1916 Headquarters 16 Moore Street A National Monument

Number 16 Moore Street, which served as emergency Headquarters in the 1916 Easter rising has been declared a National Monument. The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has announced that the historic building is to be declared a National Monument, because it served as the headquarters of the 1916 leaders after they retreated from the GPO. The 1916 Rising as Headquarters 16 Moore Street, had been in a very poor state of repair and subject to the elements, will now be restored, saved from destruction and property developers.

Number 16 Moore Street was the final HQ of the Army of the Irish Republic during the final hours of the Easter Rising of 1916. It was in this building that the wounded James Connolly lay in a stretcher. Also present were his fellow members of the Provisional Government; Padraic Pearse, Joseph Plunkett, Thomas Clarke and Sean MacDiarmada. These five men were amongst the executed leaders of the 1916 Rising.

Campaigner Matt Doyle, from the National Graves Association, said it was about time the building was given the recognition it deserves.
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1916 Headquarters 16 Moore Street A National Monument