The Croppies' Acre (Irish: Acra na gCraipithe [1]), officially the Croppies Acre Memorial Park, is a public park in Dublin, Ireland. It contains a memorial to the dead of the 1798 Rebellion. [2] [3] [4]

The Croppy Boy, 1798 Pikeman Memorial, Tralee, County Kerry. Croppy was a nickname given to United Irishmen rebels during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 against British rule in Ireland.

Croppies Acre Memorial Park seems to be a much more successful home. Anna Livia arrived early in 2011, transported along her namesake (the River Liffey/Abhainn na Life) to this tiny park near Heuston Station.

Feb 5, 2024 · The Memorial Park was unveiled by the Taoiseach, Mr. Bertie Ahern on 22 November 1998.

Jan 31, 2025 · "Croppies Acre Memorial Park", home to the Anna Livia sculpture, is great for a break from the grey façade of one of Dublin's busisest intersections...

The park is a memorial to the ‘Croppy Boys’ of the 1798 rebellion and there are a number monuments and flag stones highlighting this while the Tri-Colour flies high and proud in the middle of the main memorial at one end of the park.

Oct 11, 2013 · The Croppies Acre memorial in Dublin commemorates the United Irish rebellion of 1798. It has been closed to the public for quite some time now, owing to anti-social problems. This park serves a memorial to many young revolutionaries who were at the backbone of the first Republican movement in Ireland. Many were said to be…

Oct 1, 1998 · Work commenced this month on the Park and will be completed by November. Croppies' Acre lies in the Esplanade below the new National Museum (formerly Collins Barracks and the Royal Barracks) and between Benburb Street and Wolfe Tone Quay.

Apr 18, 2024 · The 1798 rebellion was the first time Irish republicans rebelled against the British empire, and the lost lives are now commemorated in Croppies’ Acre, situated off Wolfe Tone Quay in Dublin 7.