Pearse Museum
The Pearse Museum is open daily from 9.30am to 5pm. The Nature Room located in the courtyard at the rear of the Museum is open on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. The Park gates are open, except for the Main Avenue Gate which is open for pedestrian access and exit only. If you require an accessible car parking space please call the following numbers during park opening hours: 01 493 4208 or 087 235 2902. Throughout February the Park is open from 9am to 5.30pm.
From Thursday 22 December the tearooms are closed until further notice. We look forward to re-opening the tearooms in 2023.
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The Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park was where Patrick Pearse lived and ran his innovative Irish-speaking school, Scoil Éanna, between 1910-16.
‘The Hermitage’ was originally built by Edward Hudson, State Dentist, who signed a lease on the lands in 1786. Over a century later, Patrick Pearse discovered the house while on a historical pilgrimage of sites associated with Robert Emmet. Set in nearly fifty acres of beautiful parkland, the museum tells the story of Patrick Pearse and his brother William, both of whom were executed for their part in the 1916 Rising.
Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park are operated and managed by the Office of Public Works.
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The Follies of St. Enda’s Park
More people visit St. Enda’s Park in these pandemic times than ever before. Many notice the follies dotted around the park and probably wonder what these funny little buildings are all about. Follies are officially described as: “A Folly is a building constructed...
Art and St. Enda’s School
The Scoil Éanna Art Gallery Patrick Pearse had a keen interest in art and wrote some very insightful art criticism in the Gaelic League newspaper, An Claidheamh Soluis. Art played a key role in the life of Scoil Éanna. The boys were surrounded by works of art and the...
Pearse Museum Achieves Top National Award from The Heritage Council of Ireland
Pearse Museum, dedicated to the memory of one of the 1916 Proclamation signatories, Padraig Pearse, and his brother, William, based in his former school at St. Enda’s Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin, has achieved the highest standard possible under a museum national standards...
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