Editing Merrion Square (section)

== Notable residents ==
[[File:Jester's Chair, Merrion Square.jpg|thumb|The Joker's Chair, built in memory of comedian [[Dermot Morgan]]]]
Merrion Square was a fashionable address for politicians, lawyers, doctors and writers. Notable residents have included;
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* [[Gilbert Austin|The Rev'd Gilbert Austin]] (1753–1837) – Educator, clergyman and author<ref>At 12 Merrion Square, North: ''The Treble Almanack ...'' (1832), p. 17.</ref>
* [[Jonah Barrington (judge)|Jonah Barrington]] (1756/57–1834) – Irish lawyer, judge and politician{{sfn|Dublin Tourism|page=8}}
* The Very Reverend [[Henry Montague Browne]] (1799–1884) – dean of [[Lismore, County Waterford|Lismore]] ([[Church of Ireland]])
* [[Sybil Connolly]] (1921–1998) – fashion & interior designer
* [[Dominic Corrigan|Sir Dominic Corrigan]] (1802–1880) – physician
* [[Sir Philip Crampton, 1st Baronet|Sir Philip Crampton]] (1777–1858) – surgeon<ref>{{cite web|title=Dublin Hospital Gazette|date= 15 June 1858|page=192|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NG0BAAAAYAAJ&q=Sir+Philip+Crampton&pg=PA192}}</ref>
* [[Dermot Desmond]] (born 1950) – Irish financier
* [[Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam]] (1745–1816) – Irish peer and musical [[antiquarian]]
* [[William  Fletcher (politician)|William Fletcher]] (1750–1823) – judge and politician 
* [[John Leslie Foster]] (1781–1842) – barrister, judge and [[Member of parliament|MP]]
* [[Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne]] (1837–1913) – lawyer and [[Lord Chancellor of Ireland]] 
* [[Violet Gibson]] (1876–1956) – daughter of [[Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne]]; attempted assassin of [[Benito Mussolini]]
* [[Henry Grattan]] (1746–1820) – politician and [[Member of parliament|MP]]
* [[Robert James Graves]] (1796–1853) – surgeon
* [[Charles Hemphill, 1st Baron Hemphill]] (1822–1908) – politician and barrister
* [[Louise Kennedy]] (born 1960) – Irish fashion designer
* [[George Knox (MP, died 1827)|George Knox]] (1765–1827) – politician and [[Member of parliament|MP]]
* [[Valentine Lawless, 2nd Baron Cloncurry]] (1773–1853) – politician and landowner
* [[Sheridan Le Fanu]] (1814–1873) – writer{{sfn|Dublin Tourism|page=8}}
* [[Robert Dyer Lyons]] (1826–1886) – physician and [[Member of parliament|MP]]
* [[Sir Henry Marsh]] (1790–1860) – surgeon
* [[Richard Bolton McCausland]] (1810–1900) – surgeon
* [[John Henry North]] (1788–1831) – barrister, judge and [[Member of parliament|MP]] 
* [[Daniel O'Connell]] (1775–1847) – politician and [[Member of parliament|MP]]{{sfn|Dublin Tourism|page=8}}
* [[Andrew O'Connor (sculptor)|Andrew O'Connor]] (1874–1941) – sculptor{{sfn|Dublin Tourism|page=8}}
* [[Edward Pennefather]] (1774–1847) – judge
* [[Richard Pennefather (judge)|Richard Pennefather]] (1773–1859) – judge
* [[David Richard Pigot]] (1796–1873) – judge
* [[Sir Andrew Porter, 1st Baronet|Sir Andrew Porter]] (1837–1919) – judge
* [[George William Russell]] (1867–1935) – poet and painter{{sfn|Dublin Tourism|page=8}}
* [[Erwin Schrödinger]] (1887–1961) – Austrian-Irish theoretical physicist{{sfn|Dublin Tourism|page=8}}
* [[John Stratford, 1st Earl of Aldborough]] (1698–1777) –  Irish peer and [[Member of parliament|MP]]
* [[Whitley Stokes (Celtic scholar)|Whitley Stokes]] (1830–1909) – lawyer and Celtic scholar
* [[William Stokes (physician)|William Stokes Snr]] (1804–1878) – physician
* [[William Stokes (surgeon)|William Stokes Jnr]] (1838–1900) – surgeon
* [[John Lighton Synge]] (1897–1995) – physicist 
* [[Oscar Wilde]] (1854–1900) – writer and poet
* [[Sir William Wilde]] (1815–1876) – writer and surgeon{{sfn|Dublin Tourism|page=8}}
* [[W. B. Yeats]] (1865–1939) – poet, playwright and senator{{sfn|Dublin Tourism|page=8}}