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)…

Holloway, Joseph – literary critic and architect
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Holloway, Joseph – literary critic and architect

This plaque commemorates Joseph Holloway (1861–1944), Architect and Theatre Critic, who designed the first Abbey Theatre. Born in Camden Street, where his father had a bakery, Holloway was educated at St Vincent’s in Castleknock. Following the death of his father, in 1874, the family moved to 21 Northumberland Road, where Holloway lived until his death…

Mac Grianna, Seosamh – Irish language writer
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Mac Grianna, Seosamh – Irish language writer

This plaque commemorates the Irish-language writer Seosamh Mac Grianna (1900-1990). Born in Donegal in 1900, Mac Grianna came from a storytelling background, and his brother Séamus Ó Grianna was also an Irish-language author. Locate this plaque on Google maps. Trained as a national school teacher in St Patrick’s, Drumcondra, Mac Grianna was a staunch republican,…

Photograph of a Dublin City Council plaque commemorating Edward Dowden
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Dowden, Edward – poet & critic

On Sunday, 29th November 2015, a Dublin City Council commemorative plaque honouring the Irish poet and literary critic Edward Dowden (1843-1913) was unveiled in Ballsbridge. The plaque is located at 50 Wellington Road, Dublin 4, where Dowden lived for several years, with Councillor Mícheál Mac Donncha speaking on behalf of Dublin City Council’s Commemorative Naming…

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…