James Connolly lived in a number of houses in Dublin during his time in the city. How many have plaques to mark this? None.
In 1896 when Connolly first came to Dublin the family lived in a one roomed tenement at 76 Charlemont Street. The following summer they moved to 71 Queen Street (beside Smithfield) and then to an end of terrace house at 54 Pimlico in the Liberties.
James Connolly with his wife, Lillie and daughters Mona, and Nora, c. 1895.
Before their move to the United States, they lived in a cottage in Weaver Square off Cork Street.
On his return to Dublin in 1910, James Connolly lived at 70 South Lotts Road, Ringsend. You can see the 1911 census return for the household here On his visits to Dublin in 1913 he stayed occasionally at Moran’s Hotel (now O’Sheas) at the corner of Gardiner Street and Talbot Street.
At back: Jim Larkin & James Connolly. In front: Mrs Bamber (Liverpool Trades Council) & Bill Haywood (IWW), 1913.
More frequently he lodged in 49b Leinster Road, Rathmines, (a.k.a Surrey House) the home of Constance Markievicz where several of her colleagues in the Fianna organisation also lived. (James Larkin hid in this house after he was arrested on 28 August 1913 and before he addressed the crowd from The Imperial Hotel on Sackville Street on 31 august. The house also served as Connolly’s and Markievicz’s office for The Spark and The Workers’ Republic which was also printed here.)
Some time before the Rising Connolly moved into Liberty Hall. During this time, his family stayed with Constance Markievicz’s in her cottage at the foot of Three Rock Mountain in South Dublin.
The houses in Charlemont Street, Queen Street, Pimlico, Weaver Square and South Lotts Road where Connolly and his family lived should have small plaques to mark their importance. If Dublin City Council can’t provide them, maybe all the left wing groups active in the city could raise the money?
[References:
Joseph E.A. Connell Jnr, Dublin in Rebellion: A Directory 1913 – 1923, Lilliput Press, 2009 and Donal Nevin, James Connolly: A Full Life, Gill & Macmillan, 2006.)
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There is a Fishamble Street address provided for Connolly on his 1902 Yiddish leaflet, was Connolly living on Fishamble Street at the time?
Hi, I’m a resident of Charlemont Street Flats and this is the first time I have ever heard of Connolly living there. Is 76 still standing? I’ll look in to it more myself. Charlemont Street is about to be regenerated by unscrupulous property developers and all the old tenement houses are soon to be demolished.
Hi Nico. When I first wrote the piece, I went down to Charlemont Street to have a look for number 76. As far as I remember, no. 76 seemed to be long gone and has been demolished and turned into offices on the side opposite the flats. Though I am open to correction. Should be taken account that the house numbers may have changed since his time there.
Hi jay, thank you for the reply.
I know there is one old tenement house that has been renovated into offices still standing on the opposite side of the flats, not too sure what number it is, I’ll look into that further.
I hope you don’t mind me asking, how did you come across the information about Connolly living there and do you have any more information on the matter.
This is something of great historical importance and a plaque put in place would be a fitting tribute to one of the greatest socialist revolutionary leaders Ireland has ever had!
Nico.
The list came from Donal Nevin’s James Connolly: A Full Life, Gill & Macmillan, 2006. I think there was only a passing reference to the fact that the first tenement in Dublin was on Charlemont Street but there may have been a paragraph or two about it. Don’t have the book to hand to check unfortunately.
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I know Weaver Square very well and there are no cottages there now so I presume the house he once lived in has been demolished.