Moore-Cherry, Niamh and Ó Corráin, Daithí 
ORCID: 0000-0003-2254-6322
(2016)
1916 then and now: reflections on the spatiality of the Rising’s urban legacies.
Irish Geography, 49
(2).
pp. 117-124.
ISSN 0075-0778
Abstract
This commentary explores the spatialities, and in particular the urban legacies, of the 1916 Rising from the perspectives of 1916 and 2016. The focus is Dublin’s north inner city and especially O’Connell (formerly Sackville) Street and the adjacent thoroughfares – the epicentre of the 1916 Rising. This commentary is presented as three short papers: the first addresses the immediate post-Rising legacy and explains how and why the O’Connell Street area was speedily reconstructed despite the stringencies of the First World War; the second examines the centennial legacy, recent efforts to preserve the memory of 1916 and their broader socio-spatial impacts; the third reflects on how the seminal historical event of the 1916 Rising has shaped and continues to shape livelihoods, politics and the built form of the city. The commentary concludes by highlighting the value of an inter-disciplinary approach to understanding the evolution of urban spaces and outlines some of the broader implications and lessons for planning, heritage and policymaking.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article (Published) |
|---|---|
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Additional Information: | Bannon, M.J. (1989). Irish planning from 1921 to 1945 an overview. In M.J. Bannon, (ed) Planning: the Irish experience, 1920-1988. Dublin: Wolfhound Press, 13-70. Brady, J. (2001). The heart of the city: commercial Dublin, c.1890-1915. In J. Brady and A. Simms, (eds) Dublin through space and time (c.900-1900). Dublin: Four Courts, 282-340. Brady, J. (2014). Dublin 1930-1950: the emergence of the modern city. Dublin: Four Courts. Brady, J. (2016). Dublin 1950-1970: houses, flats and high rise. Dublin: Four Courts. Butler, R.M. (1916). The reconstruction of O’Connell Street, Dublin. Studies, 5(20), 572-3. Byrne, M. (2016). ‘Asset price urbanism’ and financialization after the crisis: Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 40(1), 31-45. Crang, M. (2001). Rhythms of the city: temporalised space and motion. In J. May and N. Thrift, (eds) Timespace: geographies of temporality. London: Routledge, 187-207. Dines, N. (2009). The disputed place of ethnic diversity: an ethnography of the redevelopment of a street market in East London. Regenerating London: governance, sustainability and community in a global city, 254-272. Dublin Corporation (1916). Minutes of the monthly meeting of the Municipal Council, 24 July. Report of deputation to the Prime Minister, 338-42. Dublin Corporation (1916). Minutes of the monthly meeting of the Municipal Council, 4 September. Letter from Paving Committee, 406. Dublin Corporation (1917). Reports and Printed Documents of the Corporation of Dublin, vols II and III. Foy, M. and Barton, B. (1999). The Easter Rising. Stroud: Sutton. Glasnevin Trust (2016). 1916 Necrology http://www.glasnevintrust.ie/__uuid/55a29fab-3b24-41dd-a1d9-12d148a78f74/Glasnevin-Trust-1916-Necrology-485.pdf [accessed 4 January 2017]. Gonzalez, S. and Waley, P. (2013). Traditional retail markets: the new gentrification frontier? Antipode, 45(4), 965-983. Gonzalez, S. and Dawson, G. (2015). Traditional Markets under threat: why it’s happening and what traders and customers can do. Report. Sara Gonzalez and Gloria Dawson, Leeds. Graham, B. and Shirlow, P. (2002). The Battle of the Somme in Ulster memory and identity. Political Geography, 21(7), 881-904. Irish Independent (2015). ‘Street traders are a dying breed’, Irish Independent, 11 April 2015. Irish Times, 6 May 1916. Johnson, N.C. (2003). Ireland, the Great War and the geography of remembrance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Kennerk, B. (2012). Moore Street: the story of Dublin’s market district. Cork: Mercier Press. Laffan, M. (1999). The resurrection of Ireland: the Sinn Féin Party, 1916-1923. