The Elegant Georgian, Dublin 2
SLEEPS 12
Realistically, is this going to be for every hen? Absolutely not. Five storeys of showstopping Georgian townhouse just off St Stephen’s Green — high ceilings, original features — and an eyewatering price tag to match. Every bedroom is en-suite. No dodgy pull outs. Boasting a drawing room for pre-dinner drinks and late-night conversations and private balconies that give people somewhere to disappear with a coffee or a glass of wine when they need a minute.
What shows up in the small things — stocked fridge, hosting touches that feel genuine rather than performative — is that someone has actually thought about what a group of people needs from a weekend.
Good to know: Five floors means stairs — a lot of them. All bedrooms en-suite. Central but on a quieter street, which you’ll appreciate by night two.
From £3,064 per night
The Mountain Retreat, Ticknock
SLEEPS 12
Set high above Dublin Bay in the mountains, this upside-down chalet has the kind of view that quietly reshapes the entire weekend — living spaces sit upstairs to make the most of it, so you wake up to coastline and city below you, and somehow that’s enough to make a full day of plans feel less urgent than they did last week. The big reception room has a bar, deep sofas, and an open fire that becomes the centre of every evening without anyone deciding it should.
The Blue Light pub is nearby and will become part of the weekend whether it’s on the itinerary or not. The road up is narrow, taxis need booking in advance, and you won’t be casually popping back and forth. But the commitment is the point. Once you’re there, it becomes very clear that this was always the right decision.
Good to know: About 25–30 minutes from the city centre via a narrow mountain road. Taxis need pre-booking. Best for groups who want the house to be most of the weekend.
From £1,350 per person
The Georgian on Ranelagh, Ranelagh
SLEEPS 12+
Ranelagh is leafy and quietly expensive-feeling, a short tram from the centre but calm enough that coming back to it on night two starts to feel like a very good decision. The house has the Georgian bones — tall windows, fireplaces, proportions that make sense — with a modern refresh that hasn’t stripped out any of the character. The kitchen and dining space is the anchor: big, sociable, somewhere you actually sit down together properly rather than hovering with plates, and the kind of room where dinner turns into drinks before someone eventually calls a taxi and gets everyone moving.
It’s clear about what it isn’t: no party house, residential street, neighbours who live here full time. What it is — a comfortable, well-run house where a big group can eat together, gather properly, and head out without anyone feeling like they’ve had a worse room than someone else — is harder to find in Dublin than it should be.
Good to know: Strict noise rules and residential setting. Five-minute walk to the tram. Free parking nearby. The garden is wild by design, not neglect.
From £636 per night
Old World Stables, Phoenix Park
SLEEPS 10
A converted stable with a swimming pool and sauna, five minutes from Dublin. I mean… sold.
Set down a private laneway beside Phoenix Park, this place leans fully into that “countryside but make it city” fantasy. You’ll hear birds, maybe a horse or two, and then remember you’re 15 minutes from central Dublin when someone suggests a pint. It’s charming in a very real way – not try-hard rustic, more warm, slightly old-world, with proper attention to detail. Inside, there are four bedrooms (mostly kings, plus one with an extra single), so no one’s drawing the short straw. Two are ensuite, which helps when everyone’s on the same getting-ready timeline. The layout is split around a courtyard, giving it that tucked-away feel, and the living spaces are cosy without feeling cramped.
But let’s be honest, the headline here is the pool and sauna setup. A heated indoor pool and a separate sauna you can dip in and out of all day. Morning swim, mimosas, then into town. Or… don’t leave at all.
From £1,050 per night
The Grand Georgian, City Centre, Dublin
SLEEPS 12
High ceilings, original features, a staircase that commands a room — and then absolutely no TV, a kitchen that’s basic at best, and a general feeling that this house has lived several lives before yours. All of that is the point.
Six bedrooms, multiple bathrooms, and nobody’s on a sofa bed — which in Dublin, at this price, is already doing something right. The rooms are big, the proportions are generous, and there’s enough artwork and accumulated character that it feels somewhere between a Dublin family home and a slightly chaotic cultural institution. It’s not slick and it knows it. What it is, is the kind of place where everyone ends up in the same room with a drink without anyone suggesting it, because the room is the kind that makes that happen. Location carries the rest: central enough that you’re into Dublin within minutes and back just as easily.
Good to know: No TV. Kitchen is basic — this is a base, not a hosting house. Six bedrooms and 5.5 bathrooms. Best for groups who like atmosphere over finish.
From £1,317 per night
The Georgian Above The Pub, City Centre
SLEEPS 8–10
Georgian building, creaking charm, and a pub directly underneath you, which is either the best feature on this list or the most dangerous one, depending on your group’s relationship with the phrase “just one more.” Inside, it’s more about the shared space than the bedrooms. The living room is genuinely big, which matters when everyone’s back at once and needs somewhere to land. Sleeping is a shuffle — sofa beds carry a lot of the weight, one bedroom does most of the structural work, and there’s one bathroom, which becomes a morning coordination exercise by day two. You feel the group size here, especially near the upper limit.
Noise is part of the agreement. Pub below, bars nearby, Dublin being Dublin outside the window. If you’re here for the full experience, that’s not a problem — it’s the reason you came.
Good to know: One bathroom for the whole group — have a loose plan for mornings. Sofa beds in the living room. You will hear the pub. That’s the deal.
From £758 per night
The Gardener’s Cottage, Luttrellstown Estate
SLEEPS 10
Inside a private estate on the grounds of Luttrellstown Castle, tucked behind a walled garden that looks like somewhere someone made up. It’s real, and it’s yours for the weekend.
Five bedrooms, an open-plan living space that keeps everyone connected, and a patio that gets used far more than expected once people clock what they’re looking out at. The cottage has been updated without losing its sense of place — warm and easy to settle into, nothing performative about it. Mornings here do something specific: coffee becomes a walk, the walk becomes an hour, and whatever was on the itinerary quietly gets moved to tomorrow. That’s not a failure of planning. That’s the house working.
Worth being clear: you’re staying in the cottage, not the castle, and access to the castle itself isn’t included. But the estate and clubhouse still give the weekend a sense of occasion that’s hard to manufacture elsewhere.
Good to know: About 30 minutes into Dublin city. Private estate location. Castle access not included. Best suited to slower weekends where the house is most of the plan.
From £2,000 per night
The Yellow Door, Temple Bar
SLEEPS 20–25
Two minutes from Temple Bar. Six bedrooms. Enough space to keep a group of twenty together without splitting into separate apartments. That’s the entire brief, and it delivers on it.
Inside, it’s functional and unapologetically built for volume — big communal areas, a cinema room, enough seating that nobody’s on an armrest by midnight. It’s not polished and it’s not trying to be. Some bathrooms sit inside bedrooms, which works for some group configurations and causes quiet negotiations for others — worth sorting before arrival rather than discovering at 11pm. The kitchen setup is basic for a house this size, and the finish in places shows its scale. But. You’re on a busy Temple Bar street, which means the weekend starts the moment you drop your bags and doesn’t really pause until you leave. For twenty people who want to be together, central, and within walking distance of everything Dublin does — this is one of the very few houses that can actually hold it.
Good to know: Extremely central — expect street noise throughout. Some bathrooms accessed through bedrooms.
From £2,649 per night
