Saint Enda's Park, Urban park and museum in Rathfarnham, Ireland
Saint Enda's Park is a 20-hectare public park in Rathfarnham, Dublin, held by the Irish state and managed by the Office of Public Works. Its centre is The Hermitage, a house built in 1760 for the Dublin dentist Edward Hudson, which now holds the Pearse Museum. The grounds also contain 18th- and 19th-century follies and garden buildings.
Patrick Pearse founded a school here in 1910 and ran it until 1916 when he left for the General Post Office during the Easter Rising. The institution was closely connected to the political events of that period.
The Pearse Museum displays exhibitions about Patrick and Willie Pearse in the historic rooms where they taught and ran their Irish-language school. Visitors can see how education was central to their vision and daily activities.
The park is open all year round, and between May and August its opening hours run from 9am to 9pm. On Sundays from June to August, music entertainment takes place in the courtyard beside the Pearse Building. The grounds are held by the Irish state and managed by the Office of Public Works.
Before the Easter Rising, the school's basement served as a bomb factory run by Desmond Ryan and Liam Bulfin, both members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. On Easter Monday 1916, Patrick Pearse left the school for the last time and marched the five miles to the General Post Office.
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