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Monday 9:30am - 5:30pm Tuesday 9:30am - 5:30pm Wednesday 9:30am - 5:30pm Thursday 9:30am - 5:30pm Friday 9:30am - 5:30pm Saturday 9:30am - 5:30pm Sunday 9:30am - 5:30pm

Pearse Museum and St Enda's Park

Name: Pearse Museum and St Enda's Park
Address: Grange Road, Rathfarnham, DUBLIN16, IE
Telephone: +35314934208
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Welcome to the official OPW page for Pearse Museum and St. Enda's Park. Former school run by Patrick Pearse, now a Museum in beautiful grounds. St.

Attractions include exhibitions, an audio-visual show titled "This Man Kept a School" and a Nature Study room with attractive displays on Irish flora and fauna. Access for visitors with disabilities to ground floor and Nature Study room. Enda's Park - One of Dublin city's most charming and atmospheric parks, with its riverside walks, waterfall and walled garden. Location: 8km approximately from Du

blin City Centre

Bus Route(s): No. 16 from City Centre. Get off at the stop opposite the Park on Grange Road. Guided tours available. Call 01 493 4208 or email us at [email protected] for further information or to book a group visit. Disabled access to all areas except the Halla Mór

Leaflet/Guide book: English, Irish. Seasonal Events: A variety both indoors and outdoors take place throughout the year. Please check in advance using contact details listed above

Park opening Times:
May – August 9am – 9pm
September 9am – 8pm
October 9am – 6pm
November – January 9am – 4.30pm
February 9am – 5.30pm
March 9am – 6pm
April 9am – 8pm
At weekends and Bank Holidays, the Park opens at 9am. The Park is closed on Christmas Day.

17/06/2026

We are delighted to collaborate with the Indian Classical Music Society of Ireland to present 'Sacred Strings: An Intimate Afternoon of Sitar with Shakir Khan'
Sunday 5 July
Time: 3 pm
Duration: 90 min (No Interval)

Shakir Khan (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shakirsitar/, Website: https://www.shakirkhan.in/) lives in India and is one of the most acclaimed young exponents of the legendary Etawah Gharana of Sitar, following in the footsteps of his father and guru, the renowned sitar maestro Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan. As the eighth-generation torchbearer of this distinguished musical lineage, Shakir carries forward a rich tradition of Sitar and Surbahar, tracing back to his grandfather Ustad Aziz Khan, great-grandfather Ustad Wahid Khan, and grand-uncle Ustad Vilayat Khan.

With a deep command of sur (melody) and laya (rhythm), Shakir’s performances captivate audiences worldwide. His artistry extends beyond classical music, seamlessly blending into international fusion projects such as the European Jazz Ensemble (Germany) and Human Evolution (Spain). Committed to preserving and sharing his heritage, he founded Swar Setu in memory of his grandfather, training students globally.

Shakir has graced prestigious festivals including Dover Lane Music Conference (Kolkata), Sawai Gandharva Festival (Pune), Saptak Festival (Ahmedabad), Darbar festival (Barbican, London), to name a few. He has also performed extensively across the US, Canada, and Europe, including a celebrated appearance at the Woodstock Festival, Poland (2008). He has been touring Ireland for the last two years performing at prestigious venues like Pearse Museum, Rathfarnham Castle, Civic Theatre in Dublin and Belltable in Limerick.

Recognized for his contributions to Indian classical music, Shakir has received several awards, including the most prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar in 2023.

A brilliant performer and dedicated mentor, Shakir continues to enchant audiences worldwide with the depth, elegance, and innovation of his music.

Accompanying Shakir on the Tabla is Sanatan Shrivastava (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sanatan.tabla/). Sanatan is a Dublin-based Indian tabla artist with many years of dedicated training and performance experience in Hindustani classical music, shaped under the guidance of esteemed gurus from the Ajrara and Farrukhabad gharanas. Having performed at prestigious platforms including Harivallabh Sangeet Sammelan, Gandhi Smriti, All India Radio, and RTÉ Ireland Ceol Le Chéile, he is known for blending deep-rooted classical tradition with versatile collaborations across khayal, thumri, bhajan, sufi, ghazal, and cross-cultural musical projects, actively building artistic connections between Indian and Irish musical communities.

Admission free. Booking is essential as seating is limited at [email protected] or 01 493 4208.

09/06/2026

We are delighted to welcome back the Balally Players to St Enda's Park, always a highlight of our summer!

The Balally Players will present The Comedy of Errors, one of Shakespeare’s earliest and most beloved comedies, in a lively new production packed with wit, romance, and theatrical chaos.
The story follows two sets of identical twins, separated in childhood after a terrible storm. Unknown to one another, both pairs now reside in Ephesus, setting the stage for a whirlwind of mistaken identities, comic confusion, and escalating hilarity that throws an entire town into disarray.

Balally’s ensemble cast delivers a high-energy performance that breathes fresh life into Shakespeare’s classic text. Combining physical comedy, flirtation, and pantomime-inspired humour, the production makes the language accessible and entertaining for modern audiences while remaining faithful to the spirit of the original play.

