Embassy of France in Dublin, Ireland

This house has historical associations with the fight for Irish freedom. It was built in 1920 by Mrs Nell Humphreys, of Limerick, who lived in it with her family and her sister, Miss Anno O’Rahilly. 

Their brother, commandant O’Rahilly, was one of the leaders of the Irish Volunteers, and it was he who called the first meeting, on 11 November 1913, to form that body. He was killed in the Rising of 1916 leading his men against a barricade outside the GPO.