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To mark the centenary of the Easter rising, the Royal Irish Academy and the Office of Public Works commissioned the artist David Rooney to create portraits of the men and women involved for the book 1916 Portraits and Lives. In partnership with Iarnród Éireann and Ireland 2016, large-scale reproductions of these portraits have been produced and displayed in the relevant stations around the country as well as an exhibition of all 15 portraits in the new entrance to Pearse Street station. 

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