Merrion Square
Cearnóg Mhuirfean
The best-preserved Georgian square, with red-brick terraces and brightly painted doors around a garden, where a multicoloured marble statue of Oscar Wilde reclines.
Cearnóg Mhuirfean was built in the late 18th century and is surrounded by typical Georgian red-brick terraces, with brightly colored doors and fanlight windows that make classic Dublin postcard scenes. Oscar Wilde spent his childhood at No. 1, and in the northwest corner of the park is a multicoloured marble statue of him reclining against a rock. W.B. Yeats and other notable figures also lived around the square. The park is free to enter, and on weekends local artists often hang their paintings on the railings for sale. It sits next to the Gailearaí Náisiúnta na hÉireann and the government buildings.
Opening hours
Approx. 10:00 until dusk
Nearby sights
- National Gallery of Ireland
- National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology
- EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum
- Little Museum of Dublin
- Trinity College Dublin & Book of Kells
- St Stephen's Green
- Samuel Beckett Bridge
- Grafton Street