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![]() | Sydney Owenson grey plaque in Dublin | Sydney Owenson (Lady Morgan) writer and patriot lived on this site 1813-1837 |
![]() | John Henry Newman, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and James Joyce black plaque in Dublin | St. Patrick's House of the Catholic university University College 1854-1909. John Henry Newman, Rector 1852-59, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Professor of Greek 1884-89, James Augustine Joyce, student 1899-1902 |
![]() | Oscar Wilde black plaque in Dublin | Oscar Wilde 1854-1900 Poet, dramatist, wit lived here 1855-1878 |
![]() | William Robert Wills Wilde brown plaque in Dublin | Sir William Robert Wills Wilde, 1815-1876, aural and ophthalmic surgeon, archaeologist, ethnologist, antiquarian, biographer, statistician, naturalist, topographer, historian, folklorist lived in this house from 1855 to 1876 |
![]() | James Joyce yellow plaque in Dublin | Birthplace of James Joyce poet - novelist 1882-1941 |
![]() | Edward Carson brown plaque in Dublin | Lord Edward Carson 1854-1935 politician and lawyer born here 1854 |
![]() | George Bernard Shaw white plaque in Dublin | Bernard Shaw author of many plays was born in this house 26 July 1856 |
![]() | Cathal Brugha black plaque in Dublin | Cathal Brugha 1874-1922 |
![]() | Brass plaque № 7531 in Dublin | The first meeting of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland was held on premises on this site on 9th April 1798 |
![]() | Sean Healy bronze plaque in Dublin | In memory of Sean Healy Na. Fianna Eireann aged 15 years. Mortally wounded by British Forces at this spot during the Easter Rising April 1916 |
![]() | United Irishmen brown plaque in Dublin | Society of United Irishmen of Dublin founded 9th November 1791 at The Eagle Tavern on this site |
![]() | Flann O'Brien and Brian O'Nolan black plaque in Dublin | Myles na gCopaleen Flann O'Brien Brian O'Nuallain 1911-1966 Ní bhéid a leithéad arís ann |
![]() | George William Russell grey plaque in Dublin | George William Russell AE 1867-1935 poet, mystic, painter, co-operator worked here |
![]() | James Joyce brass plaque in Dublin | James Joyce author of Ulysses lived here from April to August 1904 |
![]() | James Joyce grey plaque in Dublin | James Joyce [full inscription unknown] |
![]() | Leopold Bloom and James Joyce brown plaque in Dublin | Here in Joyce's imagination was born in May 1866 Leopold Bloom. Citizen, husband, father, wanderer, reincarnation of Ulysses |
![]() | James Joyce brown plaque in Dublin | The Ormond Hotel is the setting for the episode The Sirens in Joyce's Ulysses |
![]() | James Joyce grey plaque in Dublin | In this house lived James Joyce |
![]() | George Fitzmaurice brown plaque in Dublin | George Fitzmaurice 1878-1964 Abbey playwright lived here 1901-1911 |
![]() | Bronze plaque № 8775 in Dublin | Éirí Amach na Cásca 1916: Ceanncheathrú Arm Cathartha Na Héireann Seachtainn Na Cásca. Headquarters, Irish Citizen Army during Easter Week |
![]() | Richard Griffith stone plaque in Dublin | In this house was born Sir Richard Griffith. Bart. 1784-1878 Father of Irish Geology |
![]() | John Henry Newman brown plaque in Dublin | In the garden of this house John Henry Newman 1801 - 1890 built University Church 1856 |
![]() | George Moore white plaque in Dublin | Writer George Moore lived in this house 1901 - 1911 |
![]() | George Francis Fitzgerald purple, white and green plaque in Dublin | Theoretical Physicist George Francis Fitzgerald MRIA FRS 1851 - 1901 lived here Fitzgerald Contraction in Relativity |
![]() | Oliver St. John Gogarty brown plaque in Dublin | Oliver St. John Gogarty poet and surgeon had rooms here 1915 - 1917 |
![]() | Thomas Wrigley Grimshaw brown plaque in Dublin | Doctor Thomas Wrigley Grimshaw 1839-1900 physician and philanthropist lived on this site 1861-1881 |
![]() | Arnold Graves purple, white and green plaque in Dublin | Promoted Irish Technical Education Arnold Graves 1847 - 1930 founded Kevin St Technical School 1887 |
![]() | John Hughes white plaque in Dublin | Sculptor John Hughes lived in this house 1890-1901 |
![]() | William Butler Yeats brown plaque in Dublin | Senator William Butler Yeats 1965 - 1939 poet & playwright lived here 1922 - 1928 |
![]() | William Butler Yeats brown plaque in Dublin | Birthplace of William Butler Yeats poet dramatist author June 13 1865 |
![]() | Andrew O'Connor brown plaque in Dublin | Andrew O'Connor sculptor born Worcester Mass., USA June 7th 1874 died in this house June 7 1941 |
![]() | Brown plaque № 8819 in Dublin | H. Q. 1912 - 1915 of International Tailors, Pressers and Machinists Union Established by Jewish Workers Synagogue 1892 - 1916 Concern and ICTU |
