List of streets and squares in Dublin
This is a list of notable streets and squares in Dublin, Ireland.
| English Street or square name | Irish Street or square name [1][2][3][4] |
Date [5] |
Historical names [6][7] |
Route number [8] |
Dublin postal district | Sections | Continuations | Termini and major cross-streets[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey Street | Sráid na Mainistreach | 1728 | 1 | Lower, middle, upper | Mary's Abbey | Beresford Pl, Capel St | ||
| Ailesbury Road | Bóthar Ailesbury, Bóthar Aelsbaire | R824 | 4 | Sydney Parade Ave, Merrion Rd, Anglesea Rd | ||||
| Amiens Street | Sráid Amiens | 1800 | The Strand (1728) | R105 | 1 | North Strand Rd, Memorial Road | Memorial Rd, Talbot St, Portland Row / Seville Pl | |
| Anglesea Road | Bóthar Mon | R815 | 4 | Beaver Row | Merrion Road, Stillorgan Road | |||
| Anne Street South (South Anne Street) | Sráid Anna Theas | 1723 | South St Anne St | 2 | Harry St | Grafton St, Dawson St | ||
| Baggot Street | Sráid Bhagóid | 1773 | Gallows Road[9] (1756), Blackrock Rd (Baggot St Upper, 1800) | R816 | 2, 4 | Lower, upper | Merrion Row, Pembroke Rd | Merrion St Upper, Fitzwilliam Street, Mespil Road / Haddington Road, Waterloo Rd, Eastmoreland Pl |
| Bayside Boulevard | Búlbhard Chois Bá | 13 | S, n | Verbena Lawn (Plásóg Bheirbhéine) | Dublin Rd, Bayside Sq, Verbena Ave | |||
| Bridge Street | Sráid an Droichid | 1317 | R108 | 8 | Lower, upper | Fr Mathew Bridge (Droichead an Athar Maitiú) | Usher's Quay / Merchant's Quay, Cornmarket / High St | |
| Capel Street | Sráid Chéipil | 1697 | R803 (part) | 1 | Grattan Bridge (Droichead Grattan) | Ormond Quay, Mary's Abbey / Abbey St Upper, Little Mary St / Mary St, Parnell St, Bolton St | ||
| Carrickbrack Road | Bóthar Charraig Bhreac | R105 | 13 | Greenfield Rd (Bóthar an Ghoirt Ghlais) | Strand Rd (also known as Sutton Strand), Thormanby Rd | |||
| Cathal Brugha Street | Sráid Chathal Brugha | Gregg's Lane and part of Upper Gloucester Street | 1 | Seán McDermott Street | Cumberland Street North, O'Connell Street | |||
| Clyde Road | Bóthar Cluaidh | 4 | Wellington Pl | Elgin Road, Raglan Rd, Pembroke Park / Wellington Road | ||||
| College Green | Faiche an Choláiste | 1666 | Hoggen Green (1635), The Old Shore (1734) | R138 | 2 | Dame St | Grafton St / Westmoreland St | |
| Crampton Court | Cúirt Crampton | 2 | Essex Street East, Dame Street | |||||
| Dame Street | Sráid an Dáma | 1610 | Teyngmouth St (1348), Damask St (1661) | R137 | 2 | College Green, Cork Hill – Lord Edward St | Anglesea Street, Great Georges St S, Parliament St / Cork Hill | |
| Dawson Street | Sráid Dhásain | 1723 | R138 | 2 | Nassau St, Molesworth St, St Stephen's Green | |||
| Great Denmark Street | Sráid na Danmhairge Mhór | 1770 | 1 | Gardiner Place, Gardiner Row | Parnell Square, North Great George's Street, Temple Street, Gardiners Row | |||
| Dorset Street | Sráid Dorset | 1756 | Drumcondra La (1728) | R132, R804 | 1 | Lower, upper | Drumcondra Rd, Bolton St | Dominick St, Binns Br (Royal Canal), N Circular Rd |
| Drumcondra Road | Bóthar Dhroim Conrach | R132 | 9 | Lower, upper | Dorset St Lower, Swords Rd | Binns Br (Royal Canal), Clonliffe Rd, Griffith Ave | ||
| East Wall Road | Bóthar an Phoiirt Thoir | R131 | 1, 3 | East-Link Toll Bridge, Poplar Row | North Wall Quay, Sheriff St Upper, Alfie Byrne Rd, North Strand Rd / Annesley Bridge | |||
