Number Twenty Nine: Georgian House Museum, Georgian house museum in Dublin, Ireland

Number Twenty Nine is a Georgian townhouse at 29 Fitzwilliam Street Lower near Merrion Square in Dublin, furnished to show how it looked between 1790 and 1820. Tours led from the basement to the attic display wallpaper and carpets mixing replicas with authentic materials, Georgian furniture, fittings and clothes from the National Museum of Ireland, and paintings and sketches by Irish artists.

The first occupant was Mrs Olivia Beatty, widow of a local wine merchant, who lived there from 1794 to 1804; the lease then passed to banker Ponsonby Shaw. The ESB took over the building in 1928 and used it as offices until 1980. After permission to build office blocks on James Street East and Baggot Street, the ESB restored the house, reopening it in 1991, the year Dublin was European City of Culture.

The rooms reveal the class divisions of the era through their placement: servants occupied the basement quarters while the family lived in refined spaces above. This vertical separation was standard practice for wealthy households of the period and shows how people actually lived according to their social standing.

Visitors can explore the house independently or join guided tours that explain the different rooms and their purposes. The staircase connects all the floors, making it easy to move between the different areas of daily life.

The house's first occupant, Olivia Beatty, was the widow of a local wine merchant and lived at number 29 from 1794 to 1804; the lease then passed to the banker Ponsonby Shaw. The ESB Group took over the building in 1928, a year after the company was created, and used it as offices until 1980.