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Sep 12

1913 Lockout – Merchants Road evictions The Dunne and Coombes family stories recalled

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Waiting for the Bailiffs This coming weekend, on Sunday 15th September, a major commemoration of East Walls Lockout evictions is taking place. Sixty two workers and their families were evicted from company owned houses on Merchants Road, in what we believe to be the single largest eviction in the history of Dublin City. An examination …

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