Bryan, Thomas – executed Irish volunteer
This plaque commemorates Thomas Bryan, who, at the age of 24, in 1921 was hanged for High Treason by the British. Bryan, a 24 year old electrician, was amongst a group of young volunteers who on 21 January 1921, set out to ambush Black and Tans as they travelled into Dublin city from Gormanstown. Another…
Ballyfermot Train Ambush
On Friday, 8th July 2022, a Dublin City Council commemorative plaque marking the site of the Ballyfermot Train Ambush was unveiled at Le Fanu Road, Dublin 12, by the Lord Mayor of Dublin Caroline Conroy. On Friday, 8th July, 1921 a train carrying British troops, – members of the Gordon Highlanders – military supplies, cars,…
ffrench-Mullen, Madeleine
This plaque commemorates both Madeleine ffrench-Mullen and her lifelong partner Dr Kathleen Lynn, who founded Teach Ultan (St Ultan’s Infants Hospital) at 37 Charlemont Street, Dublin 2. Teach Ultan is now part of the Clayton Hotel, who kindly agreed to allow the plaque be erected. Locate this plaque on Google maps. Born in Malta in…
Lynn, Dr Kathleen
This plaque commemorates both Dr Kathleen Lynn and her lifelong partner Madeleine ffrench-Mullen, who founded Teach Ultan (St Ultan’s Infants Hospital) at 37 Charlemont Street, Dublin 2. Teach Ultan is now part of the Clayton Hotel, who kindly agreed to allow the plaque be erected. Locate this plaque on Google maps. A native of Mayo,…
Pearse, Patrick
This plaque commemorates Patrick Pearse, who lived with his family at 13 Sandymount Avenue, Dublin 4. Pearse’s father, James Pearse, was a monumental sculptor who moved to Dublin around 1860. The family originally lived over the shop in Great Brunswick Street (now Pearse Street) before moving to Sandymount. Their first address in the area was…
Ballybough Bridge
Commemorating the fighting that took place at the bridge during the Rising and those who took part, this plaque is on Meagher’s Public House, 283-285 Richmond Road, Fairview, Dublin 3, D03 DK26. Locate this plaque on Google maps. It was unveiled on 12th November 2016.
Annesley Bridge, 1916
Commemorating a battle during the Rising and those who took part, this plaque is on the Annesley House Public House, North Strand, D03 K8P4, Dublin 1. Locate this plaque in Google maps. The plaque was unveiled on 12th November 2016.
Four Courts Garrison
Located at the Capuchin Mission Office, Church Street, Dublin 7, D07 NNH4, this plaque commemorates the Four Courts Garrison. Locate this plaque on Google maps. It is one of several plaques erected during the 1916 Centenary year to mark the garrison sites around the city, and to honour those who fought and died during the…
Jacob’s Factory Garrison
On the afternoon of Friday, 29th April 2016, a Dublin City Council plaque commemorating the Jacob’s Factory Garrison that served in the 1916 Easter Rising was unveiled at the Dublin Institution of Technology, Bishop’s Street, Dublin 2. Locate this plaque on Google maps. The plaque was unveiled by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Críona Ní…
Keogh, Gerald – Irish Volunteer
On Monday, 25th April 2016, a plaque commemorating the death one hundred years earlier of Irish Volunteer Gerald Keogh, was unveiled at 117-119 Grafton Street (above Butlers Chocolate Café), with Councillor Mícheál Mac Donncha speaking at the ceremony on behalf of Dublin City Council. On the second day of the Easter Rising, Keogh – a…
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…
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…
Marrowbone Lane Garrison
On the afternoon of Sunday, 24th April 2016, two Dublin City Council plaques commemorating garrisons in the 1916 Easter Rising were unveiled in the city by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Críona Ní Dhálaigh. The first of these plaques commemorates the Marrowbone Lane Garrison and was unveiled at the Eir Building, Marrowbone Lane, Dublin 8.…
Father Mathew Park
Located off Philipsburgh Avenue, this plaque commemorates the location of the training grounds used by the Irish Citizen Army and the Volunteers in the period leading up to the Rising. Locate this plaque on Google maps. It is one of several plaques erected during the 1916 Centenary year to mark the garrison sites around the…
McLoughlin, Sean
Commemorating Sean McLoughlin, ‘the forgotten boy commandant’, this plaque is at 5 North King Street, Dublin 7. Locate this plaque in Google maps. You can read about Sean McLoughlin in Dictionary of Irish Biography The plaque was unveiled on 5th March 2017.
Mendicity Institute Garrison
On the afternoon of Sunday, 24th April 2016, a Dublin City Council plaque commemorating the Easter Rising’s Mendicity Institution garrison was unveiled on a pillar outside the oldest working charity in Dublin. Established in 1818, the Mendicity Institution creates opportunities for “people experiencing homelessness, isolation and marginalization to live better lives”. It is located at…
O’Carroll, Richard – City Councillor & Irish Volunteer
On Wednesday, 27th April 2016, a Dublin City Council plaque commemorating labour councillor Richard O’Carroll was unveiled at O’Carroll Villas, Cuffe Street, by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Críona Ní Dhálaigh. In attendance were relatives of O’Carroll, who spent the last years of his life living at the Bricklayers’ Arms Institute on Cuffe Street, as…
Plunkett, Joseph – 1916 Leader
On the afternoon of Monday, 4th May 2016, a Dublin City Council plaque commemorating poet, journalist and 1916 Proclamation Signatory Joseph Mary Plunkett was unveiled at his birthplace and family home in Dublin 2. Located at 26 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, the plaque was unveiled by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Críona Ní Dhálaigh, on the…
Ireland’s First Radio Broadcast
On the morning of Thursday, 21st July 2016, a Dublin City Council plaque commemorating Ireland’s first international radio broadcast was unveiled on the city’s main thoroughfare. Located at the Grand Central Bar, 10-11 O’Connell Street, the plaque was unveiled by Denis Naughten, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. Minister Naughten praised Joseph Plunkett’s…
Royal College of Surgeons
This plaque commemorates those who fought in the 1916 Rising at the Royal COllege of Surgeons on Saint Stephen’s Green. Locate this plaque on Google maps. The plaque was unveiled by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Críona Ní Dhálaigh, and was the fifth in a series of 1916 Rising garrison plaques unveiled by Dublin City…
Walsh, Edward – Hibernian Rifles
On Saturday, 13th February 2016, a Dublin City Council plaque commemorating 1916 Easter Rising casualty Edward Walsh was unveiled in Dublin 2. The plaque is located outside the Royal Exchange Hotel, Parliament Street, and was unveiled by relatives of Edward Walsh and councillor Mícheál Mac Donncha, who in his speech described the Dublin carter as…