Artwork for plaque for Madeleine ffrench-Mullen

ffrench-Mullen, Madeleine – nationalist and social activist

To be unveiled on 24 May 2025. Born in Malta in 1880, Madeleine Ffrench-Mullen grew up in Dundrum, County Dublin. Having lived abroad for a few years she returned to Dublin in 1913 and worked in soup kitchens during the Lockout. She joined the Irish Citizen Army where she met her lifelong companion, Kathleen Lynn….

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…

Photograph of a page from the Irish Daily Independent from 2 July 1900. The headline reads 'PATRIOTIC CHILDREN'S TREAT. A SPLENDID GATHERING'.

NO FLUNKEYISM HERE! The Patriotic Children’s Treat of 1900

On 29 June 2024 Dublin City Council will host a ‘Picnic in the Park’ to mark the unveiling of a plaque to commemorate the Patriotic Children’s Treat, which took place in Clonturk Park on 1 July 1900. Queen Victoria visited Dublin from 3 to 27 April 1900, and got a mixed reception. The visit was…

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…

Photograph of a Dublin City Council plaque commemorating Anna Parnell
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Parnell, Anna – founder of the Ladies’ Land League

This plaque commemorates Anna Parnell, feminist, activist, and founder of the Ladies’ Land League, at the offices of the Leaguea t 37/38 O’Connell Street Upper, now AIB Bank. Locate this plaque on Google maps. A feminist and a radical, Anna Parnell was born at the family estate in Avondale, Wicklow, in 1852. The younger sister…

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…