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The Old Borough by Wetherspoon

4.0 star property
4-star hotel near Malahide Castle

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Dining
Family Triple Room, Accessible
Front of property
Exterior
Property grounds

Reviews

8.4 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Bar

Explore the area

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72 Main Street, Swords, K67 E6W7
  • Place, Pavilions Shopping Centre
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • Place, Swords Castle
    ‪4 min walk‬
  • Place, Trinity College
    ‪13 min drive‬
  • Airport, Dublin (DUB)
    ‪6 min drive‬

Room options

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, individually decorated, desk, laptop workspace

Double or Twin Room

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(21 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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Economy Double Room

Economy Double Room

7.4 out of 10
Good
(6 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Family Triple Room, Accessible

Family Triple Room, Accessible

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(4 reviews)
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds and 1 Twin Sofa Bed OR 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Sofa Bed

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, individually decorated, desk, laptop workspace

Double Room

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful
(15 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, individually decorated, desk, laptop workspace

Family Triple Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Sofa Bed OR 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Swords

In Swords .A stay at this hotel places you within half a mile (1 km) of Swords Castle and 3 miles (5 km) of Malahide Castle. Malahide Beach and Portmarnock Beach are also within 6 miles (10 km).

What's nearby

  • Pavilions Shopping Centre - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Swords Castle - 4 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Dublin Port - 11 min drive - 15.8 km
  • Trinity College - 13 min drive - 17.1 km
  • Guinness Storehouse - 17 min drive - 18.0 km

Getting around

  • Malahide Station - 6 min drive
  • Dublin Airport (DUB) - 11 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Arch Bar - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Indie Spice - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Butlers Chocolate Café - ‬4 min walk
  • The Old Borough
  • ‪The Cottage - ‬2 min walk

About this property

The Old Borough by Wetherspoon

4-star hotel near Malahide Castle
Along with a restaurant, there's a coffee shop/cafe on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. WiFi is free in public spaces. The Old Borough by Wetherspoon also features a garden, a fireplace in the lobby, and an elevator. Free self parking is available.

Smoking is allowed in designated areas at this 4-star Swords hotel.

  • 14 guestrooms or units
  • Breakfast available (surcharge)
  • Garden
  • Fireplace in lobby
  • Elevator
  • Smoking in designated areas
  • Bar or lounge
  • Coffee shop
  • Dining venue
The Old Borough by Wetherspoon offers 14 air-conditioned accommodations with complimentary bottled water and hair dryers. Each accommodation is individually decorated. Digital television is provided. Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers and complimentary toiletries.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access (speed: 25+ Mbps). Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Hypo-allergenic bedding, change of towels, and change of bedsheets can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 25+ Mbps
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free uncovered self parking on site
  • Limited onsite self parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Daily cooked-to-order breakfast available 7:00 AM to noon for a fee: EUR 2.95 to 8.60 for adults and EUR 2.95 to 2.95 for children
  • A bar/lounge
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A restaurant

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Bathroom emergency pull cord
  • Braille/raised signage
  • Elevator
  • Stair-free path to entrance
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to elevator
  • Wheelchair-accessible public washroom

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • 32-inch TV with digital channels

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Free bottled water

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Heating (climate-controlled)
  • Individual decor
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Laptop workspace
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property
The host will greet guests on arrival
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Host will greet you

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: approximately EUR 2.95 to 8.60 for adults, and EUR 2.95 to 2.95 for children

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. This property accepts Visa, Mastercard, and debit cards. Cash is not accepted. 

National rating

This property does not have a Ireland Tourist Board rating. For the benefit of our customers, we have provided a rating based on our rating system.

Property is also known as

The Old Borough by Wetherspoon Hotel
The Old Borough by Wetherspoon Swords
The Old Borough by Wetherspoon Hotel Swords

The Old Borough by Wetherspoon Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 218 out of 449 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 138 out of 449 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 52 out of 449 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 20 out of 449 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 21 out of 449 reviews

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Michael

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We did not eat at this hotel, room was nice, spacious, staff was fantastic. We were close to some restaurants, and a bus ride to Dublin for sightseeing, food, drink and shopping
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

karen

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Great area with access ti shops and restaurants close to airport Parking onsite minimal and no elevators
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The hotel reception is odd. You walk into the main floor bar and the ‘reception’ is a small office at the end of the bar. The elevator is the weirdest one I’ve ever seen. I rode it once, and thought I was stuck until I figured out how to open the door. Some instructions would have been useful. I didn’t ride it a 2nd time. Nice basic restaurant and bar on the main level. One of the few places I visited that provided ‘normal’ sized meals instead of ludicrously oversized sandwiches like many places serve. The breakfast options were limited. I usually just have a pastry or brown bread and coffee or tea, but no pastries, scones, or breads were available.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ashley

