Shaw Birthplace

Frommer's Review

This simple, two-story terraced house near the Grand Canal on the south side was the birthplace in 1856 of George Bernard Shaw, author of Pygmalion, Man and Superman, and John Bull's Other Island. Shaw, one of Dublin's three winners of the Nobel Prize for literature, lived here until 1876, when he moved to London. Recently restored, it has been furnished in Victorian style to re-create the atmosphere of Shaw's early days. Rooms on view are the kitchen, the maid's room, the nursery, the drawing room, and a couple of bedrooms, including young Bernard's. The house is a 15-minute walk from St. Stephen's Green.

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