Gibson, Violet – anti-Fascist
This plaque commemorates Violet Gibson, the Irish woman who shot Mussolini The Honourable Violet Albina Gibson was born in Dalkey in 1876 into a wealthy Anglo-Irish family and raised in Merrion Square. She received her title at age nine when her father was made the Lord Ashbourne and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Educated at home…
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,…
Wilde, Lady Jane ‘Speranza’
This plaque commemorates Jane Wilde, poet, feminist, and nationalist. Born in 1821, Jane Wilde was a polyglot who translated works from German and French. Inspired by Thomas Davis and the Young Ireland movement, she became a nationalist and from 1846 contributed to their journal The Nation, writing under the pen names Speranza and John Fanshawe…
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
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…
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…
Skeffington, Hanna Sheehy
This plaque at Dublin Castle, Ship Street, commemorates suffragette Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, who smashed windows at the Castle in the campaign for women’s suffrage. Locate this plaque on Google maps. Read Hanna Sheehy Skeffington’s biography in the Dictionary of Irish Biography. The plaque was unveiled by President Michael D. Higgins on 13th June 2018.