Kildare Street

Kildare Street

North end near Trinity College
Native name	Sráid Chill Dara Error {{native name checker}}: parameter value is malformed (help)
Namesake	James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster and 20th Earl of Kildare
Length	400 m (1,300 ft)
Width	15 metres (49 ft)
Location	Dublin, Ireland
Postal code	D02
Coordinates	53°20′36″N 6°15′20″W
north end	Nassau Street, Leinster Street South
south end	St. Stephen's Green North
Other
Known for	Leinster House, National Library of Ireland, National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Alliance française

Leinster House
The former palace of the Duke of Leinster. Since 1922, it has been the seat of both houses of the Irish parliament.

Kildare Street (Irish: Sráid Chill Dara) is a well-known street in Dublin, the capital city of Ireland close to the principal shopping area of Grafton Street and Dawson Street, to which it is joined by Molesworth Street. Some Irish government departments have their offices on this street but Leinster House, the current seat of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), built by Richard Cassels in 1745 is Kildare Street's most important building. The Archaeology and History section of the National Museum of Ireland and the National Library of Ireland are located on either side of the Leinster House and were built in 1885.

Trinity College lies at the north end of the street while St Stephen's Green is at the southern end, with the well-known Shelbourne Hotel on the eastern corner. The Dublin offices of Alliance française are located at 1 Kildare Street. deVeres Auction House is situated at 35 Kildare Street.

On the corner with Leinster Street is the former Kildare Street Club, which before the partition of Ireland was at the heart of the Anglo-Irish Protestant Ascendancy.

In 1972, in advance of Ireland joining the then European Economic Community the then Chief Justice, and later President of Ireland, Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh wrote to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Patrick Hillery, who also later was elected President of Ireland, seeking for the street to be renamed Rue de l'Europe.

See also

• List of streets and squares in Dublin

External links

• Buildings in Kildare Street
• National Library of Ireland
• National Museum of Ireland
• KildareStreet.com, a searchable archive of what's been said in the Dáil