Merrion Square is a Georgian garden square on the southside of Dublin city centre.
Clockwise from top: Merrion Square North as seen from Merrion Square Park; Rutland Fountain; 1 Merrion Square North, the childhood home of Oscar Wilde
Soldiers guard the site of the National Memorial to members of the Defence Forces who died in the Service of the State
Oscar Wilde Statue
Merrion Square Park
A garden square is a type of communal garden in an urban area wholly or substantially surrounded by buildings; commonly, it continues to be applied to public and private parks formed after such a garden becomes accessible to the public at large. The archetypal garden square is surrounded by tall terraced houses and other types of townhouse. Because it is designed for the amenity of surrounding residents, it is subtly distinguished from a town square designed to be a public gathering place: due to its inherent private history, it may have a pattern of dedicated footpaths and tends to have considerably more plants than hard surfaces or large monuments.
Bloomsbury Square, a garden square in central London, England
Golden Square, London
Square des Epinettes, Paris
Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin
