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Earl Street
James Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet. There are plaques dedicated to him throughout Dublin on Clanbrassil Street, in Chapelizod, Ormond Quay and Merrion Square Gardens. The Martello Tower in Sandycove is now a museum dedicated to his memory.
St. Stephens's Green
Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa was born in 1831. He was an active Fenian leader and died in 1915. He is buried in Glasnevin and a monument in St Stephen's Green, designed by S Murphy, is dedicated to him.
Ha'penny Bridge
The Ha'Penny Bridge is Dublin's oldest pedestrian crossing over the river Liffey. It was erected in 1816 as the Wellington Bridge and it acquired its better known nickname from the halfpenny toll levied on all users of the bridge up to 1919.
General Post Office
The GPO that housed the rebels during the 1916 Rising is a suitably grand public space to show Oliver Sheppard’s 1935 statue, The Death of Cú Chulainn
College Green
Henry Grattan, leader of the Independent Irish Parliament of 1783-1800, is commemorated by monuments to him in various parts of Dublin city including: College Green, Rotunda, City Hall and Cork Street.
Merrion Square North
The great writer was celebrated for his devil-may-care attitude to life and that’s captured in Danny Osborne’s much-loved statue. Oscar reclines on a quartz boulder - sourced in the Wicklow Mountains.
O'Connell Street
Jim Larkin was one of Ireland’s greatest champions of workers’ rights and he was present during the 1913 Strike and Lockout. Oisin Kelly’s 1980 statue sees the great trade unionist in typically combative mode.
St. Stephen's Green
James Clarence Mangan (1 May 1803 - June 1849) was an Irish poet born in Dublin. A bronze bust of the poet stands in St Stephens Green in Dublin.
National Gallery of Ireland
Shaw was sculpted by his great friend, Paolo Troubetzkoy. Shaw’s famous words about the importance of art feature on the wall behind, appropriate considering the venue in the National Art gallery.
Isaac Butt (1813–1879) is regarded as the founder of the Home Rule Movement in Ireland. Born in 1813, Isaac Butt was a politician and nationalist leader. He was a member of the Irish and English Bar, and was a renowned lawyer and scholar.**
St Stephen's Green
The great revolutionary, immortalised in rousing song, may have been a diminutive man in height - but you would never know that from Edward Delaney’s magnificent 1964 statue.
Phoenix Park
Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, was born at 24 Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2 in 1769 and died in 1852. There are a number of monuments around Dublin to commemorate him.
Trinity College Dublin
George Salmon was professor of mathematics for many years as well as a Church of Ireland rector. He was provost of Ireland’s oldest university during its tri-centenary celebrations in 1892.
42 Lower Ormond Quay
Nicknamed ‘the Hags with the Bags’ by the city’s wags - captures it beautifully. Sculpted by Jackie McKenna it was unveiled in 1988, the year of Dublin’s Millennium celebrations.
Custom House Quay
On Custom House Quay, in the Dublin City Docklands, you will see the Famine statues. These haunting figures commemorate the most profound disaster in Irish history, when Ireland lost more than one million citizens to starvation.
St Andrew's Church
The Molly Malone statue is located in Suffolk Street, a short distance from Trinity College. Molly Malone was a semi historical, semi-legendary figure who was commemorated in the song 'Cockles and Mussels', a Dublin anthem.
O'Connell Bridge
Known as the 'Liberator', Daniel O'Connell was born in Carhan, Caherciveen in 1775. After securing the passage of the Catholic Emancipation Act in 1829, he was elected Lord Mayor of Dublin. There are numerous memorials to him around Dublin City.
4 Beresford Place
The Scottish born socialist and Republican is revered for his commitment to raising the standard of living for those in impoverished conditions. His statue is located beneath the imposing Loopline Bridge.
C/O Dublin Tourism Information Centre, Suffolk Street
There are plaques dedicated to the Irish Poet Patrick Kavanagh, at Raglan Road and on Pembroke Road in Dublin. There is also a monument, in the form of a public seat, dedicated to him on the banks of the Grand Canal at Baggot Street Bridge.
O'Connell street
Charles Stewart Parnell was the leader of the Irish Party in the House of Commons in London and in 1879 became the president of the Irish Land League. A bronze statue on O'Connell Street, Dublin commemorates him.