Oscar Wilde House
AT ONE MERRION SQUARE
WE ARE OPEN AT WEEKENDS ONLY FROM SEPTEMBER TO APRIL.
Opening hours are from 11am to 6pm (last entry 5.15pm)
There are two ways to visit us.
We offer walk-in visits, or you can come on one of our special guided tours at 6pm each Saturday. The price of the walk-in visit is 12 euro per person. Discounted tickets are 10 euro per person and available for students, teachers, the unemployed, as well as disabled and retired persons.
You do not have to book for a walk-in visit, simply pay at reception. The guided tour can be booked on this website.
PLEASE NOTE THAT A HIGH LEVEL LEVEL OF ENGLISH IS REQUIRED FOR THE GUIDED TOUR.
THE GUIDED TOUR COSTS 22 EURO PER PERSON, LASTS 90 MINUTES, AND TELLS THE ENTIRE ASTOUNDING STORY OF THE WILDE FAMILY. THE GUIDED TOURS IS LIMITED TO 28 PEOPLE SO BOOK YOUR TOUR TODAY. THEY ALWAYS SELL OUT.
Oscar Wilde House is a NON-PROFIT ORGANISATION and a REGISTERED CHARITY. This year, for the first time, we have opened Oscar Wilde’s childhood bedroom as part of the house visit.
It was within these walls that the young Oscar took his first steps and where he was educated for the first ten years of his life. As a teenager Oscar attended the nearby Trinity College Dublin and lived at home for his first year at college. Oscar’s parents, Lady Jane Wilde (the poet Speranza) and Sir William Wilde, were famous long before Oscar made his mark on the world. The Wilde household was renowned as a centre of culture in Victorian Dublin for 21 years. To learn more, book your visit to the historic Wilde house today.
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