Pearse Museum, Museum in Rathfarnham, Ireland
The Pearse Museum is a museum in Rathfarnham, County Dublin, housed in a former school building within St. Enda's Park. It displays recreated period rooms and collections of objects connected to Patrick Pearse and his brother William.
Patrick Pearse opened a school for boys here in 1908, placing the Irish language and culture at the center of teaching. After his execution in 1916, the family kept the school running for some years before it closed in 1935 and the building passed into state care.
The museum displays William Pearse's sculptures alongside teaching materials that show how the Irish language was taught in the early 1900s. Visitors can walk through the rooms where these ideas were put into practice.
The museum is open seven days a week and admission is free. It stands in St. Enda's Park in Rathfarnham, on Dublin's south side, so the grounds can be walked before or after the visit. The museum reopened on 28 November 2008 after renovation work that began in May 2006.
The house was built after 1786 and from 1840 to 1857 was the home of Richard Moore, Attorney General for Ireland and a judge. The museum closed for renovations in May 2006 and reopened on 28 November 2008. A nature study room in the courtyard behind the school house holds examples of Irish plants and animals.
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