Number 31 is an unusual place to find in the heart of Georgian Dublin off busy Leeson Street. Built by the famous Dublin architect Sam Stephenson as his home, it is an oasis of peace and quiet, hidden behind a high creeper-covered wall. The house has many interesting features; the low entrance opens up into a spacious drawing room with a sunken sitting area, featuring a bar, fireplace, high ceilings and tall windows. There are terraces, patios and different levels, and the comfortable en suite bedrooms all have hairdryers, telephones, TVs and tea and coffee making facilities.

From the back of the house a winding path leads through gardens to the back door of Fitzwilliam Place - a total contrast of architecture and style, it's a beautiful, classical building with ornate ceilings and enormous rooms. Brian and Mary Bennett acquired this elegant Georgian town house during the last two years, furnishing and decorating it in keeping with the period. Deliberately, Fitzwilliam Place has no public rooms - guests that stay here cross the garden to make use of Number 31's drawing room, and for breakfast, which is quite a feast and is served in either the upstairs dining room or in the enclosed conservatory. Off-street, secure parking is available. It is not suitable for children under 10. Smoking is only allowed in the living room. No pets.

From Bed & Breakfast Ireland, the independent guide to over 400 B&B's throughout Ireland.

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Maybe you'll stay in the place described as a pre-Famine wisteria-covered farmhouse -one of several overnight options in Westport, County Mayo. Or maybe you'll opt for the large Georgian mansion just beyond an iron gateway in Ballymote, County Sligo. Maybe you'll stay in one of the other 400 or so accommodations in this revised and expanded version of the book (Bed and Breakfast Ireland) that first hit the United States in 1991. Only an occasional line drawing interrupts the text; and in the back of the 319 page book, regional maps-which include ferry routes-cover the whole of the Irish Isle, from Derry and Belfast in the north to the Dingle Peninsula and Cork in the south. Each lodging entry ends with the names of the owners, season of operation and number of rooms. This review refers to an earlier edition of Bed and Breakfast Ireland as is the extract above. The latest edition of Dillard and Causin's Bed and Breakfast Ireland contains even more entries.

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