Moore Street is a street in central Dublin, Ireland

Ireland

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, off Henry Street

Henry Street (Dublin)

Henry Street is located on Dublin's Northside and is one of the two principal shopping streets of Dublin , running from the Spire of Dublin and the General Post Office on O'Connell Street in the east to Liffey Street in the west...

, one of Ireland's main shopping streets. The famous Moore Street open air fruit and vegetable market is Dublin's oldest food market.

Many Dubliners have a great affection for Moore Street, and especially its vendors. The market there is considered to be a famous landmark on the northside

Northside (Dublin)

The Northside is the area in County Dublin, Ireland bounded to the south by the River Liffey to the east by Dublin Bay, to the north and west by the boundaries of County Dublin.- Introduction :...

 of the city. The people who work the stalls have a witty and friendly reputation; they and their food stalls are Dublin institutions; and they speak in a strong Dublin accent.

Planning controversy

Irish Volunteers commanded by Patrick Pearse

Patrick Pearse

Patrick Henry Pearse was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist and political activist who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916...

 surrendered to British forces on 30 April 1916, during the Irish War of Independence from a terrace of houses on Moore Street at the ending of the Easter Rising

Easter Rising

The Easter Rising was an insurrection staged in Ireland during Easter Week, 1916. The Rising was mounted by Irish republicans with the aims of ending British rule in Ireland and establishing the Irish Republic at a time when the British Empire was heavily engaged in the First World War...

. Dublin City Council

Dublin City Council

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 planned from 1998 to demolish the terrace to redevelop the area, but this was opposed by groups who held this terrace and the battlefield trail running from the GPO down Moore Lane and Henry Street and into Moore Street to be an important part of Irish history, some referring to the location as "Ireland's Alamo

Alamo

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". Five of the seven signatories of the Irish Proclamation of Independence - Patrick Pearse

Patrick Pearse

Patrick Henry Pearse was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist and political activist who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916...

, James Connolly

James Connolly

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, Thomas Clarke, Joseph Plunkett and Sean MacDermott

Sean MacDermott

Seán Mac Diarmada was one of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland.-Early life:...

, as well as future leader Michael Collins

Michael Collins

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 surrendered from the terrace. Numbers 14-17 Moore Street were declared a national monument in 2007, guaranteeing their retention.

However, plans for a €1.25 billion retail and residential scheme nearby on O'Connell Street

O'Connell Street

O'Connell Street is Dublin's main thoroughfare. It measures 49 m in width at its southern end, 46 m at the north, and is 500 m in length...

 which would be built by the developer of the Dundrum Town Centre

Dundrum Town Centre

"Dundrum Town Centre" is the name of a shopping centre located in Dundrum, in Dublin, in Ireland. It is Ireland's largest shopping centre with over 160 tenants, more than 80,000 square metres of floor space and over 3,400 car parking spaces...

 are controversial. At Easter Rising

Easter Rising

The Easter Rising was an insurrection staged in Ireland during Easter Week, 1916. The Rising was mounted by Irish republicans with the aims of ending British rule in Ireland and establishing the Irish Republic at a time when the British Empire was heavily engaged in the First World War...

 commemorations in April 2009, opponents of the scheme contended that it would involve major alterations to numbers 14-17 and pledged to challenge it at forthcoming public hearings.

Objectors including families of the signatories of the Irish Proclamation of Independence (all signatories were executed by the British in the fortnight after the Rising) have pledged to seek an EU ruling to preserve the terrace if the developer's plan to subsume it and Moore Lane into the planned mall surrounding the GPO is waved through by the Irish Government

Irish Government

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Moore Street was the subject of the second CIVIC LIFE film, by Irish filmmakers Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy, starring members of the Dublin-based African production company, Arambe. Watch the film, here.