Discover one of Ireland’s best-kept literary secrets in Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands with historical excursions in Edgeworthstown. Learn about the life and works of author and educator Maria Edgeworth with the help of a local guide. Visit her ancestral home’s beautiful gardens, as well as the 1840s schoolhouse established under the Edgeworths’ patronage. Follow in the footsteps of famous people like Sir Walter Scott, William Wordsworth, Oscar Wilde, and others. Take one of our Edgeworthstown Literary Tours to learn more about their links to the town.
Maria Edgeworth Centre
Edgeworthstown’s interactive history tour: The Maria Edgeworth Museum, housed in one of Ireland’s oldest schools that was constructed in 1840.
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Edgeworthstown's interactive history tour: The Maria Edgeworth Museum, housed in one of Ireland's oldest schools that was constructed in 1840.
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