Maria Edgeworth Centre

Edgeworthstown

Overview

1h
Step into a time where literature was important and get to know the most earning English writer of her time. Children Stories, Novels, Letters – discover Maria Edgeworth, a prolific writer and an important Enlightenment figure in the 18th century. Explore the museum, full of many valuable artefacts dating as far back as to the 18th Century. Listen to captivating stories of a forward-thinking family and their many contributions to education, science and politics. Unearth the town's past and its connections with historical figures like Oliver Goldsmith, Sir Walter Scott and Oscar Wild. Located in an 1840’s school building and housing also a recreation of a 19th century school room with genuine artefacts like desks, school books and writing copies, it invites you to test your skills in writing on slates or with a feather. Curated by the Curious for the Curious to let history come alive.

Current opening times

Monday Closed
Tuesday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Facilities

  • Wheelchair Accessible
  • Solo Visitors
  • Kids
  • Heritage Sites
  • Galleries & Museums
  • Friends
  • Sightseeing
  • Families
  • Paper Ticket Accepted
  • Mobile Ticket Accepted
  • Audio Guide Available
  • Retail On Site
  • Wifi
  • Toilets
  • Guide Dogs Welcomed
  • Car Parking Available
  • Credit Card Accepted
  • Covid-19 Guidelines
  • Paid Visit
  • Mature visitors
  • Historical
  • entrance to museum
  • self-guided tour incl. audio guides
  • use of facilities

The Centre is partly wheelchair accessible. 
Parking available nearby.
Once purchased the date for which the online-ticket has been purchased cannot be changed online. Please contact us via bookings@mariaedgeworthcentre.com or under +353 43 667 1801 at least 36 hours in advance to request a change of the arrival date and we will try our best to accommodate your wished changes.
Payments for online-tickets are non-refundable.
Expect to discover an amazing family...
  • learn about the most earning English writer between 1800-1814
  • hear about Richard Lovell Edgeworth, a revolutionary inventor
  • get to know the man, who accompanied King Louise XVI to the guillotine
  • discover more about a literary Edgeworthstown, including Goldsmith and Wilde

Contact details

  • Ballymahon Rd
  • Edgeworthstown
  • Ireland
0436671801
info@mariaedgeworthcenter.com
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