![]() | Robert Tressell stone plaque in Dublin | Robert Tressell born Robert Noonan socialist, painter signwriter and author of "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists" 18th April 1870 - 3rd February 1911 |
![]() | William Butler Yeats blue plaque in Dublin | Balscadden House. W. B. Yeats poet lived here 1880 -1883 "I have spread my dreams under your feet. Tread softly because you tread on my dreams" |
![]() | Daniel O'Connell brown plaque in Dublin | Daniel O'Connell 1775 - 1847 'The Liberator' lived in this house |
![]() | Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu brown plaque in Dublin | Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1814 - 1873 writer lived here |
![]() | Charles Algernon Parsons blue plaque in Dublin | CA Parsons No5 Generator This was one of the first commercial machines based on the 1884 patent by Charles A Parsons for a steam turbine and used a dynamo as load. Output 65 amps, 100 volts at a speed on 12,000rpm. Presented to Trinity College, Dublin by Gerald Stone, BAI, 1911. |
![]() | James Joyce blue plaque in Dublin | James Joyce - Volta Cinematograph [full inscription unknown] |
![]() | Ernest Henry Shackleton purple, white and green plaque in Dublin | Ernest Shackleton lived here 1874 - 1922 lived here 1880 -1884 Antartic explorer. Leader of men |
![]() | Erwin Schrödinger blue plaque in Dublin | Erwin Schrödinger creator of Wave Mechanics worked here 1940 - 1956 |
![]() | Mainie Jellett brown plaque in Dublin | Mainie Jellett 1897 - 1944 painter lived and worked here |
![]() | John Lighton Synge white plaque in Dublin | Here worked the geometer, relativist, and applied mathematician John Lighton Synge From 1948 - 1971. b. 1897 d. 1995 |
![]() | John Boyd Dunlop brown plaque in Dublin | The first pneumatic tyre factory in the world was started here in 1889, to make tyres under John Boyd Dunlop's patent of the 7th December, 1888. |
![]() | Ludwig Wittgenstein bronze plaque in Dublin | Ludwig Wittgenstein (1899 -1951) Viennese philosopher stayed in Dublin in the winter 1948 - 1949 and liked to sit and write at these steps. |
![]() | Bram Stoker brown plaque in Dublin | Bram Stoker 1847-1912 theatre manager and author of Dracula lived here |
![]() | Sean O'Casey green plaque in Dublin | Poet dramatist Sean O'Casey lived in this house 1882 - 1888 |
![]() | Ludwig Wittgenstein grey plaque in Dublin | Ludwig Wittgenstein 1889 - 1951 philosopher lived and worked here November 1948 - June 1949 |
![]() | William Henry Stanley Monck brown plaque in Dublin | W. H. S. Monck, 1839 - 1915 and colleagues made the first electrical measurements of starlight here on 1892 August 28 |
![]() | John Field brown plaque in Dublin | John Field composer and pianist born at Golden Lane 26th July 1782 died at Moscow 27th January 1837. Creator of the nocturne, precursor of Chopin, was baptised in this church 5th September 1782 |
![]() | Brendan Behan bronze plaque in Dublin | 1923 - 1964 Brendan Behan |
![]() | Lafcadio Hearn brown plaque in Dublin | Lafcadio Hearn 1850 - 1904 famous for his writings on Japan lived here 1853 - 1855 during his childhood |
![]() | Lafcadio Hearn maroon plaque in Dublin | This Georgian residence was the boyhood home of Lafcadio Hearn ( Koizumi Yakumo 1850-1904 ) one of the most fascinating writers of the 19th century. The Celtic spirit of vague unrest and a reaction to Western materialism led him to Japan in 1890. His genius grasped better than anyone the very essence of Japan. He presented with subtle comprehension and symapthy and with exquisite prose the soul of a people destined to play an ever increasing role in world affairs |
![]() | Blue plaque № 9892 in Dublin | Irish Aviation began in this building on November 5th 1909 when the members of the Irish Automobile Club founded the Irish Aero Club |
![]() | Brown plaque № 9894 in Dublin | Mhair and Chairdinéal John Henry Newman Diagaí, Scoláire agus céad Reachtaire ar Ollscoil Chaitlicheach na hÉireann anseo - 1854 go 1858 Cardinal John Henry Newman Theologian, Scholar and First Rector of the Catholic University of Ireland lived here 1854 - 1858 |
![]() | Hugh Lane marble plaque in Dublin | Clonmell House home of The Municipal Gallery of Modern Art 1908 - 1932 founded by Sir Hugh Lane |
![]() | Jonah Barrington brown plaque in Dublin | Sir Jonah Barrington 1760 - 1834 memoir writer lived here |
![]() | Oscar Wilde white plaque in Dublin | Poet Dramatist Wit Oscar Wilde Do rugadh sa teach seo 16-10-1854 |
![]() | John Millington Synge stone plaque in Dublin | John Millington Synge writer & dramatist lived here 1890 - 1906 |
![]() | Jonathan Swift black plaque in Dublin | In No 7 Hoey's Court (now demolished) about 100 feet NW of this spot it is reputed that Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, was born on the 30th day of Novr. 1667 He died on the 19th day of Octr. 1745 |
