Shaw Birthplace Museum

'Author of many plays' is the simple accolade to George Bernard Shaw on the plaque outside his birthplace. His Victorian home and early life mirror this simplicity. The first home of the Shaw family and the renowned playwright at 33 Synge Street has been restored to its Victorian elegance and charm, and has the appearance that the family has just gone out for the afternoon. Shaw family lived in this house from 1856 until 1876, when they moved to London.The neat terraced house is as much a celebration of Victorian Dublin domestic life as of the early years of one of Dublin's Nobel prize winners for literature: full of the nostalgia and atmosphere of another time. It was in this house, opened to the public in 1993, that Shaw began to gather the store of characters who would later populate his books from the drawing-room where Mrs. Shaw held many musical evenings, to the front parlour and children's bedrooms. This charming residence is a wonderful insight into the everyday life of Victorian Dublin, and a pleasure to all who visit.

Facilities:

Book Shop

Rates (tickets):

Adults (18yrs and over) £4.00, (Group 20+) £3.50

Concessions (& under 18yrs) £3.00, (Group 20+) £2.30

Children (3 - 11yrs) £2.00, (Group 20+) £1.50

Family Ticket (2 Adults & 3/4 children) £11.00

Combined tickets available with Dublin Writers Museum and James Joyce Museum.

Timings:

May to October

Monday - Saturday 10.00am - 5.00pm,

Sunday and Public Holidays 11.00am - 5.00pm.

Closed for tours from 1.00pm - 2.00pm.