Relatives of Ireland’s martyred heroes rally to preserve Easter Rising HQ

like2tweet, obviously you know nothing about Moore Street at all. It's not at all like Federal Hall, it's privately owned dwellings and businesses all fully occupied.

Curitiba, you live in England, not Ireland. You need to focus on your own country, not Ireland.

clevelander, how unfortunate you immediately interpreted my statement as bigoted. I mentioned the Romanian Gypsies living there as well as the Chinese, and immigrants from India and other countries and did not say one word against any of them nor make a negative comment about them. You Americans come to Ireland in complete denial about our multiculturalism. You need to be well aware you will find the buildings on Moore Street privately owned and occupied by many of our new Irish.

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So Ciara, Ireland is a club anyone can join then, rather than a country where where the people have a shared ancestry, ethnic identity, language and culture? A completely made-up thing that panders to the current crackpot political ideology, where people turn up and get enthusiastic about it like the latest ipad, then move on somewhere else when they tire of it, because they don't have any real ties or ancestral connection to the place? Sounds great.

Maybe everyone should boycott the US until you migrant spawn give the country back to the natives?

George, thats a great idea but heres a better one. Boycott Ireland until an asteroid wipes out the earth, that would suit everyone. Bythebay, Im from Dublin and there has been a on ongoing campaign to save and rejuvenate Moore St just like there now is a campaign to spruce up Thomas St and the Liberties. IrelandNorth, varadker is Irish. this is not the US where we feel the need to pigeon hole people. He is Irish as Alan Shatter is Irish. Their colour, religion or the place of birth of their grandparents means nothing here.

Irish-Americans should boycott Dublin until the city shows that it respects its history.

"you don't know what you've got,,,,until you loo-oose it" so says the song, the saying, the sidewalk sage... maybe this applies, too, to waking up when you've ALMOST lost it...?

save it!

A partitioned Ireland is not what it said on the 1916 biscuit tin. And IRISHMEN AND IRISHWOMEN fought and died for somthing much grander than a tourist attraction - important though that may be. The current Irish Government (including its Indian-Irish Tourism Minister), needs to be reminded that it is still the Provisional Government referred to by Pearse in the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. The 26 county (81%) republic is not the definitive article. And that the Island in question is Ireland and not the Cayman islands! Younger Irish posters, (as accidental victims of a revisionist education and press/media censorship), need to be told that Pearse and Connolly are not members of Boyzone or Westlife. And that 1916 is much more than a minute after a quarter past seven in the evening. Alas, Mé Feinism has predominated over Sinn Feinism - at least up until now! And if that wasn't ideological autism, I don't know what was?

its abloody disgrace. This is like destroying Federal Hall

its like destroying the american declaration of independence.unbelievable that it could be even contemplated.they are destroying one of the most important historical site in our history.shame shame whoever contemplates this.must be stopped.

It was a wonderful idea having put this into comic form a few years ago. Placed where a child could pick it up and read it at random is a sure way to have this historical event memorised.

89west, Ha, ha, you're right. I was just trying to be concise. I meant we traveled on to the West of Ireland. Lisdoonvarna and Doolin. The Cliffs of Moher, a favorite place. This is where I always like to spend a few days, since the rest of the time we're staying only one or two nights along the way.