D'Olier Street
 D'Olier Street looking southeast | |
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| Native name | Sráid D'Olier(Irish) |
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| Namesake | Jeremiah D'Olier |
| Length | 160 m (520 ft) |
| Width | 22 metres (72 ft) |
| Location | Dublin,Ireland |
| Postal code | D02 |
| Coordinates | 53°20′47″N6°15′30″W/ 53.346494°N 6.25823°W |
| northwest end | O'Connell Bridge |
| southeast end | College Street, Townsend Street |
| Other | |
| Known for | The Irish Times,O'Connell Bridge House |
D'Olier Street(/dəˈlɪər/duh-LEER;Irish:Sráid D'Olier)[1][2][3]is a street in the southern city-centre ofDublin,the capital ofIreland.It andWestmoreland Streetare two broad streets whose northern ends meet at the southern end ofO'Connell Bridgeover theRiver Liffey.Its southern end meetsFleet Street,Townsend Street, College Street andPearse Street.
History
[edit]The street is named after Jeremiah D'Olier (1745–1817), aHuguenotgoldsmith and a founder of theBank of Ireland.[4][5]D'Olier was theSheriff of Dublin Cityin 1788 and a member of theWide Streets Commission.The street was one of the last major interventions in the Dublin city plan to be executed by the Wide Streets Commissioners.[6][7]
Notable addresses
[edit]From 1895 to 2006,Irish Timeswas based in D'Olier Street, leading the paper to be nicknamedThe Old Lady of D'Olier Street.The paper is now based inTara Street.[8]
O'Connell Bridge Houseis located at 2 D'Olier Street.[9]This office development was extended in 1968, by the same developer as O'Connell Bridge House,John Byrne.Alongside D'Olier House these modern office blocks surround the former headquarters of theDublin Gas Company,a rare survivingart decobuilding in Dublin, which was also designed byDesmond FitzGerald.D'Olier House has been leased by the Department of Social Welfare since shortly after its completion.[10]
In 1830,Samuel Loverwas secretary of the Royal Hibernian Academy and lived at number 9 D'Olier Street.
In 1891James Franklin Fullerdesigned the D'Olier Chambers building of yellow brick and terracotta for theGallaher Tobacco Company.[11]
Manchester Unitedopened a team store on the street in 2000 having signed a 15-year lease at €520,000 per annum.[12][13]It closed in 2002.[14]The lease expired in August 2015.[12]
A number ofnightclubshave operated on the street, including Club XXI and Redz in the 2000s.[15]As of March 2020[update]Tramline, at number 21, was the only club in operation on the street.[16]
The Dublin centralclinicof theIrish Blood Transfusion Serviceis based on the 2nd Floor of LaFayette House on the street.[17]As of 2013, the IBTS were renting the second and third floors of the building at a fee of €105,000 per annum.[12]In 2014 the IBTS considered moving to a cheaper city centre location due to high running costs,[18]but remain on D'Olier Street as of May 2022.
The Lafayette Building, on the junction ofWestmoreland Streetand D’Olier Street, is a six-storey over basement block which has been described as a "landmark building which looks straight downO’Connell Streetand dominates the city streetscape next toO'Connell Bridge".[12]Developed in the 1890s for the Liverpool and Lancashire Insurance Company and designed by architectJohn Joseph O'Callaghan,it was described as a “Portland stonebaronialexercise withGothicandRuskinianleanings.”[12]It was redeveloped in the late 1990s when the three top floors of the building were converted into 14 apartments.
References
[edit]Citations
- ^"19 Irish Place Names That Tourists Will Absolutely Love".Lovin.ie.
- ^"Pronunciations - James Joyce Online Notes".www.jjon.org.Archived fromthe originalon 4 August 2021.Retrieved13 February2020.
- ^"Sráid D'Olier/D'Olier Street".logainm.ie.Retrieved11 December2023.
- ^Christine Casey (2005).Dublin: The City Within the Grand and Royal Canals and the Circular Road with the Phoenix Park.Yale University Press. p. 417.ISBN978-0-300-10923-8.Retrieved15 February2009.
- ^M'Cready, C. T. (1987).Dublin street names dated and explained.Blackrock, Co. Dublin: Carraig. p. 31.ISBN1-85068-005-1.OCLC263974843.
- ^"D'Olier Street, Dublin - Buildings of Ireland - Irish Architecture".Archiseek. Archived fromthe originalon 21 November 2008.Retrieved15 February2009.
- ^Clerkin, Paul (2001).Dublin street names.Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. pp. 57–58.ISBN0-7171-3204-8.OCLC48467800.
- ^"Old Lady of d'Olier St set to pack her bags".
- ^Carey, Tim (3 November 2016).Dublin since 1922.Hachette Books Ireland.ISBN9781473620018– via Google Books.
- ^McDonald 1985,p. 39.
- ^"1891 – D'Olier Chambers, D'Olier Street, Dublin".17 February 2010.
- ^abcdeFagan, Jack (19 June 2013)."€3.5m for landmark Lafayette Building".The Irish Times.Retrieved1 May2022.
- ^"Manchester United open shop in Dublin".
- ^"Manchester United Lose Millions on Irish Property Deal".
- ^"The ultimate list of closed Dublin nightclubs we'll never forget".28 June 2017.
- ^"Top 10 places you're GUARANTEED to get the shift in Dublin".24 February 2020.
- ^"D'Olier Street".Irish Blood Transfusion Service.Retrieved1 May2022.
- ^"IBTS clinic considers move to cut costs".Irish Independent.14 August 2014.Retrieved1 May2022.
Sources
- McDonald, Frank (1985).The Destruction of Dublin.Gill and MacMillan.ISBN0-7171-1386-8.