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

Bybrendan.teeling@dublincity.ie

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)…