Bray Head Hotel

Degsy

Was up Bray direction recently and noticed this eery-looking kip..it looked like it was closed or ready to be knocked down but then i noticed a dim light glowing sinisterly from within..it would seem the place is open after all.
I couldnt bring myself to go and check though.
Anybody ever stayed here?
Is it actually haunted or does it just look like it?

phasers

Never been, but a review I found online isn't exactly glowing...

review wrote:

My husband went to this hotel enquire about booking rooms for for some friends who were visiting from out of town. He was confronted by the bar man (possibly an owner) as he entered the hotel - the bar man said my husband's "type" was not welcome in the hotel. When my husband asked what type was that, he was told "Northerners" as in people from Northern Ireland and the man raised a stick at my husband. When I called to complain about this incident, I was given a terse apology and hung up on.

http://travel.yahoo.com/p-hotel-473453-bray_head-i

John Mason

yes, the bray head is still open

Many a drunken tonight spent in the "alternative disco"

there is a thread about it in the wicklow forum - what it being in wicklow and all that

Degsy

irishbird wrote: »

there is a thread about it in the wicklow forum - what it being in wicklow and all that

Ah but i'm asking Dublin people on this forum so HA!

John Mason

Degsy wrote: »

Ah but i'm asking Dublin people on this forum so HA!

ah but a wicklow person answered you,so DOUBLE HA

Still no idea why it's in the Dublin forum...


But, it's a classic hotel/pub

:pac:

Degsy

Papa Smut wrote: »

But, it's a classic hotel/pub

:pac:

ANy more info?

_blank_

Degsy wrote: »

ANy more info?

Yes, Bray is in Wicklow.

Stop posting Wicklow-related topics in the Dublin City Forum, or I'll ban you

lolalux

Don't know if the hotel is open to public guests but the hotel is used a lot in film and television. They shot some of Breakfast on Pluto there and i've shot some low budget stuff there.

It has a very creepy empty atmosphere. Kind of a like front for drugs/IRA vibe. Also at the time we shot there about 4 years ago, it seems like some people were actually living there....

ian_m

Degsy wrote: »

Is it actually haunted

Question of the year. Where else would you ask other than boards.ie

loyatemu

I often see washing hanging on the fire escapes when going by on the Dart, so it appears there are people living in it alright, but afaik the bar and hotel are not open anymore.

Degsy

loyatemu wrote: »

I often see washing hanging on the fire escapes when going by on the Dart, so it appears there are people living in it alright, but afaik the bar and hotel are not open anymore.

Well if people are living in it that would imply the place is still open,unless its being squatted.

It had some sort of lights on the time i was in the carpark and i thought i discerned some movement frm within.

John Mason

Degsy - i told you it is open :rolleyes:

the bar opens at the weekend and the hotel is open all year round. some of the rooms were rent to the local council



http://www.tripadvisor.ie/Hotel_Review-g212098-d1078484-Reviews-Crofton_Bray_Head_Inn-Bray_County_Wicklow.html

ian_m

Keep an eye out for these guys.