ðɪs bˈɪldɪŋ ɪz ʌv ɡɹˈeɪt sɪɡnˈɪfɪkəns dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə pˈiəɹɪəd sɚɹˈaʊndɪŋ ðə wˈɔːɹ ʌv ˌɪndᵻpˈɛndəns æz ɪt wʌz hˈɪɹ ˌɔn nˈaɪn sɛptˈɛmbɚ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹtiːn ðˌæɾə mˈiːɾɪŋ hˈɛld baɪ ðə suːpɹˈiːm kˈaʊnsəl ʌvðɪ ˈaɪɹɪʃ ɹᵻpˈʌblɪkən bɹˈʌðɚhˌʊd ˌaɪˌɑːɹbˈiː wɪð sᵻlˈɛktᵻd ˈʌðɚz ɐɡɹˈiːd tə ɹˈaɪz ˌʌp ɐɡˈɛnst ðə bɹˈɪɾɪʃ bᵻfˌoːɹ ðə ɡɹˈeɪt wˈɔːɹ, sˈʌbsᵻkwəntli nˈoʊn æz ðə fˈɜːst wˈɜːld wˈɔːɹ, wʊd biː fˈɪnɪʃt: ɪn ɐtˈɛndəns wɜːɹ ɪˈæmɑːn sˈiːnt, tˈɑːməs klˈɑːɹk, dʒˈeɪmz kˈɑːnoʊli, ˈɑːɹθɚ ɡɹˈɪfɪθ, dʒˈɑːn mˈæk bɹˈaɪd, sɛˈɑːn mˈæk dˌaɪəəmˈɑːdə, ʃˈɔːn mə ɡˈæɹi, wˈɪljəm "bˈɪl" oʊbɹˈaɪən, sɛˈɑːn tˈiː. oʊkˈɛli, pˈædɹeɪɡ pˈɪɹs, dʒˈoʊsəf plˈʌŋkɪt.
This building is of great significance during the period surrounding the War of Independence as it was here on 9 September 1914 that a meeting held by the Supreme Council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) with selected others agreed to rise up against the British before the Great War, subsequently known as the First World War, would be finished: In attendance were Éamonn Ceannt, Thomas Clarke, James Connolly, Arthur Griffith, John MacBride, Seán Mac Diarmada, Sean McGarry, William "Bill" O'Brien, Seán T. O'Kelly, Padraig Pearse, Joseph Plunkett.