Stephen Street, Dublin
| Stephen's Street | |
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| Native name | Sráid Stiabhna (Irish) |
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| Namesake | Medieval hospital named for Saint Stephen |
| Length | 300 m (980 ft) |
| Width | 10 metres (33 ft) |
| Location | Dublin, Ireland |
| Postal code | D02 |
| Coordinates | 53°20′29″N 6°15′54″W / 53.3414176°N 6.2650914°W |
| west end | Golden Lane |
| Major junctions | Aungier Street |
| east end | Johnson Place |
| Other | |
| Known for | pubs, Dunlop factory |
Stephen Street (Irish: Sráid Stiabhna)[1] is a street on the southside of Dublin, Ireland.
It is divided into Stephen Street Upper (western part), connecting Golden Lane to Aungier Street, and Stephen Street Lower (eastern part), running from Aungier Street to Johnson Place.
History
Stephen Street takes its name from the medieval leper hospital of Saint Stephen, located on the site of Mercer's Hospital. St Stephen's Green gets its name from the same source.[2]
The street is believed to derive its curved shape from the embankment that stood outside Dublin's city walls in the medieval period; the modern streets still follow the line of this earthen ridge that was built some time in the 12th or 13th century.[3]
The Central Dairy at 19 Stephen Street Upper is of note architecturally, dating back to c. 1725, with a "Dutch Billy" roof.[4]
The Snug pub is based in a 19th-century building at 15 Stephen Street Upper.[5][6]
The Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Factory, the world's first pneumatic tyre factory, was built in 1889.[7][8]
Notable historic residents include the jurist John Hely, the Attorney General John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare, and the painter Robert Hunter.[9]
A fire broke out at Moore & Co's garage on Stephen Street on 15 July 1970, one of the 1970 arson attacks in Dublin thought to have been carried out by the Ulster Volunteer Force.[10]
The Leinster School of Music & Drama was based on Stephen Street between 1982 and 1998.[11]
P Mac’s was a notable pub on the street between 2014 and 2024.[12]
Gallery
See also
References
- ^ "Sráid Stiabhna Íochtarach/Stephen Street Lower". logainm.ie.
- ^ https://www.ststephensgreenpark.ie/cultural-heritage/
- ^ Ramsey-Brimberg, D. (2024). Viking and Ecclesiastical Interactions in the Irish Sea Area from the 9th to 11th Centuries. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
- ^ "The Central Dairy, 19 Stephen's Street Upper, Dublin 2, DUBLIN". Buildings of Ireland.
- ^ https://www.dublinbypub.ie/pubs/snug-stephen-street/
- ^ https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/50110008/the-snug-15-stephens-street-upper-dublin-2-dublin
- ^ "1930 – Dunlop Building, Stephen St., Dublin – Architecture @ Archiseek.com".
- ^ https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/50910302/dunlop-pneumatic-tyre-factory-stephen-street-upper-dublin-2-dublin
- ^ https://www.gutenberg.org/files/38841/38841-h/38841-h.htm
- ^ "Another big city fire". Irish Independent. 16 July 1970. p. 1. Retrieved 2 August 2023 – via Irish Newspaper Archives.
- ^ https://dokumen.tips/documents/the-leinster-school-of-music-drama-griffith-college-dublin-2018-01-22.html?page=5
- ^ "'We get to give this place a Viking burial' – staff and customers say goodbye to Dublin's P Mac's". Irish Independent. 12 February 2024.