pearse museum saint endas park

St. Enda's is now a museum of the school known as St. Enda's. The school was founded by Patrick Pearse, who was one of the rebels in the 1916 Rising. Pearse qualified as a barrister, but was more interested in the Irish Educational system.

His article "The Murder Machine," condemned the methods of colonialist education. He founded St. Enda's in 1910 in a small mansion in Rathfarnham, in order to provide an alternative education, which would embrace the Irish language, literature, history and music as well as nature studies, (a subject he was passionate about) in a progressive atmosphere.

The school itself was not a financial success, and Pearse and his brother Willie, who taught art were executed for taking part in therebellion. The museum contains many documents and artifacts belonging to Pearse and his family and the school is fully restored.