The home of a 1916 Easter Rising leader is set to be torn down after Dublin City Council approved its demolition.
Michael Joseph O’Rahilly, simply known as The O’Rahilly, had lived at Herbert Park in Ballsbridge.
However the building is set to be demolished and replaced, Dublin Live reports.
An application has been lodged by developers, McSharry and Kennedy, for a 12-storey at apartment and apart-hotel complex.
The house, address 40 Herbert Park, is an Edwardian villa that stood alongside two others next door, until the other two homes were levelled recently.
A number of heritage associations and residents groups have voiced their displeasure, but according to the Irish Times, the Council are set to give An Bord Pleanala their recommendation to knock down the O'Rahilly home.
A petition has been started in an attempt to save the house.
The O'Rahilly was the most prominent Irish rebel to lose his life amidst the fighting of the 1916 Rising, after succumbing to gunshot wounds while leading a group of men away from the burning GPO down Moore Street.
He clung onto life after he was wounded diagonally from shoulder to hip by sustained fire from a British machine gun, eventually passing away from his injuries on Saturday, 29 April 1916 - the day of the Irish surrender.
