1916 exhibition in Dublin 30th/31st May

molders

An exhibition of original 1916 related material is being held in Wynns Hotel in Abbey Street, Dublin on the weekend of the 30/31st May 2009 This exhibition has been organised to display a unique collection of memorabilia and artefact's from the Easter Rising. These will include The surrender flag from Moore Street Jack Plunketts bullet marked Volunteers slouch hat The lock of James Connolly's hair cut the night before his execution on the families instructions, along with Connolly's silver medal awarded to him for the "Dublin Labour War of 1913-1914" Tom Clarke's diary, wallet, photo album and other personal effects. There will also be a fine collection of original uniforms, flags, medals and other items from the Irish Volunteers, Irish Citizen Army and Na Fianna. Most of these items have been in safe keeping of the immediate families and have therefore never been seen in public before. This is a rare chance to view them. There will also be the opportunity to view a digitally enhanced print of the famous GPO Garrison veterans group photograph taken in Croke Park in 1938. A volunteer will be on hand to help add any names to the many unidentified faces within the group. Relatives of the executed 1916 leaders will also be present over the weekend. James Connolly Heron a great grandson of James Connolly will be unveiling an alternative plan for the Moore Street area. On Sunday 31st there will be guided tours of 'Battlefield Moore Street' at 2pm 4pm 6pm. This event is being held to highlight the proposed fate of No. 16 Moore Street which was the last head quarters of the GPO garrison in 1916 and was the site from which the garrison surrended. It is being held to build on the success of the recent 'Arms Around Moore Street' demonstration.

Mr. A

Link?

brianthebard

Very interesting stuff. I'd also like to see a link if the op or anyone else has any info?

Shane-1

What time does exhibition stay open until in the evening?

Mr. A

Indymedia: http://www.indymedia.ie/article/92476

GhostInTheRuins

Interesting.

For those of us not in the know, what is being planned for Moore Street that they are campaigning against? I presume demolition of historically significant buildings or something?

Morlar

GhostInTheRuins wrote: »

Interesting.

For those of us not in the know, what is being planned for Moore Street that they are campaigning against? I presume demolition of historically significant buildings or something?

Yes - a developer want to knock down the building on moore st where the rebels held out. He wants to put up a monster department store in its place.

Morlar

molders wrote: »

An exhibition of original 1916 related material is being held in Wynns Hotel in Abbey Street, Dublin on the weekend of the 30/31st May 2009 This exhibition has been organised to display a unique collection of memorabilia and artefact's from the Easter Rising. These will include The surrender flag from Moore Street Jack Plunketts bullet marked Volunteers slouch hat The lock of James Connolly's hair cut the night before his execution on the families instructions, along with Connolly's silver medal awarded to him for the "Dublin Labour War of 1913-1914" Tom Clarke's diary, wallet, photo album and other personal effects. There will also be a fine collection of original uniforms, flags, medals and other items from the Irish Volunteers, Irish Citizen Army and Na Fianna. Most of these items have been in safe keeping of the immediate families and have therefore never been seen in public before. This is a rare chance to view them. There will also be the opportunity to view a digitally enhanced print of the famous GPO Garrison veterans group photograph taken in Croke Park in 1938. A volunteer will be on hand to help add any names to the many unidentified faces within the group. Relatives of the executed 1916 leaders will also be present over the weekend. James Connolly Heron a great grandson of James Connolly will be unveiling an alternative plan for the Moore Street area. On Sunday 31st there will be guided tours of 'Battlefield Moore Street' at 2pm 4pm 6pm. This event is being held to highlight the proposed fate of No. 16 Moore Street which was the last head quarters of the GPO garrison in 1916 and was the site from which the garrison surrended. It is being held to build on the success of the recent 'Arms Around Moore Street' demonstration.

Cheers for that - those items of militaria look well worth checking out.

Mr. A

GhostInTheRuins wrote: »

Interesting.

For those of us not in the know, what is being planned for Moore Street that they are campaigning against? I presume demolition of historically significant buildings or something?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqqMfhcN5Uo

GhostInTheRuins

Morlar wrote: »

Yes - a developer want to knock down the building on moore st where the rebels held out. He wants to put up a monster department store in its place.

Mr. A wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqqMfhcN5Uo

Cheers for that lads. I didn't hear about the protest in the video. Mustn't have been covered by much of the media.

Dyr

Bit weird to but a display on in a venue as emm...unimposing as wynns

Morlar

Bambi wrote: »

Bit weird to but a display on in a venue as emm...unimposing as wynns

Wynns is of historical relevance (I believe the original was levelled in the british shelling) and is little more than a stonesthrow from the Moore st building which developers want to build over.

molders

Hi,
I'm helping to organise the show. We decided on Wynns because;
(a) Its a historic venue, the decision to form the Irish Volunteers was made at a meeting held here in 1913 and the original building was destroyed in the 1916 Rising
(b) It was a City Centre venue that was available for this weekend; we want to try and raise as much awareness with Dublin City Council about this issue before the elections.
(c)Wynn's is located little more then a stones throw from Moore Street. If people come along to the show and want to see for themselves what we are trying to save (and the disgraceful condition that Dublin City Council has allowed a National Monument to fall into) then they can ramble over to Moore Street afterwards and see for themselves.

If your interested in this period of history then come along over the weekend. There is an admission charge but all of the money raised is going towards the campaign. A lot of people have donated their time, services and historic items for this weekends exhibition.

molders

Hello, thanks to everyone who came along. We tried to show these people as ordinary men and women and I think that came across in the exhibition. Most of the leaders items (with the exception of Tom Clarke-Adams sale 2006) came directly from the families themselves and won't have been seen in public before. The exhibition itself took a lot of voluntary effort to stage but we are already planning our next event. Its hard to believe that in this day that Dublin City Council want to build another shopping centre on such a historic site. This street has been allowed to decay in front of our eyes so that any development on it will be seen to be welcomed, including gutting a National Monument to install toilets and a canteen for a shopping centre and a "park in the sky". It is easy to forget when you walk down Moore Street today that numbers 15-17 are a National Mounument. In case anyone needs reminding a National Monument is described as "A monument considered by the State to be of "national importance". Such monuments are therefore preserved by the State" you have only to look at those buildings to see that the State, as in so many other areas today is failing to honour its obligations. We will continue to try and save the terrace from destruction and will shortly be launching an alternative plan for the terrace. This plan details how the terrace can be saved, restored and put to good use for future generations.

Mr. A

Any plans for a follow-up event by the 'Save Moore Street' campaign? Particularly as it's my understanding there is to be a decision by Dublin City Council soon...
http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/decision-imminent-for-euro125bn-oconnell-st-plan-1804339.html