Unveiled by the Rt. Hon.
The Lord Mayor of Dublin
Alderman Senator Sean Haughey
on Bloomsday 1990.
Presented to the city by the
North Earl Street Business Association
and the D.C.C.B.A. — — Map (db m270502) HM
And tyranny trampled them in Dublin's gutter until Jim Larkin came along and cried the call of freedom and the call of pride and slavery crept to its hands and knees and nineteen thirteen cheered from out the utter degradation of their . . . — — Map (db m241088) HM
[Top illustration caption reads]
The General Post Office and Nelson's Pillar in 1820
Nelson and the Spire
Long before the spectacular Spire of Dublin stood here this site belonged to a famous British admiral. Nelson's . . . — — Map (db m241105) HM
[English:]
Nelson and the Spire
Long before the spectacular Spire of Dublin stood here this site belonged to a famous British admiral. Nelson’s Pillar was erected following Admiral Nelson’s victory over Napoleon at the . . . — — Map (db m307102) HM
[Top photo caption reads]
Sackville Street, looking north, c.1750,
by Joseph Tudor
O'Connell Street
Long seen as the centre of Dublin, O'Connell Street is the city's favourite location for public commemorations and celebrations. . . . — — Map (db m241146) HM
Erected by Public Subscription
to
Sir John Gray, Knt. MD. JP.
Proprietor of the
Freeman's Journal
M.P. Kilkenny City.
Chairman of the
Dublin Corporation Water Works
Committee 1860 to 1875,
during which period
preeminently . . . — — Map (db m240452) HM
1700 The foundation stone of St. Mary's Church was laid in 1700. It was designed by SIR WILLIAM ROBINSON, the architect of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham and Marsh's Library.
1713 JONATHAN SWIFT, author of . . . — — Map (db m269914) HM
"No Man has a right to fix the
Boundary to the march of a nation
No man has a right
To say to his country
Thus far shalt thou
Go and no further
We have never
Attempted to fix
The ne-plus-ultra
To the progress of
Ireland’s . . . — — Map (db m269750) HM
On this site stood Ireland's very first
dedicated picture house, the
Volta Cinema
It was opened on Monday
20th December 1909
and managed by James Joyce.
The converted 430-seat venue was
renamed the LYCEUM in 1921. It . . . — — Map (db m269910) HM
[Old Gaelic not transcribed]
Born 17th October 1803
Sentenced to death for
High Treason
on the
9th October 1846
Died
16th June 1864 — — Map (db m240453) HM
[Gaeilge:] Sufraigéid A rinne smidiríní de na fuinneoga seo 13 Meitheamh 1912 [English:] Suffragette Smashed these windows 13th June 1912 — — Map (db m307813) HM
Once the Vikings established themselves in Dublin around 841, the city evolved into a major trading hub with links to mainland Britain and beyond. Over time the first Viking settlers developed their own identity by mingling with the native Irish, . . . — — Map (db m307783) HM
Ar an 27ú Meán Fomhair 1986
ainmníodh an foirgneamh seo in amós do
Chathal Mag Léid (1909-1982)
Óglaigh na hEireann
Chaith sé a shaol ag troid
ar son idéalacha an Fhorogra 1916
Beidh cuimhne go deo air.
