Plaques of Dublin: A Dublin City Council project

Do you think a person, or an event, or a location, deserves a Dublin City Council commemorative plaque? On this site you’ll find all the information you need to propose a commemorative plaque.

You can also see all the plaques- and where they are – that have been erected so far.

If you can’t find the information you are looking for here, just send us an email at commemorations@dublincity.ie

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  Irish language writer Seosamh Mac Grianna
  Dublin City Council unveils a commemorative plaque to the Irish language writer Seosamh Mac Grianna, at the site of his home in St Anne’s Park, Raheny. Born in Donegal in 1901, Mac Grianna came from a storytelling background, and his brother Séamus Ó Grianna was also an Irish-language author. Trained as a national school teacher …

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  Dublin firemen commemorated with City Council plaque
  Two firemen who died attending a fire on the night of 20 May 1891 have been memorialised by a Dublin City Council Commemorative Plaque at 30 Westmoreland Street, now CCT College. The plaque was unveiled by Lord Mayor Caroline Conroy and Chief Fire Officer Dennis Keeley on 19 May 2023. In 1891, Graham’s chemist occupied …

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