The General Post Office - always referred to as the
G.P.O. - was the headquarters of 'The Rising' in
1916. The interior was destroyed when the British
shelled the building. The G.P.O. is easily
distinguished by its impressive Graeco-Roman style
portico supported by six Ionic columns.
Open daily - Admission Free.
O'Connell Street
Ireland's
widest and premier street is lined in the middle
with statues commemorating many Irish Heroes, not
least of all the monument to Daniel O'Connell - 'The
Liberator', after whom the street is named, Parnell
- the great patriot and Big Jim Larkin - the labour
leader and the most recent addition - the Spire of
Dublin. O'Connell Street is the hub of a bustling
city centre shopping precinct.
