Located at Arnotts, Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1, the site of the Adelphi Cinema, this plaque commemorates the only Irish concerts played by the Beatles. Locate this plaque on Google maps. The band played two concerts at the Adelphi on 7th November, 1963. The plaque was unveiled on 7th November, 2018, by Lord Mayor Nial…
On the afternoon of Friday, 3rd May 2019, an official Dublin City Council commemorative plaque unveiling took place at the site of Séamus Ennis’s boyhood home in Finglas, which was demolished during the 1960s. This event occurred two days before the centenary of the birth of the renowned musician, singer, folklore collector and broadcaster who…
This plaque commemorates songwriter, singer, and bass player Phil Lynott, the charismatic frontman of Thin Lizzy. Read about Phil Lynott’s life in the Dictionary of Irish Biography The plaque, on Phil Lynott’s childhood home on Leighlin Road, Crumlin, Dublin 12, was unveiled on 17th December 2020.
This plaque honours renowned uileann piper, pipe maker, and teacher Leo Rowsome, and is at the corner of Beltorn Park Road and Collins Avenue, Dublin 9. Locate this plaque on Google maps. Born into a piping family in Harold’s Cross, Leo Rowsome went on to become a teacher, pipe-maker, and performer. As a performer he played all…