| Eccles Street | Sráid Eccles | 1772 | 7 | Temple St N | Dorset St, Berkeley Rd | |||
| Ely Place | Plás Íle | 1773 | 2 | Ely Place, Ely Place Upper | Merrion St Upper | Merrion Row / Baggot St Lower | ||
| Fishamble Street | Sráid Sheamlas an Éisc | Fish St (1470), Fisher St (1570) | 2 | Essex Quay / Wood Quay, Essex St W, Lord Edward St / Christchurch Pl | ||||
| Fitzwilliam Square | Cearnóg Mhic Liam, Cearnóg Fitzwilliam | 1794 | R138 (west) | 2 | N, s, e, w | Pembroke Street, Fitzwilliam Street, Fitzwilliam Place | Fitzwilliam Place, Pembroke Street Upper | |
| Fleet Street | Sráid na Toinne | 2 | Townsend St, Temple Bar | Westmoreland St, Bedford Row, Aston Pl | ||||
| Gardiner Street | Sráid Ghairdinéir | 1792 | Old Rope Walk (1756) | R802 | 1 | Lower, middle, upper | Synnott Place | Beresford Place, Talbot St, Parnell St / Summerhill, Dorset Street |
| Gilford Road | Bóthar Gilford | 4 | Seafort Ave | Sandymount Green, Sandymount Ave, Park Ave, Strand Rd | ||||
| Golden Lane | Lána an Óir | 2 | Bull Alley Street, Stephen Street Upper | Bride Street, Chancery Lane, Whitefriar Street | ||||
| Grafton Street | Sráid Grafton | 1708 | R138 (part) | 2 | College Green – Westmoreland St, St Stephen's Green | College Green, Nassau St / Suffolk St, St Stephen's Green | ||
| Harcourt Street | Sráid Fhearchair | 19th Century | 2 | St Stephen's Green | Harcourt Road, Cuffe Street, St Stephen's Green | |||
| Harcourt Terrace | Árdán Fhearchair | 1830 | 2 | Adelaide Road, Charlemont Place | ||||
| Henrietta Street | Sráid Henrietta | 1724 | 1 | Bolton St, King's Inns | ||||
| Henry Street | Sráid Anraí | 1724 | 1 | Earl St N, Mary St | O'Connell St, Moore St, Liffey St Upper | |||
| Herbert Park | Páirc Hoirbeaird | 4 | Marlborough Rd | Pembroke Road, Morehampton Rd / Donnybrook Rd | ||||
| Herbert Road | Bóthar Hoirbeaird | 4 | Lansdowne Rd, Tritonville Rd | |||||
| Herbert Street | Sráid Hoirbeaird | 1700s | 2 | Mount St. Crescent | Lower Baggot Street, Mount St. Crescent | |||
| Heytesbury Street | Sráid Heytesbury | 1846 | 8 | Stamer St, New Bride St | Pleasants St, Harrington St | |||
| Howth Road | Bóthar Bhinn Éadair | R105 | 3, 5, 13 | Dublin Rd (between Sutton Cross and Kilbarrack Road, the Howth Road is known as Dublin Road), Harbour Rd | Fairview, Collins Ave E, Sybil Hill Rd / Brookwood Ave, Main St / Station Rd (both Raheny), James Larkin Rd, Kilbarrack Rd, Greenfield Road / Station Rd (both Sutton, Dublin) | |||
| Kildare Street | Sráid Chill Dara | 1756 | Coote St | R138 | 2 | Nassau Street / Leinster St S, Molesworth St, St Stephen's Green | ||
| Leeson Street | Sráid Líosain | 1765 | Suesey St[10] (1728) | R138 | 2, 4 | Lower, upper | Morehampton Rd, St Stephen's Green | St Stephen's Green, Grand Parade / Mespil Rd, The Appian Way, Wellington Pl |
| Marlborough Street | Sráid Mhaoilbhríde, Sráid Maoilbhríde, Sráid Marlborough | Great Marlborough St (1728) | 1 | Rosie Hackett Bridge | Eden Quay, Abbey St Lower, Earl St N / Talbot St, Parnell St | |||
| Marrowbone Lane | Lána Mhuire Mhaith, Lána Mhuire | 1743 | R804 | 8 | Thomas Court | School St / Earl St S, Cork Street | ||
| Merrion Road | Bóthar Mhuirfean | R118 | 4 | Pembroke Rd, Rock Rd | Anglesea Rd, Serpentine Ave, Simmonscourt Road, Ailesbury Road, Nutley Lane, Strand Road | |||
