No 10 Moore Street is also part of history

Arts Minister Heather Humphreys, in replying to a question on the planned demolition of Moore Street, says that “the determining factor” in preserving no.16 was its “historical significance”.

What, then, of no.10 Moore Street? This was the point of entry into the terrace that became the last HQ of the provisional government.

The first Council of War, after the evacuation from the GPO, was held in no.10. The leaders spent longer there than in any other house along the terrace. They spent their last night of freedom in that house. The wounded James Connolly handed his command over to Sean McLoughlin there.