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Dublin
Excursion
Dublin
FullDay
Excursion
All groups are escortedbythePLUS staff
National Gallery Oscar Wilde
House
Merrion Square Government
Buildings
St Stephen’s
Green
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The National Gallery
of Ireland was established
by an Act of Parliament
in 1854. The Museum has
around 2 500 paintings,
and 10 000 other works
in different media. Every
major European school
of painting is represented,
and it also houses
a renowned collection
of Irish paintings.
The Oscar Wilde House
is the former childhood
home of one of Dublin’s
most famous people,
the writer and dramatist
Oscar Wilde. The Wilde
family lived at Number
One Merrion Square for
the first 23 years
of Oscar’s life. During that
time the house had six
live-in servants
and two governesses
to help with the upkeep
of the house. The house
is where the Wilde family
went through many
tragedies. After the Wilde
family left the house, it
continued to be used as
a residence,but it eventually
fell into disrepair and it
was boarded up. Today
the house is the home
to the American College.
In 1994, when the College
came into possession
of the House, it was fully
restored and refurbished.
It was created to be
a teaching and cultural
facility.
Merrion Square was a
fashionable address for
the aristocracy and the
professional classes. These
houses were not exactly
like the houses English
people live in today.
They were much more
of a city home or a business
home, where the father of
the house had a business.
People lived upstairs in
order to enjoy the views
and fresher air as
the street was noisy
and smelly due to horses
being everywhere.
The statue is probably
one of the most visited
memorials in Dublin.
The statue’s nickname
is “The Fag on Crag”.
Oscar Wilde was
persecuted for his
flamboyant homosexuality,
and arrested for gross
indecency relating to
“the love that dare not
speak its name”. He was
found guilty and sentenced
to two years in jail.
The complex
of Government Buildings
was designed
for two government
departments, The Local
Government Board
and the Department of
Agriculture and Technical
Instruction. The complex
was completed in 1922,
and was immediately
occupied by the new Irish
State government.
More recently the building
has been transformed
for more modern use.
A number of departments
and key offices of
the Government of Ireland
occupy the building.
St Stephen’s Green is
the best known Victorian
pubic park in Ireland.
It was opened in 1880, and
it has maintained
the original Victorian
layout till this day.
Over 3.5 kilometres
of pathways are available
for everyone, and
a number of sculptures
are located throughout
the park. The park also
includes a popular
children’s playground
and a 19th century
bandstand, which is still
the focal point for free
daytime concerts during
the summer.
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