Shame on The McSharry and Kennedy building families demolishing the O’Rahilly house in Ballsbridge at 6.30am this morning.
Undue haste!!#ourhistory #theorahilly#easterrising #ballsbridge pic.twitter.com/Rk4rxqJc8N— Chris Andrews (@chrisandrews64) September 29, 2020
O’Rahilly house completely demolished. Just after DCC voted to preserve it, just after ógra Shinn féin Dublin set up a petition that was to be sent to the housing minister to try give the house national monument status, this is such a sad day in history 😭 #saveourhistory pic.twitter.com/dkDPCdiYaF
— Christine Ní Mhathúna💃🏽🇮🇪🇵🇸🏳️🌈 (@christineomg5) September 29, 2020
This morning.
Hebert Park, Ballsbrisge, Dublin 4.
The O’Rahilly’s House (top) was the home of 1916 rising leader Michael Joseph O’Rahilly, and is to make room for a proposed aparthotel development with 105 flats fronting on to Herbert Park.
Prevously: A Cold House
Meanwhile…
Such a parcel of rogues in a nation. pic.twitter.com/wPuaLalOgs
— Donal Fallon (@fallon_donal) September 29, 2020
In fairness.
National monument?
Is every house that anyone involved in the 1916 rising lived in for a few years a national monument? Does it have other historical significance?
its a good thing you don’t decide what’s of historical importance and what isn’t. The 1916 rising isn’t even enough for you.
You’re not really addressing Col’s point: should we have preserved every single house where every single volunteer lived? And if not, why not?
How long did he live there Rob? Where else did he live in Dublin?
Dublin really does need another aparthotel though.
I think this is the point everyone is missing.
Who cares about that crappy aul house.
Also a breach of planning conditions, construction works are not allowed before 0700
yep. breaking the law all over the place. thing is, they wouldnt have done it if they didnt know they’d get away with it. now if you are i did this.. you’d come under scrutiny for all kinds of punishments.
Hotelier Noel O’Callaghan discovered otherwise to his cost.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/archer-s-garage-rebuilt-after-razing-1.1152577
‘He lads, we’ve voted to preserve this but if you get in there Pat Mustard-ish in the morning and do your business, not a lot can be done about it afterwards’
DCC votes are purely hot air and bluster, like most council guff. Can’t believe they managed to outwit young SF though, that petition really would have shut everything down. Numpties! They were so proud of it they had let it fall into ruin and ignored it for decades, pure bandwagon jumping for a bit of attention.
ógra Shinn féin
lol
That’s what progress looks like, destroying the old to make way for the new. If every single building that was part of the 1916 rising had to be preserved, we would never get anywhere as a society.
I’m not sure that’s the MAIN barrier to Ireland improving as a society.
if you think aparthotels are progress than that’s you out of the conversation straight away.
They should be made to rebuild it, that’s what would happen in the UK
They were entitled to demolish it. It was a state for years and nobody cared.
Fed up of the families of 1916 people acting like they own the 1916 revolution as well.
Elected Councillors unanimously voted that this building be added to the Record of Protected Structures.
The 2000 Planning and Development Act is clear:
‘Penalties for owners or occupiers of protected structures who endanger the structure… [can] be liable for fines of up to €12.7 million and/or a term of imprisonment of up to 2 years’
One looks forward to the full rigor of the law being upheld.
It wasn’t a protected structure since the council only started the process this month. It takes several months from first being proposed for a structure to become protected.
They voted a few months ago not to extend protection to it –
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/o-rahilly-house-demolition-supported-by-council-1.4336998
It’s almost as if they make decisions on things based on the way the political wind is blowing at a given moment…