While laughter lies at the heart of the production, The Comedy of Errors also explores themes of family, loss, belonging, and reconciliation. Moments of romance and emotional depth balance the comedy, creating a production that is as touching as it is entertaining. Audiences can expect an evening of infectious humour, fast-paced performances, and theatrical mayhem as estranged brothers unknowingly cross paths and confusion reigns supreme in the streets of Ephesus.

This vibrant production promises something for everyone — from longtime Shakespeare lovers to those experiencing his work for the very first time.

The shows run nightly from 30 June - 3 July inclusive, starting at 7.30pm each night. Tickets available from www.milltheatre.ie or on the gate.

17/05/2026

Meet talented young artist Dan Dorcey with one of two beautiful paintings he did for National Drawing Day, and which we are delighted to display in the Nature Room.

Thank you for sharing your art with us Dan!

15/05/2026

It's National Biodiversity Week, a week of special events throughout the country which celebrate our connection with nature and our environment, and which encourage us to play our part in protecting biodiversity.

To mark the week, St Enda's Park will host two special events:

Wednesday 20th May 2pm
Join Alan Tomney for a guided walk focusing on our native trees

Thursday 21st May 2pm
Join us for a biodiversity walk led by Eddie Hill

Both events are free, and the meeting point for both walks is in the courtyard.

13/05/2026

Saturday 16 May is National Drawing Day, so come along to Pearse Museum and St Enda's Park and explore your artistic side! You're welcome to sketch and draw in the Park and Museum. Drawing materials will be available in both the Museum and the Nature room, and colouring sheets showing illustrations showing Cú Chulainn, Fionn mac Cumhaill and other members of the Fianna from the time of Scoil Éanna will also be available.

St. Enda's Park and Pearse Museum are inspiring places, so what better space could you find in which to try your hand at creating some art!

04/05/2026

This is one of three poems written by Patrick Pearse in Arbour Hill Barracks. It was dedicated to his brother Willie. At the time Patrick had no idea that Willie would also be executed for his role in the 1916 Rising on 4 May 1916.

To My Brother

O faithful!
Moulded in one womb,
We two have stood together all the years,
All the glad years and all the sorrowful years,
Own brothers: through good repute and ill,
In direst peril true to me,
Leaving all things for me, spending yourself
In the hard service that I taught to you,
Of all the men that I have known on earth,
You only have been my familiar friend,
Nor needed I another.

03/05/2026

Today marks the 110th anniversary of the ex*****on of Patrick Pearse in Kilmainham Gaol on 3 May 1916. Ongoing sniper fire in the city meant his family could not get to the Gaol to say goodbye. His last letter to his family concluded with the lines:
'Wow-wow, Willie, Mary Brigid, and Mother, good-bye. I have not words to tell my love for you, and how my hearts yearns to you all. I will call to you in my heart at the last moment.'

12/04/2026

The Brothers by artist Liam O'Neil, unveiled in 2002 in the Walled Garden at St Enda's Park. In memory of the brothers Patrick and William Pearse who were e executed for their involvement in the 1916 Rising.

05/04/2026

On Easter Sunday, 23 April 1916, the Pearse brothers returned, somewhat unexpectedly, to St. Enda's. They had made their farewells the previous day, but due to the postponement of the Rising they were able to return to their mother and sisters and had a supper of chicken salad. The cups the two brothers drank from that day were preserved by their mother as a memento of that last family time together and are on display in the museum today. Years later, Patrick's sister Margaret described their final goodbye in the front hall:
'After tea and a little talk they both arranged to leave us again. As they were passing through the front hall Pat suddenly turned back and went down the stairs again. Mother said, ‘Did you forget something?’ He said ‘I did’. He came back and either mother or I asked him ‘Did you get it?’ – I do not know what it was that he had forgotten – his answer was ‘I did’. Those were the last words I ever heard him speak.'

17/03/2026

On St. Patrick's Day 1917 Conor McGinley, a former pupil of Patrick Pearse in Scoil Éanna, was incarcerated in Lewes Prison in England as a result of his involvement in the 1916 Rising. Throughout his time in English prisons he received lots of lettters and postcards from relatives and friends at home. Today we are featuring some of the St. Patrick's Day postcards he received, including one from his brother Eunan (another former Scoil Éanna pupil and 1916 Rising veteran) and his sister Máire. Among the other postcards he received was one from Alice Milligan, the nationalist poet and Gaelic League campaigner who seems to have been living in Nottingham at the time. A studio photograph taken of Conor around this time shows him sitting on the left, his sister Máire standing in the middle and Eunan on the right.

Address

Grange Road
Rathfarnham
DUBLIN16

Opening Hours

Monday	9:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday	9:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday	9:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday	9:30am - 5:30pm
Friday	9:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday	9:30am - 5:30pm
Sunday	9:30am - 5:30pm

Telephone

+35314934208

Website

https://heritageireland.ie/visit/places-to-visit/pearse-museum-st-endas-park/

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