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Save Dublin’s Moore Street – Last Battlefield of 1916 Rising Shane Cullen s memorial to The O Rahilly, containing the words of his last letter to his wife.
By Robin Mary Heaney, Guest Blogger
February 13, 2012
The last battlefield of the 1916 Rising’s heroes must be preserved.
Moore Street, Dublin – for years the bustling site of flower markets and fruit sellers, but today the object of a fight to preserve Ireland’s heritage and the genesis of its nationhood.
Sometimes called the “Alamo of Ireland,” the laneways and streets surrounding Moore Street are some of the most historic in the nation. They are among the last remnants of battlefield Dublin from the Easter Rising of 1916. Unfortunately, despite being designated a National Monument, this area where the brave martyrs of 1916 retreated from the burning GPO, and where they made the decision to accept the British terms of unconditional surrender, is facing a new threat from a commercial