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Abbey Street (Sráid na Mainistreach in Irish) is located on Dublin's Northside and is one of the principal shopping streets of Dublin, running from the Customs House in the east to Capel Street in the west. The street is serviced by two Luas light rail stops, one at the Jervis Shopping Centre and the other near O'Connell Street.

Culture

The National Theatre of Ireland, the Abbey Theatre is located on Abbey Street as is the Peacock theatre.The old buildings of the Irish Independent newspaper 'Independent House' are located on Middle Abbey Street. (The offices have since moved to Talbot Street). St. Mary's Abbey is on Meetinghouse Lane off Abbey Street. Template:Luas start |- | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"| Busáras | style="background:#FF0000; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;" | Red Line | style="background:#FF0000; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 0px none; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"|Jervis |}

Retail & services

Notable shops

  • Arnotts Department Store (Ireland’s largest department store has 4 restaurants and contains a comprehensive selection of merchandise with a particularly extensive selection of top brand fashions, home wares and Irish gifts.)

Shopping Centres

The Jervis Shopping Centre: The Jervis Shopping Centre is at present the largest shopping centre in the city-centre. It is three floors, the first two which are all shops, and the third which is for fast food restaurants. Some of the shops in the centre are Boots, Marks and Spencers, Next, Dixons, Debenhams, Argos and Top Shop. Official Website

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The Irish Life Shopping Mall: is a small shopping centre on abbey street lower, it has a gathering of shops spread around a flat shopping mall.

Other Retail & services

This list is far from complete-

  • Marks and Spencer clothes and food hall
  • Epicurean Food Hall
  • Oriental Food Emporium
  • Spirit (Night Club)
  • Traffic (Night Club)
  • K3 (Bar)
  • The Flowing Tide (Bar)
  • T.P. Smiths (Bar)
  • Radha Govindas (Indian Vegetarian Restaurant)
  • Life Cafe Bar (Irish Life Mall)
  • Sheries Restaurant
  • Cactus Jacks (Millennium Walkway)
  • Prince Restaurant
  • Gallaghers Restaurant
  • Bagel Bar
  • Hotel Abbey
  • Wynn’s Hotel
  • Paddy Power Bookmakers
  • Mojos (Bar)
  • The Oval (Bar)
  • Hot Press Irish Music Hall of Fame (Middle Abbey St)
  • Eason
  • JoJo

The street also has many other bars, restaurants and shops.