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This basin was first commissioned by Dublin Corporation as a water
reservoir for the City in 1810. It underwent an extensive programme of
refurbishment between April 1993 and October 1994 and was formally
re-opened as a public amenity
by . . . — — Map (db m269816) HM
In 1810 the Basin at Blessington Street was constructed to act as a
reservoir to facilitate storage and distribution of water to the city from
the Royal Canal. The walls of the Basin are built from Calp limestone
and the bed is lined with blue . . . — — Map (db m270063) HM
Do chum glóire Dé agus i mbuan-chuimhne na n-oifigeach agus na n-óglach nach maireann a throid ar son saoirse na h-Éireann is a bhí n-a (ina) mbaill tráth de chomplacht "C" den chéad chath de bhriogáid Átha Cliath d'arm na poblachta, . . . — — Map (db m270501) WM
Foundress of the Irish Branch of the
Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary
(Loreto Sisters),
was born in this house
on the 6th January 1794
She died on the 19th May 1861 — — Map (db m269818) HM
Novelist and Philosopher
BORN HERE
Úrscéalaí agus Fealsamh
A RUGADH ANSEO
[Unveiled on 11th July 2019, to mark the 100th anniversary of her birth] — — Map (db m269817) HM
"At the housesteps of the 4th of the
equidifferent uneven numbers, number 7
Eccles St., he inserted his hand
mechanically into the back pocket of
his trousers to obtain his latchkey...."
Ulysses — — Map (db m269822) HM
Killed at Croke Park
on Bloody Sunday
LIVED HERE
A Maraíodh i bPáirc an
Chrócaigh ar Domhnach na Fola
A CHÓNAIGH ANSEO
[Unveiled 20 November 2023] — — Map (db m269815) HM WM
To the
Four Illustrious Masters
of the Franciscan Order
Michael O'Cleary, Fearfeasa O'Maolconry
Peregrine O'Cleary, Peregrine O' Duigenan
by whose untiring labours
at a time when hatred and persecution
raged against the Catholic . . . — — Map (db m270505) HM
(Inscription) [Gaeilge:]
A leac yo do togeaḋ é le arḃainc gur ar an ḃláiṫce ro ḃó ḃí con liġin lúaín na reaḃm. I rríoṫún Arḃeata nuaiḋ ris díoġas agur nar . . . — — Map (db m304652) HM
These enclosed gardens were laid out in 1864 by the Earl of Carlisle. They cover an area of 9 hectares, including the lake and provide an opportunity to see a fine example of Victorian horticulture.
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Asia and Europe saved by thee, proclaim
Invincible in war thy deathless name,
Now round thy brow the civic oak we twine
That every earthly glory may be thine.Conservata tuis Asia atoue Europa triumphis . . . — — Map (db m241169) HM WM
[Gaeilge:] Go moch maidin Déardaoin, an 27 Aibreán 1916, ghabh Complacht de shaighdiúirí na Breataine ón Royal Irish Regiment, a raibh meaisínghunna Lewis d’arm acu, ionad ar dhíon Eaglais na hOllscoile, díreach os a chomhair seo. . . . — — Map (db m307212) HM
[Gaeilge:] Tugtar cur síos sa taispeántas seo ar an ról suntasach a bhí ag Páirc Fhaiche Stiabhna i rith Éirí Amach na Cásca 1916, nuair a bhí Éire ag iarraidh neamhspleáchas ó riail na Breataine. Tharla ceann de na cathanna ab . . . — — Map (db m307203) HM
In remembrance of Anna Maria 1829–1922 and Thomas Haslam 1825–1917 This seat is erected in honour of their long years of public service chiefly devoted to the enfranchisement of women. — — Map (db m307010) HM
[Gaeilge:] Bhí cónaí ar Stiúrthóir na Páirce, James Kearney agus a theaghlach, sa lóiste i rith Éirí Amach na Cásca 1916. Bhris duine de na hÓglaigh fuinneog sa lóiste chun dul isteach ann agus thug sé ordú d’iníon an Stiúrthóra an . . . — — Map (db m307278) HM
