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8 Garden of
Remembrance
Parnell Square. Map C1. Tel 821 3021.
Open Apr–Sep: 8:30am–6pm daily;
Oct–Mar: 9:30am–4pm daily.
∑ heritageireland.ie
At the northern end of Parnell
Square is a park dedicated to the
men and women who have died
in the pursuit of Irish freedom.
The Garden of Remembrance
marks the spot where several
leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising
were held overnight before being Gallery of Writers at Dublin Writers Museum
taken to Kilmainham Gaol (see
p101). The Irish Volunteers move- 9 Dublin Writers upstairs. The museum also hosts
ment was formed here in 1913. Museum frequent poetry readings and
Designed by Daithí Hanly, the lectures. A specialist bookstore,
garden was opened by President 18 Parnell Sq North. Map C1. providing an out-of-print search
Eamon de Valera (see p49) in 1966, Tel 872 2077. Open 9:45am–4:45pm service, adds to the relaxed,
to mark the 50th anniversary of Mon–Sat; 11am–4:30pm Sun & public friendly ambience.
hols (last adm: 45 mins before closing).
the Easter Rising. In the centre is a Closed 25 & 26 Dec. & =
cruciform pool. ∑ writersmuseum.com
A mosaic on the 0 Hugh Lane
pool floor depicts Opened in 1991, the museum Gallery
abandoned weapons occupies a tasteful 18th-
and shields, century town house. There Charlemont House, Parnell Square
symbolizing peace. are displays relating to Irish North. Map C1. Tel 222 5550. Open
The focal point at literature in all its forms from 9:45am–6pm Tue–Thu, 9:45am–5pm
Fri, 10am–5pm Sat, 11am–5pm Sun.
one end of the 300 years ago to the Closed 24–28 Dec. ∑ hughlane.ie
garden is a bronze present day. The
sculpture by Oisín exhibits include Art collector Sir Hugh Lane
Kelly of the Children of paintings, manu- donated his collection of
Lir (1971), who were scripts, letters, 39 Impressionist paintings to
changed into swans by rare editions and the Dublin Corporation in 1908.
their step-mother Children of Lir in the mementos of Thirty-one of these renowned
(see p31). Queen Garden of Remembrance many of Ireland’s works by Manet, Degas, Renoir,
Elizabeth laid a finest authors. There Vuillard and others are housed
commemorative wreath in the are a number of tem porary in the Hugh Lane Gallery in
gardens during her historic state exhibits and a sumptuously Charlemont House. The
visit to Ireland in 2011. decorated Gallery of Writers remaining eight paintings are
shared with the National Gallery
in London and are loaned back
to Dublin every few years.
Besides the Lane bequest of
Impressionist paintings, the
Hugh Lane gallery has an
extensive collection of modern
and contemporary Irish and
international art. It includes
stained-glass windows by Irish
artists, such as The Eve of
St Agnes by Harry Clarke, and a
sculpture hall with work by
Rodin and others. An exciting
addition in 1998 was a bequest
by John Edwards of the contents
of Francis Bacon’s renowned
London studio. Sean Scully, who
like Francis Bacon was born in
Dublin, gifted a series of his
abstract expressionist paintings
Beach Scene (c.1876) by Edgar Degas, Hugh Lane Gallery to the gallery in 2006.

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