Mary Street, Dublin

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Mary Street
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Mary Street, Dublin is located in Central Dublin
Mary Street, Dublin
Native name Sráid Mhuire  (Irish)
Namesake St Mary's Church
Length 300 m (1,000 ft)
Width 14 metres (46 ft)
Location Dublin, Ireland
Postal code D01
Coordinates 53°20′56″N 6°16′00″W / 53.348794°N 6.266571°W / 53.348794; -6.266571Coordinates: 53°20′56″N 6°16′00″W / 53.348794°N 6.266571°W / 53.348794; -6.266571
west end Capel Street
east end Henry Street, Liffey Street Upper

Mary Street is a street in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland on the northside of the city.

Location[]

Mary Street runs from Capel Street in the east to the junction of Henry Street and in the east.[1] It is crossed by Upper Jervis Lane, , and Jervis Street.

History[]

The name is derived from the area being the historical site of St Mary's Abbey from 1139. The Abbey was dissolved in the 1530s and later the street became part of the parish of St Mary from 1697. It was at this time that the now former St Mary's Church on the street was built, in 1702.[2][3]

The street is part of the area developed by Humphrey Jervis after 1674 and is located in what was one of the richest parishes in the city.[4]

Number 45 Mary Street was the location of the first cinema in Dublin, the Volta Electric Cinema, which opened in 1909 and was managed by James Joyce.[2]

Properties[]

Langford House was one of the earliest and the grandest structures on the street and was named for Hercules Langford Rowley when it was acquired in 1743. It was described as a four-storey over basement, five-bay townhouse and was said to be almost Jacobean in style.[1][5]

In 1765, Robert Adam redesigned the interior of the house giving it more of a Georgian appearance.[6][7] The much altered house was finally demolished in 1931, and replaced with the Norse' Home for Jervis Street Hospital.[1][8]

The former Todd Burns department store is one of the prominent buildings on the street. It was designed by W. Mitchell and was built in 1905. It is now the location of the flagship store of the retail chain Penney's.[2]

Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins had offices on Mary Street.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Bennett 2005, p. 165.
  2. ^ a b c Clerkin, Paul (2001). Dublin street names. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. pp. 114–115. ISBN 0-7171-3204-8. OCLC 48467800.
  3. ^ M'Cready, C. T. (1987). Dublin street names dated and explained. Blackrock, Co. Dublin: Carraig. p. 110. ISBN 1-85068-005-1. OCLC 263974843.
  4. ^ Usher, Robin. (2012). Protestant Dublin, 1660-1760: Architecture and Iconography. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-230-36216-1.
  5. ^ Guinness, Desmond (1912). "Records of Eighteenth-century Domestic Architecture and Decoration in Dublin". Society at the Dublin University Press. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  6. ^ "1765 – Interior Designs, Langford House, Mary St., Dublin". Archiseek - Irish Architecture. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Drawings". collections.soane.org. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  8. ^ "CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, MARY STREET, LANGFORD HOUSE Dictionary of Irish Architects -". www.dia.ie. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  • Bennett, Douglas (2005). The Encyclopaedia of Dublin. Gill & Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-717-13684-1.

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