Páirc Fhaiche Stiabhna | Saint Stephen’s Green Park [Gaeilge:] Fáilte chuig Páirc Fhaiche Stiabhna Is féidir an pháirc phoiblí is ársa i mbaile Átha Cliath a rianú siar go dtí na meánaoiseanna. Ghac Tionól na Cathrach le . . . — — Map (db m307112) HM
Páirc Fhaiche Stiabhna | Saint Stephen’s Green Park [Gaeilge:] Fáilte chuig Páirc Fhaiche Stiabhna Is féidir an pháirc phoiblí is ársa i mbaile Átha Cliath a rianú siar go dtí na meánaoiseanna. Ghac Tionól na Cathrach le . . . — — Map (db m307280) HM
[Gaeilge:] Luan Cásca, an 24 Aibreán, bhailigh an Chuntaois Markievicz eochracha do na tithe gloine chun óglaigh a gortaíodh a choinneáil ann agus ceathrar príosúnach freisin. Shonraigh an Stiúrthóir Kearney ina thuairisc an Sáirsint Hayden . . . — — Map (db m307281) HM
[Gaeilge:] Is i gCath Fhaiche Stiabhna is mó a d’imir Óglaigh mhná ról in Éirí Amach na Cásca 1916, mar bhaill d’Arm Cathartha na hÉireann nó de Chumann na mBan den chuid is mó. Thug Arm Cathartha na hÉireann cead do mhná teacht isteach agus . . . — — Map (db m307205) HM
[Gaeilge:] As an áit seo, Luan Cásca an 24 Aibreán, chuaigh fórsa d’Óglaigh faoi cheannas an Chaptaein Richard McCormack amach le horduithe le seilbh a ghabháil ar Stáisiún Iarnróid Shráid Fhearchair agus é a choinneáil chun bac a . . . — — Map (db m307238) HM
[Gaeilge:] Bunaíodh Ospidéal Catha anseo, ag Ardán na mBannaí Ceoil, mar chuid de gharastún Fhaiche Stiabhna i rith Éirí Amach na Cásca 1916. Bhí an Sáirsint Madeleine Ffrench-Mullen i gceannas ar an ospidéal catha agus bhí roinnt de . . . — — Map (db m307216) HM
[Gaeilge:] Gníomh míleata is ea cóir chosanta, i bhfoirm trinsí, chun áit a dhaingniú i gcoinne ionsaí. Rinneadh iad seo a thochailt ag na ceithre phríomhbhealach le teacht isteach agus os comhair Shráid Dhásain agus Hume i rith Éirí . . . — — Map (db m307202) HM
Pre 1000 AD - The oldest Gaelic settlement Ath Cliath (hurdle-ford) takes its name from a man-made crossing point on the river close to the modern day Bow Street
1095 - St Michan's Church is founded. For 600 years it remains the only parish . . . — — Map (db m241010) HM
This teapot is based on the 'Utah Teapot' form, a digital object made public by mathematician Martin Newell, in 1975. The shape was, and is, used for the development of software which enables myriad creative industries, including . . . — — Map (db m241009) HM
A synopsis of the archaeology
By Colm Moriarty
The archaeological excavations carried out at Hammond Lane and Church Street, Dublin 7 revealed a wealth of information about Dublin city's very first north-siders.
Excavated in three . . . — — Map (db m241027) HM
[Gaeilge:] Nuair a bhí Faiche Stiabhna daingnithe ag Óglaigh na hÉireann, ghluais siad chun na bóithre timpeall air a dhaingniú freisin, agus iad ag cur bacainní ar acomhail bhóithre. Gabhadh seilbh ar aon rud a d’fhéadfaí a úsáid . . . — — Map (db m307105) HM
This plaque is to commemorate the
5th Infantry Battalion Pipe Band
which was stationed in this barracks
from 1973 to 1997 and whose
band room was above this archway — — Map (db m240667) HM
Arbour Hill Military Cemetery is a complex of monuments and buildings dating to the 19th and 20th centuries. These monuments and buildings commemorate diverse strands of Ireland's military past, from the graves of British military . . . — — Map (db m240998) HM WM
Arbour Hill Military Cemetery is the last resting place of British military personnel and their families who died while serving in Ireland from 1840 to 1876. Most of the military personnel served in one of the barracks located in . . . — — Map (db m240875) HM
CHAD
EUFOR Tchad/RCA / February 2008 - Dec 2010
Number of Tours Served: 2,800
Why were the Irish there?
