source its energy from an underground river that runs 50 metres below the hotel.
This makes it the first hotel in Europe to develop a unique low energy system that creates the lowest carbon footprint possible. The four-star hotel in the Irish capital opened this week on Harcourt Street, a renowned Georgian street.
A new Dublin hotel is fully powered by an underground river (Andrea Smith, The Lonely Planet)
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Looks nice.
Is the river the Poddle?
The Dodder I’d assume?
Dodder runs nowhere near. Think it’s the Stein River…. there’s about 50 rivers in Dublin….
The Stein River according to this map.
Love finding out about rivers Dublin has burried. Me missus says the Swan used to come up through her office’s basement in Rathmines when ever it rained lots. When they were LUASing at Broadstone, you were able to look down into the Bradogue’s curvert too for a while.
https://arranqhenderson.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/2poddle-large-scale-from-claire-sweeneys-rivers-of-dublin_21.jpg?w=768
Probably the Swan?
Edit: Nevermind.
Never mind, the article says it the river Swan (never heard of it). I presume that’s where the pub got it’s name. Any history buffs out there?
In A star called Henry there’s a whole bit about his Da using the hidden Dublin rivers to escape. Naturally I don’t have a copy on me.
Rathmines and ranelagh are built on it. Bessborough parade off mountpleasant ave is built directly over it and the houses are arched in same shape of river.
Why the creepy CGI picture?
The river of urine after closing time on that street, perhaps?
I’m sceptical that the swan river can produce enough electricity to fully power a 152 room hotel.
I’m also sceptical that the rived is 50m below the hotel. Harcourt street isn’t 50m above sea level.
Yep. It’s the Stein River alright…..
Sounds like a great idea.
this is a very good thing in itself, and interesting for dublin history types like me.
however, it won’t give the workers there control over their own work lives.
capital recuperates everything.