Exploring Georgian Dublin
St. Werburgh‘s Church in Dublin, which was originally built in the 12th century, has fallen into a state of disrepair. The Dean of St. Werburgh’s is appealing for funds to repair the exterior of the church as well as its once fine but now crumbing Georgian interior. The church’s interior includes all sorts of features last designed during Dublin’s vibrant Georgian Era like the entrance, wooden pulpit and galleries, tiled flooring, and altar.
Dublin’s Georgian Era was an important and exciting time of growth and advancement economically, socially, and architecturally in the city’s history. The period is book ended by the reign of King George I from 1714 to the death of King George IV in 1830, hence the name.
Georgian Dublin is still visible in Dublin today (hopefully St. Werbugh’s won’t be neglected) through architectural relics particularly in the city center around Merrion and Fitzwilliam Squares in Dublin. There’s even a fantastic Georgian House Museum, Number Twenty Nine, which is the restored residence of Mrs. Olivia Beatty. Mrs. Beatty was the widowed wife of a wealthy wine merchant who lived in the home, Number 29 Fitzwilliam Street Lower, with her children from 1790 to 1820.
Visitors to the home receive a tour by a knowledgeable guide from the basement to the attic through a variety of rooms furnished with original antiques from the Georgian Era. The tour lasts around forty minutes (you cannot view the home without the guide) and it’s well worth it. I visited the museum a few years ago and I really enjoyed the experience. Seeing the house as it was hundreds of years ago and learning the story of the Beatty family really brought the Georgian Era to life for me.
Admission to the museum costs €6.00 for adults, €3.00 for students, seniors, etc, and is free of charge for those under 16. Click here for the museums website to learn more.
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