• Refugees fleeing persecution in neighboring Darfur had created a crisis in the Central African Republic and . . . — — Map (db m269505) HM WM
CONGO
UN Operations in the Congo/ July 1960 - June 1964
Number of Tours Served: 6191 / Casualties: 26
Why the Irish were there?
• The Congo achieved independence from Belgium in June 1960. Yet Belgium troops were . . . — — Map (db m269503) HM WM
CYPRUS
United Nations Force in Cyprus / March 1965 - May 2005
Number of Tours Served: 9655 / Casualties: 9
Why the Irish were there?
• The island's Greek and Turkish communities have long been divided. Upon Cyprus's . . . — — Map (db m269502) HM WM
'Sé ainm an dhroichid seo anois ná
Droichead Seán Heuston
i gcuimhne
An Capt. Seán Heuston
(Fianna Éireann)
a thugh a anam ar son phoblacht na hÉireann
8ú Bealtaine, 1916
Ar dheasláimh dhé go raibh a anam
• . . . — — Map (db m269937) WM
Charles Manners, the Fourth Duke of Rutland (1754-1787) was a popular Viceroy of Ireland from 11th February 1784 until his death on 24th October 1787. He was well known for his ample
banquets in Dublin Castle and in particular for his love of . . . — — Map (db m240815) HM
On 12th December 1922 General Richard Mulcahy, Minister of Defence and Commander in Chief of the Irish Free State army took over this Barracks. He reviewed the first Free State troops here in Clarke Square.
Sculpture by John Coll, presented by . . . — — Map (db m240680) HM WM
This exhibit is a section of the flag pole, that once stood in the Irish Defence Forces Headquarters, Infirmary Road, Parkgate. The building formerly the Royal Infirmary, was designed by James Gandon in 1786[.] Later it became the headquarters to . . . — — Map (db m269454) HM WM
Arbour House, Headquarters of the Irish United Nations Veteran Assocation, was originally the house of the Principal of the Garrison School during the British occupation. Later it was occupied by the caretaker who looked after the graveyard in . . . — — Map (db m269443) HM WM
The Irish United Nations' Veterans' Association (IUNVA) was founded in 1989. Its members are personnel who served abroad with the United Nations, while in service, with the Defence Forces, An Garda Síochána or the UN Field Service. . . . — — Map (db m240970) HM
LEBANON
UNIFIL / May 1978 - PRESENT DAY
Number of Tours Served: 32,000+ / Casualties 47
Why were the Irish there?
• When the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) relocated to Lebanon, the Organisation's action . . . — — Map (db m269507) HM WM
Laoċra mar aon leis na ceitre ċinnire
déag atá curta sa látair seo, a tug a
n-anam ar son na héireann i 1916
Seán Mac Adaim ∙
Tomás ó Hailín ∙ Éamann ó Haonġais ∙Éamann Breatnaċ ∙
Pilib . . . — — Map (db m240965) HM
SOMALIA
UN Operation in Somalia / August 1993 - January 1995
Number of Tours Served: 177 / Casualties: 1
Why the Irish were there?
• Vicious inter-clan fighting led to the deaths of 30,000 Somalis in 1991-1992 in . . . — — Map (db m269506) HM WM
In 1955, the parade ground, the school yard and the old cemetery were amalgamated to create a large
memorial area at Arbour Hill. Designed by Gerry McNicholl of the Office of Public Works, the memorial area features a curved wall . . . — — Map (db m240935) HM WM
If it was possible to love a gun-this was the gun, genuinely loved and respected by gunners the world over.
