Dublin remembers Brendan Behan
Padraig Conlon 09 Feb 2023![](https://dublinpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/brendan_behan_circa_1955___getty.webp)
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of Dublin’s most famous sons – author, playwright and rebel Brendan Behan.
Our photographer Paul Reardon took to the city’s streets to capture some of the places where we can still remember him.
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The location of Behan’s first home on Russell Street.
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St Canice’s CBS – Behan’s primary school on North Circular Road – now the HQ of the Communications Workers Union
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70 Kildare Road Crumlin – Behan’s home from 1937.
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Plaque on home at 70 Kildare Road.
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Mural by artist Shane Sutton at Richmond Cottages – close to 13 Russell Street.
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Behan sculpture by John Coll on the Royal Canal at Binns Bridge.