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Steven

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Large clean Room, very close to the Airport, walking distance to shops , bars snd restaurants
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Jeanne, STATE CENTER

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We felt like check in and dinner was very impersonal at Old Borough. When you check in it’s confusing that YOU need to track a staff member down. I ended up at the bar to check in. The young lady that checked me in was very nice and as helpful and she could be. We felt like we had the same experience when having dinner. You order with a QR code and have very little interaction with staff. The bar/restaurant was pretty busy, which we were there on a Friday night. Parking is a nightmare. There are very few parking spots - maybe 10 at best for the bar/restaurant and hotel. We were told to either park in a spot blocking someone in and move our car later that evening (when it thinned out) or park somewhere else. All in all the hotel was nice and clean. Staff were great.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Rebecca

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
This stay was fine however the bed was broken and it meant we had a pretty uncomfortable night of not a great deal of sleep. Everything else all good
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

jonathan

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Juergen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
We used the hotel for our last night before flying out of Dublin. For this, it was ok. However, the room hasn't seen a vacuum cleaner for a bit, and in the folds of the chair were breadcrumbs.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jamie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Maureen

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
I booked this property for it's location as it was a 10 minute drive to the car return at the airport and I did not want to stay at a generic hotel chain for our last night in Ireland as that makes me feel that my vacation has ended a day early. This hotel provided a lot of local flavor as I did not realize the whole first floor is a local pub! It's huge and does not play music as its clear everyone there is here to talk to each other. The food is like local diner or pub food and is inexpensive. The drinks are also a deal. The hotel "reception" is a closet at the end of the bar. The parking in front is extremely tight and fits all of 8 cars. The bed was a bit on the small size as were the rooms but we did get another day of Ireland vacation in so I met my objective in booking here. Its within walking distance to the Old School House restaurant where we went for dinner and across the street from a mall so it was a good location which was important to me.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Kian Guan

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Alistair

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

One Night Stay in Dublin

This was a one night stay. The room was clean & bed was comfortable, although it did not have a window but an overhead hatch with an electric blind to control the level of light that entered the room. We paid separately for breakfast which was excellent.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

David

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Our room had no window. Staff were pleasant and manager helpful but it’s a busy bar downstairs and an older, shabby ish establishment
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Margaret

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

John

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Had difficulty finding a parking space and then was blocked in when we wanted to leave in the morning. Could not access WiFi for the whole of the stay so left before breakfast to find WiFi. Very comfortable bed.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mike

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great stay in Swords

It was an amazing stay. Large, clean, updated room. High cathedral ceilings. Comfortable bed. Great staff. Very helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Fionnuala

Liked: Amenities
Room was nice, comfortable bed. The hotel is above a pub, while there is good sound proofing when people leave the pub at midnight they hung around for awhile after this making noise. Also it seems that there was some movement with the kegs at this time. Something to be mindful of, despite booking with a confirmed pay at the hotel local currency agreement via Expedia, I was charged in my currency prior to my arrival. This was inconvenient to me as I had money reserved in euros on a different card. I called the hotel initially and they advised this was a mistake and they could refund this on arrival, and I could pay at the hotel. When I arrived the woman was quite rude and advised they have started charging guests before they arrive as people were not showing up, and nothing could be done.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Richard

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

2/10 Terrible

Basil

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Elevator operation confusing and concerning. Room had no window or escape route in case of fire. No hot water for shower and breakfast was absolutely cold snd inedible. A really bad experience overall.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Colleen

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed one night before our flight. I was a little surprised at how busy the area was its in the heart of the town, or at least felt like it. Parking is very limited. The room was clean and spacious. Definitely not as luxurious looking as the pictures. Beds were comfortable. You have to take your luggage up the stairs or you can go through the restaurant to take the wheelchair lift (unless there another elevator somewhere?) Walking distance to shopping/restaurants and felt safe. Staff was friendly and helpful and drinks/food were reasonably priced. no mini fridge in room which would have been nice.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Riley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

geoffrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great wee town, close to airport.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025