The 25 Pounder Gun was introduced into service of the British Army 1939, to replace the 18 pounder and 4,5 inch Howitzer which had . . . — — Map (db m269452) HM
The Bakers' Guild was founded by Royal Charter of Edward IV in 1478. This tablet with their arms and dated 1752, probably commemorates the transfer of the Guild's headquarters from the Bakers' Tower, Essex Bridge to Bakers' Hall, 8, Upper Bridge . . . — — Map (db m240684) HM
The Easter 1916 burial plot and memorial are located in an open terrace of Wicklow
granite in what was once part of Arbour Hill Prison. The leaders of the Rising were held
at various places in the city (Pearse and Heuston at Arbour . . . — — Map (db m240933) HM WM
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.
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This stone of Wicklow granite marks the location of
the common grave in which lie the bodies of many of
those executed in Dublin after the 1798 Rebellion.
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[Marker facing street]
This memorial marks the Croppy's Acre where . . . — — Map (db m240635) HM
Dedicated To The Irish Citizens Who Died
In The Service Of The United Nations
REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - ONUC
Coy Sgt Felix Grant DSM 03 Oct 1960
Col Justin J. MacCarthy DSM 27 Oct 1960
Lt Kevin M. Gleeson 08 Nov 1960 • Sgt Hugh F. . . . — — Map (db m269434) WM
[English:] Barnardo Square This square marks the birthplace of Dr Thomas Barnardo (1845–1905), the philanthropist who devoted his life to helping vulnerable children. As a young man, Barnardo wanted to practise as a medical . . . — — Map (db m304681) HM
[English:] Christ Church Cathedral Dublin’s oldest cathedral began life as a small church founded by Dúnán, the first bishop of Dublin, with funds from the Norse king of Dublin, Sitriuc. After the capture of the city by the . . . — — Map (db m304810) HM
[English:] Eamonn Ceannt (1881–1916) Signatory of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic and a leader of the 1916 Rising Employed by Dublin City Council at the City Treasurer’s Department 16 Castle Street 1900–1916 . . . — — Map (db m304684) HM
[Gaeilge:] Ball den Hibernian Rifles Éag-ghonta sa láthair seo [English:] Member of the Hibernian Rifles Mortally wounded here [Gaeilge:] Éirí Amach na Cásca 1916 — — Map (db m304672) HM
[Gaeilge:] Halla na Cathrach Is é Halla na Cathrach ceanncheatrú Bardas Átha Cliath agus is ann a bíonn cruinnithe Comhairle Cathair Átha Cliath. Ba é Thomas Cooley a dhear mar ionad don Malartán Ríoga é agus osclaíodh an . . . — — Map (db m304673) HM
Irish Citizen Army Arm Cathartha na hÉireann Members of 1916 Garrison at Dublin’s City Hall and Its Outposts Comhaltaí Gharastún 1916 i Halla na Cathrach, Baile Átha Cliath agus Sna hUrphoist a Bháin Leis City Hall Halla na Cathrach . . . — — Map (db m304682) HM
Arm Catarḋa Éireann I.C.A. 1916 [Gaeilge:] I nOil-Ċuimne An Captaen Seán ua Conġaile An leas-Captaen Seán ua Raġallaiġ agus Seoirse Mac Eocaḋám is Luġaiḋ ua Broin, Óglaiġ, Darm . . . — — Map (db m304674) WM
In 1599, Sir William Temple, a renowned teacher and philosopher, entered the service of the Lord Deputy of Ireland. In 1609 Temple was made Provost of Trinity College, Dublin and Master Chancery in Ireland and moved to this country.
Sir . . . — — Map (db m240585) HM
This well was probably constructed when Eustace Street was laid out between 1680 and 1720. Before that this area was a salty tidal shore on the right bank of the river Poddle where it joined the Liffey just outside the walls of medieval . . . — — Map (db m241144) HM
Towards the end of the 8th century Scandinavian Vikings began to invade and then gradually settle and mix with Irish society. They founded our capital city, Dublin in 988.
Brian Boru, High King of Ireland at this time sought to reduce viking . . . — — Map (db m240567) HM
