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  • In Photos: Oscariana Sees Oscar Wilde’s Childhood Home Open to the Public

    In Photos: Oscariana Sees Oscar Wilde’s Childhood Home Open to the Public

    By Adam Stynes

    Last month, marked the 170th birthday of Oscar Wilde. The City.ie took a visit to the famous poet’s childhood house where the event Oscariana was taking place, while also going to see key locations around Dublin associated with the poet’s life.  

    Some of the key items in Oscar’s life were on display in the home where he grew up. Many people attended the open house tour at 1 Merrion Square, which occurred over the weekend. 

    A walk on the Wilde side showed off aspects of his life, from where he was baptised to when he studied at Trinity College at the old library. Each stop showed a vital part of the poet’s life from early places to memories of his later life. 

    The Oscar Wilde statue in Merrion Square opposite the Oscar Wilde house. 
    A statue of Oscar Wilde by Melaine lo Brecquy  
    The outside of Wilde’s family home from 1855 to 1879
    An image published in Harper’s Bazaar during Oscar Wilde’s tour of America.  
    A portrait of Oscar Wilde in his childhood bedroom  
     A portrait of a young Oscar Wilde in a dress hung in his childhood bedroom
    Oscar Wilde’s birth and baptism certificate and a copy of his parent’s marriage certificate.
     Some books that were written by Oscar Wilde and an Oscar Wilde action figure  
     A portrait of Oscar Wilde hanging at his house.  
    Some of Oscar Wilde’s published works
    The outside of Oscar Wilde‘s house at 1 Merrion Square 
    The outside of the Old Library at Trinity College, Dublin, where a young Oscar Wilde studied.