No 5 – Birthplace of
Oliver St John Gogarty (1878–1957); writer, surgeon, and senator. A friend of
Michael Collins and the writers
W. B. Yeats and
James Joyce, Gogarty was unwillingly immortalised as
Buck Mulligan in the
Ulysses. From the early 1920s until the early 1930s No 5 served as the headquarters of
Cumann na nGaedheal, the governing party. No 9 Cavendish Row – Dr
Bartholomew Mosse (1713–1759); Philanthropist and surgeon. Mosse lived here, having originally hailed from Portlaoise. He founded the Rotunda Hospital, located in the square which was built to designs of
Richard Cassels between 1751 and 1757. The emergence of Parnell Square as a square is largely attributable to him as he laid out pleasure gardens to pay for the hospital. No. 14 Parnell Square was the headquarters of Conradh na Gaeilge in the 1940s and 1950s and perhaps into the 1960s. The Ard-chraobh of the Gaelic League was in this building. No 25 Parnell Square, Gaelic League building. This building is of great significance during the period surrounding the War of Independence as it was here on 9 September 1914 that a meeting held by the Supreme Council of the
Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) with selected others agreed to rise up against the British before the Great War, subsequently known as the
First World War, would be finished: In attendance were
Éamonn Ceannt,
Thomas Clarke,
James Connolly,
Arthur Griffith,
John MacBride,
Seán Mac Diarmada, Sean McGarry, William "Bill" O'Brien,
Seán T. O'Kelly,
Padraig Pearse,
Joseph Plunkett. No 29 – 30 Parnell Square – Formerly Vaughan's Hotel; a favourite hiding and meeting place for Michael Collins. No 41 Parnell Square – this building was formerly the Irish National Forester's Hall. Prior to 1916, it was used for drilling both by the
Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) and the Volunteers; on the eve of the outbreak of the
Easter Rising Éamon de Valera assembled the 3rd Battalion here. In 1922, subsequent to the Treaty and prior to the Civil War, the IRB again met here in a failed attempt at achieving consensus on the Treaty; among the attendees were Michael Collins,
Harry Boland,
Liam Lynch and
Eoin O'Duffy – all of whom, except O'Duffy, were dead by the end of the
Irish Civil War. No 44 Parnell Square – The
Kevin Barry memorial hall is the current headquarters of
Sinn Féin. No 46 Parnell Square – Formerly the Headquarters of
Conradh na Gaeilge, the Irish language league, this was the venue where
Thomas MacDonagh assembled the 2nd Battalion the Sunday night on the eve of the 1916
Easter Rising. In August 1917, the meetings that led to the National Executive of the
Irish Republican Army being established were also here, with persons present including Éamon de Valera,
Thomas Ashe,
Cathal Brugha, and Michael Collins. Subsequently, on 19 September 1919, in the company of
Richard Mulcahy, Michael Collins set up his famous "Squad", composed of top-level operatives – men who would ultimately be involved with highest priority missions, such as the elimination of the British "G Men" agents in 1920. No 58 Parnell Square – The Sinn Féin Bookshop and the offices of the
An Phoblacht newspaper. ==Future development==