Dublin UNESCO City of Literature proudly commemorates great Dublin writers such as Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, GB Shaw, Samuel Beckett and many more. While visiting the City of Literature, stop by the many literary statues, memorials and plaques on former homes. Steet names, architecture and feats of structural engineering such as Dublin Airport and the Samuel Beckett Bridge also honour Dublin writers.
Literary Statues and Memorials
Percy French
Location: Grand Canal
Thomas Kettle
Location: St. Stephen's Green
George Bernard Shaw
Location: National Gallery of Ireland
Charles Lucas
Location: City Hall
Date erected: 1772
Thomas Moore
Location: College Street
Date erected: 1857
Oliver Goldsmith
Location: Trinity College
Date erected: 1864
Edmund Burke
Location: Trinity College
Date erected: 1868
Four Masters
Location: Berkeley Road
Date erected: 1876
Sir John Gray
Location: O'Connell Street
Date erected: 1879
William E. Lecky
Location: Trinity College
Date erected: 1906
James Clarence Mangan
Location: St. Stephen's Green
Date erected: 1909
Thomas Davis
Location: College Green
Date erected: 1966
James Joyce
Location: St. Stephens Green
Date erected: 1982
James Joyce
Location: North Earl Street
Date erected: 1990
Patrick Kavanagh
Location: Grand Canal
Date erected: 1991
Oscar Wilde
Location: Trinity College Dublin
Date erected: 1996
Oscar Wilde
Location: Merrion Square
Date erected: 1997
Brendan Behan
Location: Royal Canal
Date erected: 2003
Heritage Plaques
Samuel Beckett
Location: East Pier, Dun Laoghaire
Christy Brown
Location: Stannaway Road, Kimmage
Eilis Dillon
Location: St. Patrick's Park
Joseph Sheridan le Fanu
Location: Merrion Square
Peadar Kearney
Location: 68 Lower Dorset St.
Thomas Kinsella
Location: Phoenix Street
Padraic Colum
Location: Eden Road, Glasthule
Samuel Ferguson
Location: St. Patrick's Cathedral
Oliver St. John Gogarty
Location: Parnell Square
James Joyce
Location: Brighton Square, Rathgar
The Mullingar Inn, Chapelizod
Ulysses Walk (14 plaques)
Patrick Kavanagh
Location: Raglan Road
Charles Kickham
Location: Stradbrook House, Blackrock
Sydney Owenson
Location: Kildare Street
George Russell ('AE')
Location: Merrion Square
George Bernard Shaw
Location: Synge Street
Dora Sigerson Shorter
Location: Richmond Hill
Annie Smithson
Location: Claremont Road, Sandymount
Bram Stoker
Location: Kildare Street
Jonathan Swift
Location: Little Ship Street
Katherine Tynan
Location: Tallaght
Oscar Wilde
Location: Merrion Square
William Wilde
Location: Merrion Square
W.B. Yeats
Location: Merrion Square
W.B Yeats
Location: Sandymount Avenue
The Literary Parade, St. Patrick's Park, consists of memorials to Swift, Mangan, Wilde, Shaw, Yeats, Synge, O'Casey, Dillon, Joyce, Behan, and Beckett
Bridges
Austin Clarke
Name & Location: Austin Clarke Bridge, Templeogue
James Joyce
Name & Location: Anna Livia Bridge
Year Opened: 1982
James Joyce
Name & Location: James Joyce Bridge
Year Opened: 2003
Seán O'Casey
Name & Location: Seán O'Casey Bridge
Year Opened: 2005
Samuel Beckett
Name & Location: Samuel Beckett Bridge
Year Opened: 2009
Literary Place Names
Sean O'Casey Avenue
Auburn Street (off Fontenoy Street) (1)
Brendan Behan Court
Crampton Court (off Dame Street) (2)
Clarence Mangan Road
Synge Street
James Joyce Street
Goldsmith Street (off North Circular Road)
Dean Swift Square
Le Fanu Park
Le Fanu Road
Quartiere Bloom
The new city development at Park West will have the following streets named after Irish writers:
Joyce Way
Yeats Way
Beckett Way
Heaney Avenue
Kavanagh Avenue
O'Casey Road
Banville Avenue
Friel Avenue
Inspirations based on
Location: Earlsfort Tce. (Hotel Conrad)
Date:1989
words of author/poet: "Peace comes dropping slow"
Location: Stephens Green
Date:1967
words of author/poet: Knife Edge (W.B. Yeats)
Location: Nassau St. (Setanta Centre)
Date: 1974
words of author/poet: The Táin
Location: Irish Life Centre
Date: 1987
words of author/poet: Sweeney Astray
Location: Garden of Remembrance
Date: 1971
words of author/poet: Children of Lir
Location: South Gt. Georges st.
Date: 1988
words of author/poet: Poet's Chair
Dublin's new Conference Centre
Quotes from Dublin writers are featured in Dublin's new Conference Centre opening in September 2010
Dublin Airport Authority
Has completed a major commemorative project in the airport's new departure lounge which features twelve Irish writers in huge glass mural, including Dublin writers. The specially designed panels include a portrait and a brief quotation from the writer's work
Irish Ferries
The Dublin-based shipping company, has used Dublin writers as the inspiration for naming three of its newest ships – the Jonathan Swift, the Oscar Wilde, and the largest car ferry in the world – the Ulysses
