Teach Synge

About the museum

Teach Synge is a stone cottage of roughly 300 years in the middle of Inis Meáin, the middle island of the Aran Islands. The playwright John Millington Synge first stayed here in 1898 as a lodger of the MacDonagh family (Bríd and Páidín Mac Donnchadha). His best-known works include Riders to the Sea (1904) and The Playboy of the Western World (1907).

The house later fell into disrepair. Theresa Ní Fhatharta, a great-granddaughter of Synge's hosts, led a campaign to save it. The restoration, which was supported by Údarás na Gaeltachta, brought the cottage back as close as possible to the way it looked during Synge's stay, and it opened to visitors as a small museum around 2011.

Today the rooms hold photographs, drawings and letters about Synge's time on the island. A converted stone outhouse next door serves as a small reference library with books by and about Synge, W. B. Yeats and Lady Gregory.

Highlights

• Cottage restored to its appearance in Synge's time
• Photographs, drawings and letters about his stay on the island
• Small reference library in a stone outhouse
• Stop on the Wild Atlantic Way in the centre of Inis Meáin

Founded

2011

Admission & discounts

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Accessibility

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Kids & families

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Getting there & parking

The cottage stands in the centre of Inis Meáin; visitors walk there from where they arrive on the island.

Amenities & dining

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.