Photograph of a Dublin City Council commemorative plaque at 60 South Great George's Street. The wording on the plaque reads LATHAIR SITE OF THE ORIGINAL ROTUNDA HOSPITAL 1745-1757.
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Rotunda Hospital – original site

This plaque marks the original site of the Rotunda Hospital, founded in South Great George’s Street, then called ‘George’s Lane’, in 1745 by Bartholomew Mosse. The site is now 60 South Great George’s Street and is occupied by Decwell’s hardware. The ‘Rotunda’, Ireland’s first dedicated maternity hospital, or ‘lying-in hospital’, remained on the site until…

Photograph of a Dublin City Council commemorative plaque. The plaque is granite, with a blue base with the Dublin City logo, and is attached to a red brick wall. The text reads 'Maureen O'Hara 1920-1923, Aisteoir, A RUGADH ANSEO, Actor, BORN HERE.
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O’Hara, Maureen – actress

This plaque, at 32 Beechwood Avenue Upper, Ranelagh, commemorates the the iconic Irish actress, Maureen O’Hara. Born Maureen FitzSimons in 1920, O’Hara went on to become one of the most beloved actresses of her generation, starring in timeless classics like The Quiet Man, Miracle on 34th Street, and How Green Was My Valley. Known for…

A photograph of the Dublin City Council commemorative plaque for Maeve Brennan, at 48 Cherryfield Avenue, Ranelagh, Dublin.
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Brennan, Maeve – writer and journalist

This plaque, at 48 Cherryfield Avenue, Ranelagh, commemorates Maeve Brennan, columnist with the New Yorker magazine and writer of short stories. Maeve Brennan, once described as ‘the greatest Irish writer you never heard of’, was born in Dublin on 6 January 1917, second of four children of the journalist Bob Brennan, who would go on…

Ladies’ National Tennis Championship – world’s first
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Ladies’ National Tennis Championship – world’s first

This plaque commemorates the world’s first national tennis championship for women, which took place in Dublin on 9 and 10 June 1879. The Dublin tournament was held on the courts of Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, at 24-25 Upper Pembroke Street, and preceded the Wimbledon Ladies’ Championship by five years. It wasn’t until 1884 that the…

Keogh, Margaret – Cumann na mBan
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Keogh, Margaret – Cumann na mBan

This plaque commemorates Margaret Keogh, one of two Cumann na mBan members to die in the fight for Irish freedom. Locate this plaque on Google maps. The nineteen year-old printer’s assistant was shot at her home in Stella Gardens, Ringsend, Dublin, on Saturday 10th July 1921, during a series of raids by Crown forces. She died of her wounds two…

commemorative plaque honouring Countess Markievicz.
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Markievicz, Countess

This plaque commemorates republican and labour activist Constance Countess Markievicz at Surrey House, Leinster Road, Rathmines, where she and her family lived from 1911. The house became a centre for republican and labour activity and was looted by British forces in the aftermath of the Rising. Locate this plaque on Google maps. Read Countess Markievicz’s…

photograph of commemorative plaque honouring Iris Murdoch.
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Murdoch, Iris – philosopher & writer

This plaque honours philosopher and novelist Iris Murdoch, who was born on Blessington Street, Dublin, on 15 July 1919. Locate this plaque on Google maps. This plaque is located temporarily in the Blessington Basin and will be erected at 59 Blessingotn Street in due course. Read Iris Murdoch’s biography from the Dictionary of Irish Biography…