Lismore House Hotel

It is included on the Record of Protected Structures maintained by Waterford City and County Council.

[6] The British writer, William Makepeace Thackeray, stayed at the hotel in the mid-19th century.

[4][7] The hotel was updated and rebranded in 2006,[2] before becoming the subject of litigation between the then owners and bank lenders.

[9] The hotel, which had been closed since 2016,[10] was allocated for use as temporary emergency accommodation for asylum seekers in early 2023.

[11] While the proposal was met with some initial opposition due to a perceived "lack of consultation between the government and the community",[12] a number of international protection applicants ("mainly families with 23 children under the age of 17") were placed in the hotel in February 2023.