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4 St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral
Built around 1825, this is
Dublin’s main place of worship
for Catholics. The plaster relief
NORTH OF
above the altar in the sanctuary THE LIFFEY
depicts The Ascension.
SOUTHWEST
DUBLIN SOUTHEAST
DUBLIN
N T H G T G E O R G E ´ S S T
Locator Map
See Street Finder map pp122–3

C AT H A L B R U G H A S T

The statue of James Joyce (1990) by
Marjorie Fitzgibbon commemorates one of
Ireland’s most famous novelists. Born in
Dublin in 1882, he catalogued the people
and streets of Dublin in Dubliners and in his
most celebrated work, Ulysses.
1. Custom House
C AT H E D R A L S T This Classical grotesque head,
by Edward Smyth, symbolizes
2 Abbey Theatre the River Liffey. It is one of 14
Ireland’s national theatre is carved keystones that adorn
known throughout the the building.
E A R L S T R E E T N O R T H Sean O’Casey and J M Synge.
world for its productions by
Irish playwrights, such as
O ´ C O N N E L L S T R E E T
James Larkin
Statue (1981)
M A R L B O R O U G H S T
S A C K V I L L E P L H O U S E Q U AY
C U S T O M
A B B E Y S T R E E T L R

E D E N Q U AY
L I F F E Y Butt Bridge

3. O’Connell Street
This monument to Daniel
O’Connell by John Foley took
O’Connell Bridge 19 years to complete from
Rosie Hackett the laying of its foundation
To Trinity College Bridge stone in 1864.
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp296–7 and pp308–11

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