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Imelda May to host walking tour remembering women of 1916 Rising

Singer and actress Imelda May is to host a walking tour of key sites associated with women who participated in the 1916 Easter Rising.

The Dublin tour, which will be delivered by historians Liz Gillis and Honor O Brolchain, also aims to raise awareness of Moore Street residents’ plan to develop a Cultural Quarter in the area.

May said she was “delighted” to host the tour on October 14.

She said: “Moore Street is a very important part of our built history and our revolutionary history.

“We want to do this on behalf of the women that were involved in the Rising and hopefully save this place from yet another developer, who it doesn’t feel like cares much for our history.

“I think it is crucial that it is treated delicately because it means so…


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