Eliza Lodge & Italian Corner Restaurant

Nestled in the heart of Dublin, Eliza Lodge boasts some of the best-appointed rooms in Dublin city, Situated as it is in Dublin’s fantastic city centre, our modern, luxury guesthouse fronts onto the beautiful River Liffey, which majestically dissects our historic and lively capital. Overlooking the Millennium footbridge, a little down-river from the historic Four Courts buildings and just up-river from the famous Halfpenny Bridge, the views from Eliza Lodge are quite wonderful. All penthouses, executive and double rooms enjoy these beautiful vistas.

There are 18 bedrooms in total. All feature natural wood, modern furnishings, quality orthopaedic beds, en-suite bathrooms and full air-conditioning. Internet access is also available. If you require a baby cot/crib just ask. In addition each room is equipped with direct-dial telephone, multi-channel TV, hospitality tray, personal safe, hairdryer and ironing facilities.

The Executive rooms feature Jacuzzi baths as well as large round bay windows to enhance the panoramic views. Each Penthouse room enjoys the very best views of all, with a vast window expanse as well as a fantastic external balcony.

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Eliza Lodge
24 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2.
Ph: +353-(1)-671-8044
Fax: +353-(1)-671-8362
email: info@elizalodge.com

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

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When I was growing up Saint Patrick was always somewhere to be seen or heard. Pictures of Saint Patrick hung in every Catholic House and his name was a regular feature of conversation, St Patricks School, St Patricks well, Saint Patricks Chair, Saint Patricks Church, Saint Patricks Monastery, Saint Patricks Day and so on. All I can say is that Saint Patrick was a very busy man while in Ireland.

The pictures that I have posted with this Hub are pictures of a Round Tower that is built on the site of one of the many monasteries that Saint Patrick established while in Ireland. To be honest in recent years much that surrounds Saint Patrick has been commercialised, Saint Patrick's Day has become renowned the world over as a Day of Drinking and celebration, which is great, but I honestly like to focus on all the great works that Saint Patrick done when he was in Ireland. I love visiting the many sites where Saint Patrick established his churches and monasteries, most now lay in ruins but there is something spiritual about these sites, something mystical.

In the summer time each year people from all over the world travel to Ireland to climb one of Ireland's highest Mountains in Westport, County Mayo. At the top of this mountain there is a small church that was built on the spot where Saint Patrick spent some days praying and reflecting on his ministry. Thousands of people come to this mountain each year to pray and pay their respects to the man who brought Christianity to Ireland.

Saint Patrick is known the world over, and on the 17th of March 2010 the world will celebrate his special day. Also on Saint Patrick's Day political leaders from Ireland will attend the White House and present President Obama with a bowl of shamrock. This is a tradition that spans many decades, and setting aside politics for a moment, it is an important symbol of the relationship between Ireland and the USA. This relationship is covered more deeply in my Hub "Ireland's Love Affair With America", however, it is enough to say here that Ireland is an adopted American State.

Ireland's relationship with America is unique, our forefathers went to America to seek a better life, our brothers and sisters today continue to go to America to seek a better life. President, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, who was murdered in 1963, was and remains one of our greatest gifts to the American people. JF Kennedy showed the Irish people that it was possible for Irish people to reach their full potential in the USA. I know his political outlook did not suit everyone, but this is about the symbol not the politics.

Many Mothers and Fathers cried as their sons and daughters boarded the boat for America, but they knew in their hearts that America offered opportunities that Ireland as a small Island nation could not. Throughout American society the Irish can be found, they did not all make it good, but those that did never forgot their people back home. Each year gifts of clothes and money would be sent back to family and friends, American brand names were often first seen in Ireland when they arrived in the post.

During the recent economic success in Ireland (1997-2006) the American imprint is not hard to find. American companies invested heavily in Ireland, at one point during the peak of the economic boom, one in every ten people employed in industry in Ireland were employed by American companies. We are now in economic recession, however, that’s how capitalism works, ups and downs, swings and roundabouts. It is again to America that Ireland looks for investment and innovation. It should be said at this point that while we love America, we do not always agree with its foreign policy, we recently banned American planes from bringing prisoners or arms through our Shannon Airport, once we were told that was happening.

Chuck Feeney and other successful Irish Americans have pumped hundreds of millions into our universities and research and development facilities. It is this type of investment and foresight that gives Ireland hope for the future. We love big macs, coke, KFC just as much as any New Yorker, during the summer months our Island is awash with Irish Americans who return home to the mother land.


