Patrick Street, Limerick

Patrick Street

Patrick Street, c.1880-1914
Native name	Sráid Phádraig  (Irish)
Namesake	Patrick Arthur
Length	180 m (590 ft)
Width	18 metres (59 ft)
Location	Limerick, Ireland
Postal code	V94
Coordinates	52°39′54″N 8°37′31″W / 52.66503°N 8.625319°W / 52.66503; -8.625319Coordinates: 52°39′54″N 8°37′31″W / 52.66503°N 8.625319°W / 52.66503; -8.625319
northeast end	Rutland Street, Francis Street
southwest end	O'Connell Street, Denmark Street
Other
Known for	Arthur's Quay Shopping Centre, restaurants, pubs

Patrick Street (Irish: Sráid Phádraig) is a street in central Limerick, Ireland. The street forms part of the main central thoroughfare of the city which incorporates Patrick Street, Rutland Street and O'Connell Street. The street is named after Patrick "Patt" Arthur (1717–1799), a member of the prominent Arthur family at the time.^[1][2] The streets of Francis Street, Ellen Street and Arthur's Quay are also named after the Arthur family.

The street was renovated in the early 1990s during the construction of Arthur's Quay Shopping Centre which forms the west side of the street. The shopping centre is mainly inward facing, which does not add much to footfall on the street.^{[citation needed]} The east side of the street was part of the planned Opera Centre development. As a result, much of this section of the street lay derelict with no business activity for some time.^{[citation needed]}

The Victorian-era soprano, Catherine Hayes, was born at 4 Patrick Street in 1818.

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