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. McCarthy, M. (2012). Ireland’s 1916 Rising: explorations of history-making, commemoration and heritage in modern times. London: Routledge. Moore-Cherry, N., and Vinci, I. (2012). ‘Urban regeneration and the economic crisis: past development and future challenges in Dublin’, Planum. The Journal of Urbanism, 25(2), 1-16. Moore-Cherry, N., Crossa, V. and O’Donnell, G. (2015). Investigating urban transformations: GIS, map-elicitation and the role of the state in regeneration. Urban Studies, 52(12), 2134-2150. Moore-Cherry, N. (2016). ‘Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) and the British property market: Disposing of crisis’ In M. Raco and P. Hackett, (eds). Britain for sale: perspectives on the costs and benefits of foreign ownership. London: Smith Institute/RSA. Ó Corráin, D. (2014). ‘They blew up the best portion of our city and it is their duty to replace it’: compensation and reconstruction in the aftermath of the 1916 Rising. Irish Historical Studies, 39(154), 272-95. Property Losses (Ireland). Committee (1917) Report, para. 8 (The National Archives, London, T1/12090). PLIC/1/1277 (1916). Compensation claim of Margaret Mulligan. Available at http://centenaries.nationalarchives.ie/reels/plic/PLIC_1_1277.pdf [accessed 4 January 2017]. PLIC/1/2042 (1916). Compensation claim of John A. Gibney. Available at http://centenaries.nationalarchives.ie/reels/plic/PLIC_1_2042.pdf [accessed 4 January 2017]. PLIC/1/3255 (1916). Compensation claim of John J. Farrell. Available at http://centenaries.nationalarchives.ie/reels/plic/PLIC_1_3255.pdf [accessed 4 January 2017]. PLIC/1/3347 (1916). Compensation claim of Kate Isabella Gore. Available at http://centenaries.nationalarchives.ie/reels/plic/PLIC_1_3347.pdf [accessed 4 January 2017]. PLIC/1/5612 (1916). Compensation claim of Margaret Mulligan. Available at http://centenaries.nationalarchives.ie/reels/plic/PLIC_1_5612.pdf [accessed 4 January 2017]. PLIC/1/5704 (1916). Compensation claim of Mary Jane Larken. Available at http://centenaries.nationalarchives.ie/reels/plic/PLIC_1_5704.pdf [accessed 4 January 2017]. PLIC/1/5722 (1916). Compensation claim of James Dodrill. Available at http://centenaries.nationalarchives.ie/reels/plic/PLIC_1_5722.pdf [accessed 4 January 2017]. PLIC/1/6127 (1916). Compensation claim of Kate Isabella Gore. Available at http://centenaries.nationalarchives.ie/reels/plic/PLIC_1_6127.pdf [accessed 4 January 2017]. Purcell, T. (1917). Story of the great fires. Told by Captain Purcell, chief of Dublin Fire Brigade. In 1916 Rebellion handbook. Dublin: Irish Times, 33-38. Rothery, S. (1991). Ireland and the new architecture, 1900-1940. Dublin: Lilliput Press. Smith, N. (1996). The new urban frontier: gentrification and the revanchist city. New York: Psychology Press. Stephens, J. (1916). The insurrection in Dublin. Dublin: Maunsel. Townshend, C. (2005). Easter 1916: the Irish rebellion. London: Allen Lane. Wallace, A. (2015). Gentrification Interrupted in Salford, UK: From New Deal to ‘Limbo-Land’ in a Contemporary Urban Periphery. Antipode. 47(2), 517-538. Weir, S. (2012). Dublin’s working prams: a photographic portrait of Dublin street traders (Dublin: Susan Weir). Whelan, Y. (2003). Reinventing modern Dublin: streetscape, iconography and the politics of identity. Dublin: UCD Press. White, E. J. (2002). Forging African diaspora places in Dublin’s retro-global spaces: Minority making in a new global city. City, 6(2), 251-270. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Dublin; 1916 Rising; urban governance; urban reconstruction; temporality |
| Subjects: | Humanities > History |
| DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of History and Geography |
| Publisher: | Geographical Society of Ireland |
| Official URL: | http://www.irishgeography.ie/index.php/irishgeogra... |
| Copyright Information: | © 2016 Geographical Society of Ireland |
| Use License: | This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License |
| ID Code: | 22054 |
| Deposited On: | 02 Oct 2017 15:37 by Daithí Ã� Corráin . Last Modified 20 Aug 2019 14:18 |
Documents
Full text available as:
Preview |
PDF
- Requires a PDF viewer such as GSview, Xpdf or Adobe Acrobat Reader
948kB |
Downloads
Downloads
Downloads per month over past year
Archive Staff Only: edit this record