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Street-by-Street: Around O’Connell Street

Throughout the Georgian era, O’Connell
Street was very much the fashionable 5 James Joyce
Centre
part of Dublin to live in. How ever, the This well-restored
1916 Easter Rising destroyed many of the Georgian town house N T H G T G E O R G E ´ S S T
fine buildings along the street, including contains a small
Joyce museum.
much of the General Post Office – only its
original façade still stands. Today, this
main thoroughfare is lined with shops Parnell
and businesses. Other attractions nearby Monument
include St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral and (1911)
James Gandon’s Custom House, PA R N E L L S T R E E T
overlooking the Liffey.

6 Gate Theatre C AT H A L B R U G H A S T
Founded in 1928, the Gate is
renowned for its productions
PA R N E L L S Q
of contemporary drama.

C AT H E D R A L S T

M O O R E L A N E

7 Rotunda Hospital M O O R E S T R E E T O ´ C O N N E L L S T R E E T E A R L S T R E E T N O R T H
Housed in the Rotunda Hospital is a chapel H E N R Y P L
built in the 1750s to a design by Richard
Cassels. It features lovely stained-glass
windows, fluted columns, panelling and
H E N R Y S T R E E T
intricate iron balustrades.
Moore Street
Market is the busiest
of the streets off
O’Connell. Be The Spire, an elegant
prepared for the shrill stainless steel landmark
cries of the stall rising to 120 m (394 ft).
holders offering an
enormous variety of
fresh fruit, vegetables
and cut flowers. The General Post Office, the
grandest building on
O’Connell Street, was the
centre of the 1916 Rising.
Key 0 metres 50
Suggested route 0 yards 50

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