Henry Street, Dublin

Henry Street

Native name	Sráid Anraí  (Irish)
Namesake	Henry Moore, 1st Earl of Drogheda
Width	12 metres (39 ft)
Location	Dublin, Ireland
Postal code	D01
Coordinates	53°20′58″N 6°15′45″W / 53.34947°N 6.262401°W / 53.34947; -6.262401Coordinates: 53°20′58″N 6°15′45″W / 53.34947°N 6.262401°W / 53.34947; -6.262401
west end	Mary Street
east end	O'Connell Street
Other
Known for	shops Birthplace of Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh

View of The Spire from Arnotts department store

Henry Street (Irish: Sráid Anraí) is located on Dublin's Northside and is one of the two principal shopping streets of Dublin (the other being Grafton Street), running from the Spire of Dublin and the General Post Office on O'Connell Street in the east to Liffey Street in the west. At Liffey Street, the street becomes Mary Street, which continues the shopping street until it ends at crossing Capel Street, and Henry Street and Mary Street are often considered as one (and in fact form a single shopping area with their eastward continuations, beyond the Spire, North Earl Street and Talbot Street).

The street was developed by Henry Moore, 1st Earl of Drogheda whose estate lands and developments are reflected in the street names bearing his name, Henry Street, Moore Street, Earl Street, and Drogheda Street. Most of those names still survive, but what was Drogheda Street is now O'Connell Street, Dublin's main street. Between the late 1700s and 1924, it was known as Sackville Street.

Buskers, including musicians, poets and mime artists, commonly perform to the shopping crowds.

See also[]

• List of upscale shopping districts
• List of streets and squares in Dublin

References[]

External links[]

Media related to Henry Street, Dublin at Wikimedia Commons

• Buildings of Henry Street, from Archiseek