Last night.
Dawson Street, Dublin 2.
Protestors outside the Mansion House, where Dublin City Councillors voted to not grant protected status to The O’Rahilly’s House (top) in Herbert Park. Dublin 4.
The house was the home of 1916 rising leader Michael Joseph O’Rahilly, and is due to be demolished to make room for a proposed aparthotel development with 105 flats fronting on to Herbert Park.
Previously: Was It For This?
Sculptor Mark Richards at work; The Roger casement staue; The plinth at the end of the swim jetty at Dun Laoghaire Baths
Casement statue is literally being poured right now. I’ve been following progress on Instagram. Looks amazing. Will be in Sandycove. ✊
— 1916 Walking Tour (@1916walkingtour) June 10, 2020
Sandycove, County Dublin-born revolutionary martyr and soul-baring diarist Roger Casement.
Safe from toppling?
Only YOU can decide.
Earlier: Christopher Cross
Previously: Dun Laoghaire Baths Site Ready for Roger Casement Statue (Afloat, April 13)
From top: GPO, O’Connell Street, Dublin; Exo building, Point Square, Dublin
This morning.
An Post is ‘closing in on a deal to relocate’ its headquarters from the GPO to the Exo Building at Point Square in the Dublin docklands.
Via Irish Times:
The company is understood to have entered into exclusive negotiations to rent at least 120,000sq ft at the property from its owners, a European fund advised by Tristan Capital Partners and local partners SW3 Capital. The Exo, which is under construction, will comprise 169,150sq ft of Grade A office space upon completion later this year.
….While An Post’s GPO headquarter operations now look set to be relocated to the Exo Building, its public post office and the GPO Witness History Museum will continue in their current location…
Harrumph/Fight!
An Post looks to relocate from GPO to Dublin’s tallest office (Irish Times)
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May 17, 1916
Abbey Street and O’ Connell Street, Dublin 1.
That’ll learn everyone.
Original via The National Library of Ireland
The EU flag pole snapped in the GPO today. pic.twitter.com/IPCee5bvbr
— 1916 Walking Tour (@1916walkingtour) December 5, 2019
This afternoon.
O’Connell Street, Dublin 1.
High winds or deliberately snapped in two by a patriot?
We may never know.
Meanwhile…
EU; You will submit to our will…..
GPO; Hold my pint! https://t.co/IT5zrLltE0
— IrishFreeSpeechParty (@EireFreeSpeech) December 5, 2019
Fight!
This morning/afternoon.
St. Audoen’s Park, Cook Street, Merchants Quay, Dublin 1
Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Katherine Zappone with Lord Mayor of Dublin City, Mr. Paul McAuliffe and Joe Duffy the Launch of the 1916 Children’s Commemorative Play Garden, a joint initiative between the Department of Children and Youth affairs and Dublin City Council.
Inspired by Mr Duffy’s book Children of the Rising, the idea to remember the 40 children who died in 1916 with a play garden came from young people from across Ireland who took part in special consultations.
Now to Tuam…
This morning/afternoon.
Arbour Hill cemetery, Dublin.
President Higgins (pic 4), Taoiseach Leo Varadkar (pic 5) and Garda Commissioner Drew Harris (above centre) joined members of the Defence Forces for the annual 1916 Leaders Commemoration Ceremony.
Daycent female cartoonist/artist of the day is Cesca Trench, an English-born woman who came to Ireland, championed the Irish language, changed her name to Sadhbh Trinseach, was involved in the Easter Rising and Cumann na mBan, and gifted us this 👇 pic.twitter.com/n6mpzOakgZ
— Ciaraíoch 🎨 (@Ciaraioch) January 29, 2019
Lovely.
But did her drawings send out certain men the English shot?
Anyone?/FIGHT!
Mount Street Bridge, Dublin last night .
Conor writes:
One mans freedom fighter is another mans terrorist.
Paul Murphy (centre) outside the Central Criminal Court today
Roll up.
Bring your rotten veg.
For the last of the 1916 tributes.
Martin McMahon writes:
As part of the ongoing 1916 Rising Commemorations, the Fine Gael led government has arranged a special series of ‘Show Trials’ for the entertainment of the masses.
Very kindly, Irish newspapers, journalists and politicians have risen to the challenge of making this experience as close to the original as possible. To quote that memorable Irish Times 1916 editorial:
‘We said, and we repeat, that the surgeon’s knife of the State must not be stayed “until the whole malignant growth has been removed”… Our demand that the elements of rebellion should be finally extinguished… We have called for the severest punishment of the leaders and responsible agents of the insurrection.’
Exactly as in 1916, the public has been fed a constant stream of vitriol against the defendants and those who support them. Comparisons to ISIS and labels such as ‘Sinister Fringe’ have been spat across the parliament floor in a wholly convincing portrayal of the bloodlust for vengeance which existed among the ruling class and courtiers in 1916.
The Minister for Recreations told us:
“We can’t do military trials, but we appoint the judges and control the jury. We encourage people to come along to the courts where rotten fruit & veg will be provided free of charge to throw at the guilty on their way in and out during the course of the trial. We expect it to be a huge family event”.
In a break with history, it is understood that negotiations are underway with RTÉ and SKY to televise the executions live from Kilmainham Jail where the Garda Band will play a constant loop of ‘God Save the Queen’. Seats are limited and families are advised to book early for what will be the last event in the 1916 Rising Commemorations.
Martin blogs at RamshornRepublic
Earlier: Meanwhile, At The Jobstown Trial
For Your Consideration: Jobstown, Protest On Trial
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