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1a. The statues-monuments on O'Connell Street O'Connell Street is a grand boulevard with a wide central island filled with statues and memorials and the road flanked by many shops and fine buildings.
Charles Stewart Parnell 1846-1891. In 1878 Parnell became an active opponent of the Irish land laws and in 1879 he was elected president of the newly founded National Land League. He was an important parliamentarian in Irish political history and campaigned for home rule and land reform fighting for the rights of tenants against the what was seen as the oppressive power of landlords and land agents.
Jim Larkin 1876-1947. He was the founder, chief organiser and general secretary of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union. He was a lifelong socialist and fought as hard as anyone for the rights of workers. I wonder what he would make of the 'Celtic Tiger' economy and the distribution of the wealth of Ireland and the price of house in Dublin for a young married couple!
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(a) Jim Larkin aligned with the Spire of Dublin which replaces the Nelson monument blown up by the IRA in 1966. It is 120m (393 feet) high and affectionately known as the 'stiletto in the ghetto' or 'the stiffy by the Liffey'.
(b) William Smith O'Brien, sentenced to death
for high treason 3rd October 1848!
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