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Merrion Square
Dublin's grandest Georgian square, lined with colorful doors, with a reclining statue of Oscar Wilde.
- Open
- Every day, by day
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 45 minutes
- Address
- Merrion Square, Dublin 2Directions
- Getting There
- A 10-minute walk from Trinity College.
Why Go
Laid out from 1762, the square's red-brick houses were home to Oscar Wilde, W. B. Yeats and Daniel O'Connell. Wilde lounges on a rock in the park, opposite his childhood home.
Painters hang their work on the railings at weekends.
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