![]() | Stephan Kelly and Patrick Keena stone plaque in Dublin | In memory of Sergeant Stephan Kelly and Constable Patrick Keena of the Dublin Metropolitan Police who were shot on duty in this locality in the early hours of 31st October 1867 |
![]() | Anne Jellicoe purple, white and green plaque in Dublin | Quaker educationalist Anne Jellicoe 1823-1880 founded here in 1861 The Queen's Technical Training Institute for Women |
![]() | William Rowan Hamilton stone plaque in Dublin | Here as he walked by on the 16th of October 1843 Sir William Rowan Hamilton in a flash of genius discovered the fundamental formula for quaternion multiplication i² = j² = k² = ijk = −1 & cut it on a stone of this bridge. |
![]() | Elizabeth Bowen brown plaque in Dublin | Elizabeth Bowen [full inscription unknown] |
![]() | Robert Emmet white plaque in Dublin | Robert Emmet arrested 25 August 1803 here in Palmer's House while hiding as a lodger under the assumed name of Hewitt after the aborted uprising |
![]() | Veronica Guerin white plaque in Dublin | Veronica Guerin was assassinated close to this site on June 26th 1996. May we always remember her for her courage. Honoured by South Dublin County Council and the Sunday Independent. An bheis dé go raibh a h'anam dílis solas dé inár measc |
![]() | James Napper Tandy stone plaque in Dublin | Adjacent to this house was born AD 1740 James Napper Tandy civic tribune soldier and patriot, Secretary Dublin Society United Irishmen, Chef de Brigade Armée de la Republique Francaise, died in Bordeaux 1803. Erected by Quay Ward branch Wolfe Tone and '98 Memorial Association A.D. 1900 [full inscription unknown] |
![]() | Constance Markievicz plaque in Dublin | Constance Countess Markievicz lay in State in this Pillar Room of the Rotunda Hospital on 16 July 1927. Tens of thousands of people filed past the remains of one known as "The Lover of the Poor" She was interred in Glasnevin Cemetery. |
![]() | John Field grey plaque in Dublin | John Field Creator of the Nocturne Born Golden Lane 1782 Died Moscow 1837 |
![]() | Thomas Moore white plaque in Dublin | 1779 The birthplace of Thomas Moore, Ireland's lyric poet. Reconstructed in 1963 |
![]() | Michael Mallin plaque in Dublin | Michael Mallin [full inscription unknown] |
![]() | Jennie Wyse Power bronze plaque in Dublin | Home of John and Jennie Wyse Power from 1899 to 1909 Ar an láthair seo síníodh forógra na poblachta. The Proclamation of the Republic was signed on this site in April 1916 [full inscription unknown] |
![]() | Johnny Giles green plaque in Dublin | John Giles Irish international footballer was born and raised in Ormond Square |
![]() | Lord Edward FitzGerald bronze plaque in Dublin | Lord Edward FitzGerald Commander-in-Chief of the United Army was buried here on 5th June 1798 |
![]() | White plaque № 11308 in Dublin | From the 29th December 1711 this was the site of French Peters the church and cemetery of the non-conforming French Huguenots until the remains were removed and reinterred in Mount Jerome Cemetery in 1967 |
![]() | Bronze plaque № 11570 in Dublin | On the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day this plaque was dedicated to Mary Manning, a young Irish woman who led a strike against apartheid from 1984-1987. She represents the courage and commitment of women to the struggle for peace, justice and a better life for all. Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki President of South Africa 8 March 2008 |
![]() | Francis Bacon brown plaque in Dublin | Francis Bacon 1909 - 1992 artist was born in this house on 28 October 1909 |
![]() | Black plaque № 11919 in Dublin | Temple Street Children's University Hospital first started as a charitable infirmary here on 7th November 1872 |
![]() | Sarah H. Purser brown plaque in Dublin | Sarah H. Purser Artist Lived Here 1887 - 1909 |
![]() | Brown plaque № 12133 in Dublin | Surgeon and Radiologist Dr Walter C Stevenson 1877 - 1931 Lived Here 1910 - 1931 Pioneer in Radiation Oncology |
![]() | Brown plaque № 12134 in Dublin | Catherine McAuley Woman of Mercy Built this house and lived here 1827 - 1841 |
![]() | Michael William Balfe brown plaque in Dublin | Michael William Balfe 1808 - 1870 was born and spent his youth in a house which stood near this site (No 10 Pitt St) |
![]() | Arthur Wellesley, Robert Emmet, Thomas Moore, and Richard Brinsley Sheridan brown plaque in Dublin | Site of Whytes Academy 1758 - 1824 Pupils here included Richard Brinsley Sheridan Thomas Moore Robert Emmet Arthur Wellesley Late Duke of Wellington. |












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