Commemorative plaque on a red brick wall marking the former home of William Rooney (1873–1901), Irish journalist, poet, and Gaelic revivalist, at 23 Leinster Avenue. The plaque includes bilingual text in Irish and English and features three white Dublin City castle turrets on a blue background.
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Rooney, William – journalist, poet, and Gaelic Revivalist

This plaque was unveiled on 10 May 2025 at 23 Leinster Avenue, Dublin 3. William Rooney (1873–1901) was an Irish nationalist, journalist, poet and Gaelic revivalist. Born in born on 29 September 1873 in the ‘Monto’, in north inner city Dublin, his family later moving to 23 Leinster Avenue. William Rooney (Liam Ó Maolruanaidh, 1873–1901)…

Photograph of a Dublin City Council plaque commemorating Devlin's Pub, Parnell Street, Dublin 1.
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Devlin’s Pub – meeting place of GHQ Intelligence

This plaque marks the location of Devlin’s Pub, which stood on the site of what is now the Point A Hotel, Parnell Street, Dublin 1. In mid-1919, Derry born Liam Devlin relocated from Glasgow with his family of seven children to a public house that he bought at 68 Parnell Street, Dublin. Within a few…

A photograph of the Dublin City Council Commemorative plaque for Jerome O'Leary.
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O’Leary, Jerome – youngest victim of Bloody Sunday 1920

This plaque commemorates Jerome O’Leary who, at 10 years old, was the youngest of those killed at Croke Park on Bloody Sunday, 21 November 1920. Find this plaque on Google maps. The plaque reads: JEROME O’LEARY1910-1920A Maraíodh i bPáirc an Chrócaigh ar Domhnach na FolaA CHÓNAIGH ANSEOKilled at Croke Park on Bloody SundayLIVED HERE On…

Connolly, James – socialist & revolutionary
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Connolly, James – socialist & revolutionary

This plaque commemorates the socialist and signatory of the 1916 Proclamation James Connolly. Find this plaque on Google maps. Born in Edinburgh in 1868, to Irish parents, Connolly became a key figure in the Irish trade union movement and socialist politics, particularly after his return to Dublin from the United States in 1910. From December…

Pearse, Patrick
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Pearse, Patrick

This plaque commemorates Patrick Pearse, who lived with his family at 13 Sandymount Avenue, Dublin 4. Pearse’s father, James Pearse, was a monumental sculptor who moved to Dublin around 1860. The family originally lived over the shop in Great Brunswick Street (now Pearse Street) before moving to Sandymount. Their first address in the area was…

Jacob’s Factory Garrison
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Jacob’s Factory Garrison

On the afternoon of Friday, 29th April 2016, a Dublin City Council plaque commemorating the Jacob’s Factory Garrison that served in the 1916 Easter Rising was unveiled at the Dublin Institution of Technology, Bishop’s Street, Dublin 2. Locate this plaque on Google maps. The plaque was unveiled by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Críona Ní…