Many small businesses in Ireland depend on the trade generated by American tourism in Ireland, last year we seen a decline in visitors due to the weak dollar compared to the Euro, but hopefully that will change this year. The American Embassy in Dublin, Ireland, is a focal point for the Irish American axis, following 9/11 tens of thousands of Irish people queued up to sign a book of condolences for the victims of that cowardly attack. The vast majority of people in Ireland are not supportive of any acts of terrorism, whether that terrorism be carried out by a democratically elected government or a subversive organisation.

The Irish people love America and for all the right reasons. The Irish people love the idea of the American dream, we know that that dream has been shattered for many in recent times, but tomorrow is another day. Saint Patrick offers the Irish and Irish Americans the opportunity to celebrate all that is good about the Irish people. The world will join in that celebration, I will take fresh shamrock from my garden and wear it proudly on the 17th of March, I will attend the local town parade and I will enjoy the company of those who love Ireland and our relationship with America.

JF Kennedy 46 years after his brutal murder continues to hang on the walls of many Catholic homes here in Ireland, this shows the depth of feeling that the Irish people have for our American cousins. Ireland is the adopted State of the USA and we wish everyone the world over a very happy Saint Patrick's Day.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

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Eliza Lodge & Italian Corner Restaurant: Valentines Day Special -

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When we think of Valentine’s Day we don’t automatically think of Great Britain in the nineteenth-century. However, it was in Great Britain in the nineteenth-century that the sending of Valentine cards became a fashion. This cottage industry of card making and sending for Valentine’s Day was soon viewed as a possible commercial enterprise.

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Esther Howland was to many an ordinary woman living in Worcester, Massachusetts. However, Esther had a keen eye for business and so it was that in 1847 Esther established a very successful home based business making Valentine Cards. Many women today who aspire to being self- employed in their own business need look no further for inspiration than Esther Howland.
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Esther used the British card models to design and fashion her Valentine Cards. Esther had identified a commercial niche in the market and filled it with her beautiful cards. What an inspiration Esther remains today, at a time when many women were expected to know their place, Esther struck a blow for women and their rights to equality and freedom.

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America which is world famous today for its hello and goodbye greetings, "You have a nice day now", was no different in the 19th century. The Valentines card become very popular in 19th Century America and its commercialisation just went from strength to strength.
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Indeed it is fair to say that the Valentine Card introduced in America by Esther was the fore runner to the array of general greeting cards found now in America for all and every occasion. The Valentine cards were the blue print for the commercialisation of all American holidays, where people now exchange cards and greetings as a way of saying thanks.

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Each year across the world there are approximately one billion Valentines cards exchanged, who could ever have imagined that. With cards selling for anything from $1 to $50 + this is big business indeed. Indeed Valentine’s Day is only out done by Christmas in the card sales industry. When one adds to card sales the sales of romantic dinners, wine, fancy underwear, chocolates, teddy bears and so on and so forth this is certainly a mass market at an otherwise commercially quiet time of the year.

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It is also worth noting that study after study shows that men spend twice as much on Valentine’s Day as women do. One wonders why this is. It is also worth noting that in 1797, fifty years before Esther Howland launched her card business, a British publisher had issued The Young Man’s Valentine Writer. This booklet contained dozens of verses and romantic lyrics for those young men who could not find their own words to describe their feelings for the woman they loved.

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One wonders if the publication of such a book in 1797 suggests that men may be the ones that treat Valentines with the seriousness it deserves. It is also worth noting that during this period when postage was so expensive most cards were delivered by hand. Later of course with the advent of the penny stamp postage system, cards could be sent by post. This of course was less personal and lacked the face to face contact and hand touching of the previous century.
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Esther was not the only one to tap into the commercialisation of Valentine cards, indeed numerous cards were being produced with drawings and verse. The printing presses could now mass produce cards and these were known as 'mechanical valentines'. So now we had mass production and cheaper postage. And human kind being what it is meant that cards could now be sent anonymously by post, It also meant that the prudish Victorian caution was gone and cards became more saucy.

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It was now possible to send a card containing a saucy verse and drawing to the person you may simply have fancied. Today of course things have gone a step further. The introduction of the Internet has seen an explosion in the number of greetings and exchanges between people from different continents and cultures. Cyber space is the new meeting place for millions of people. Not only do people now meet and exchange greetings on the internet but they can meet their life partner on the net.

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Saint Valentine would be happy that so many people honour his name with love and friendly greetings. The man himself was a Christian Martyr; he was a Priest in Rome who was murdered around the year 269 AD.

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Saint Valentine is laid to rest in Dublin, Ireland. His relics are interred at the Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church. They were presented as a gift to the Carmalite Order from Pope Gregory xvi in 1835.
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