Stoneybatter in Dublin in County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland — Mid-East (and Dublin)
The Croppies Acre Memorial Park
1798
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1. The Croppies Acre Memorial Park Dedication Marker
United Irish Catechism
What is that in your hand? It is a branch.
Of what? Of the TREE of Liberty.
Where did it first grow? In America.
Where does it bloom? In France.
Where did the SEEDS fall? In Ireland.
[From Article 3 of the French Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789)]
[From Article 12 of the French Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789)]
Requiem for the Croppies [by] Seamus Heaney
The
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No kitchens on the run, no striking camp
We moved quick and sudden in our own country.
The priest lay behind ditches with the tramp.
A people hardly marching on the hike
We found new tactics happening each day:
We'd cut through reins and rider with the pike
And stampede cattle into infantry,
Then retreat through hedges where cavalry must be thrown.
Until on Vinegar Hill, the final conclave.
Terraced thousands died, shaking scythes at cannon.
The hillside blushed, soaked in our broken wave.
They buried us without shroud or coffin
And in August the barley grew up out of our grave.
History is only important while it is being made
What matters most is what you do today and tomorrow
The United Irishmen laboured for nothing but civil and
religious liberty for Irishmen of all persuasions and
for the independence of their country
Long before resistance came, the most shocking cruelties
were practised on the people. Though on a less extensive
scale than subsequently to the Insurrection. I do
not make this assertion on slight grounds or on
hearsay authority, but from the perusal of a great
number of affidavits sworn by the actual sufferers,
and
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2. The Croppies Acre Memorial Park Memorial
to right of "1798"
humanity are now at an end.
Mary Ann McCracken
If we accept the definition of Irish freedom as
the Rights of Man in Ireland, we shall find it
difficult to imagine an apostle of Irish freedom
who is not a democrat.
To subvert the tyranny of our execrable government,
to break the connection with England, the never-failing
source of all our political evil and to assert the independence
of my country - these were my objects. To unite the whole
people of Ireland, to abolish the memory of all past dissension
and to substitute the common name of Irishman
in place of the denominations of Protestant, Catholic
and Dissenter these were my means.
Theobald Wolfe Tone
[Marker in Clσ Gaelach script is not transcribed]
Erected 1998 by Office of Public Works, National Museum, Dept of Arts Heritage Gaeltacht & Others.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil Rights • Colonial Era • Patriots & Patriotism • Wars, Non-US.
Location. 53° 20.849′ N, 6° 17.155′ W. Marker is
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3. The Croppies Acre Memorial Park Marker
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Theobald Wolfe Tone (within shouting distance of this marker); The Croppy's Acre (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); The Arms of the Bakers' Guild of Saints Clement and Anne (about 150 meters away); 5th Infantry Battalion Pipe Band (about 150 meters away); General Richard Mulcahy/An Ginerαl Risteard Σ Maolchathaigh (about 150 meters away); Duke of Rutland Water Fountain / Fountain Uisce Diϊc Rutland (about 150 meters away); Last sailing of a Guinness Barge (about 210 meters away); Arbour Hill Cemetery / Reilig Chnoc an Arbhair (approx. 0.2 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dublin.
More about this marker. The Memorial Park was unveiled by the Taoiseach, Mr. Bertie Ahern on 22 November 1998.
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4. The Croppies Acre Memorial Park
Requium for the Croppies Marker
Requium for the Croppies Marker
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5. The Croppies Acre Memorial Park History Marker
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6. The Croppies Acre Memorial Park History Marker
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7. The Croppies Acre Memorial Park United Irishmen Marker
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8. The Croppies Acre Memorial Park Marker
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9. The Croppies Acre Memorial Park Marker
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10. The Croppies Acre Memorial Park Marker
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11. The Croppies Acre Memorial Park Marker
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12. The Croppies Acre Memorial Park and Memorial
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13. The Croppies Acre Memorial Park Memorial
former Collins (former Royal) Barracks
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14. The Croppies Acre Memorial Park Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on February 10, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 9, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 50 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 9, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 3. submitted on February 10, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on February 9, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. submitted on February 10, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Editor’s want-list for this marker. Transcription of the Clσ Gaelach script on marker (photo 11) • Can you help?
