Landmark sights in Dublin
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Oscar Wilde House
In 1855 the surgeon William Wilde and his wife ‘Speranza’ Wilde moved into 1 North Merrion Sq – the first residence built on the square (1762) – with their one-year-old son Oscar. They lived here until 1878 and we imagine that the young Oscar’s genius was stimulated by the famous literary salon hosted here by his mother. The family lived here right through Oscar’s education at Trinity. In 1994 the house was taken over by the American College Dublin. The first two floors have been restored to an approximate version of their appearance in Oscar’s day and can only be visited on a guided tour. Across the road, just inside the railings of Merrion Sq, is a flamboyant statue of …
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Shaw Birthplace
Entering (through velvet drapes) the atmospheric birthplace and museum on playwright George Bernard Shaw, an unassuming house on a sleepy terrace, is like stepping back in time to middle- class Victorian Dublin. The ‘time machine’ audio-tour (in several languages) has a wonderfully evocative soundscape full of witty asides about Victorian social mores.
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