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Historic Plaques

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  • 16-08-2010 10:11am
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    kersti
    Registered Users Posts: 79 ✭✭


    Does anyone know where I could get a listing of all of the historic building plaques in Dublin? You know the round brown signs...


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    1968
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    Not sure if such a list exists.

    For all war memorials/plaques in Dublin. Check out:

    http://www.irishwarmemorials.ie/html/places.php

    Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council have created a list of the plaques in their area:

    http://www.dlharbour.ie/content/history/in_honour_and_memory/index.php


    That's about it AFAIK.


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    kersti
    Registered Users Posts: 79 ✭✭kersti


    Have been on the phone to the Dublin City COuncil, who put me on to the Heritage department. Apparently there is no record of all of these plaques and the Heritage people "actively discourage them"

    How woeful is that! They're a great insight into local neighbourhoods... me thinks we should try to put together a list of them all, post the plaque's details or a photo of it together with it's actual address...


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    ODS
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    kersti wrote: »
    Have been on the phone to the Dublin City COuncil, who put me on to the Heritage department. Apparently there is no record of all of these plaques and the Heritage people "actively discourage them"

    How woeful is that! They're a great insight into local neighbourhoods... me thinks we should try to put together a list of them all, post the plaque's details or a photo of it together with it's actual address...

    That's very interesting - and well done on going to the trouble of actually phoning up DCC.

    I agree regarding them being a great insight into neighbourhoods. Ones that I can think of are at:

    Merrion Square - a house resided in by WB Yeats

    North Great George's Street - houses resided in by Prof Mahaffy and also Alderman Thorpe

    North Frederick St - Stained glass artist Harry Clarke's former studio

    I'm sure we can think of more :)


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