| Merrion Square | Cearnóg Mhuirfean | 1769 | R118 (north) | 2 | N, s, e, w | Merrion Street Lower, Clare Street, Mount Street Lower, Mount Street Upper, Fitzwilliam Street Lower, Merrion Street Upper | Merrion Street Lower / Clare Street, Holles Street, Mount Street Lower, Mount Street Upper / Fitzwilliam Street Lower, Merrion Street Upper | |
| Merrion Street | Sráid Mhuirfean | 1723 | Merrion Lane (1728) | 2 | Lower, upper | Merrion Square W (between Merrion Square N and Merrion Square S, Merrion Street is known as Merrion Square W), Ely Place | Fenian St, Clare St / Merrion Square, Merrion Row / Baggot St Lower | |
| Molesworth Street | Sráid Theach Laighean | 1756 | 2 | Dawson St, Kildare St | ||||
| Mount Street Lower | Sráid na Mhóta Íocht | 2 | Merrion Square North and Northumberland Road | Merrion Square and McKenny's Bridge | ||||
| Mountjoy Square | Cearnóg Mhuinseo | 1792 | R802 (west) | 1 | N, s, e, w | Gardiner Street Upper, Gardiner Place, Belvedere Place, Fitzgibbon Street, Gardiner Street Middle, Grenville Street | Gardiner Street Upper / Gardiner Place, Belvedere Place / Fitzgibbon Street, Gardiner Street Middle / Grenville Street | |
| Naas Road | Bóthar an Náis | R110 | 8, 12 | Tyrconnell Rd | Davitt Rd, Kylemore Rd / Walkinstown Ave, Long Mile Road / Nangor Road, M50 motorway, Fonthill Rd S / Belgard Rd, Citywest Rd | |||
| Nassau Street | Sráid Thobar Phádraig, Sráid Nassau | 1756 | St Patrick's Well Lane (1728) | R138 | 2 | Suffolk St, Leinster St S | Grafton St, Dawson St, Kildare St | |
| Newbridge Avenue | Ascaill an Droichid Nua | 4 | Sandymount Rd | Herbert Rd, Tritonville Rd | ||||
| North Circular Road | Cuarbhóthar Thuaidh | 1800 | R101, R135 | 1, 7 | Infirmary Road, Portland Row | Summerhill / Summerhill Parade, Dorset St Lower, Berkeley Road, Phibsborough Rd, Cabra Road, Prussia St / Old Cabra Rd, Aughrim Street / Blackhorse Avenue, Infirmary Rd | ||
| North Great George's Street | Sráid Mór Seóirse Thuaidh | 1766 | 1 | Great Denmark Street, Parnell Street | ||||
| North Strand Road | Bóthar na Trá, Thuaidh | 1803 | The Strand (1728, 1756) | R105 | 1, 3 | Amiens St, Annesley Bridge Rd | Portland Row / Seville Pl, Poplar Row / East Wall Rd | |
| Nutley Lane | Lána Nutley, Lána Nothaile | 4 | Greenfield Park | Merrion Rd, Stillorgan Rd | ||||
| O'Connell Street | Sráid Uí Chonaill | 1924 | Drogheda St (1728–1809), Sackville St (1809–1924) | 1 | Lower, upper | O'Connell Bridge, Cavendish Row – Parnell Sq E | Bachelors Walk / Eden Quay, Henry St / Earl St N, Parnell St | |
| Park Avenue | Ascaill na Páirce | 4 | Gilford Rd, Sydney Parade Ave | |||||
| Parliament Street | Sráid na Parlaiminte, Sráid na Feise | 1766 | Essex Bridge (→1887, lower portion only) | 2 | Grattan Bridge | Essex Quay / Wellington Quay, Lord Edward St / Dame St | ||
| Parnell Square | Cearnóg Parnell | 1728 | Rutland Square | R132, R135 (e, w) | 1 | N, e, w | Granby Row, North Frederick Street, Gardiner Row, Cavendish Row | Parnell Street, Granby Row, Frederick Street North, Gardiner Row, Cavendish Row |
| Parnell Street | Sráid Parnell | Great Britain St (1728–1911)[11] | R803, R132 (part), R135 (part) | 1 | Little Britain St, Summerhill | Capel St, Jervis St, Moore St, Parnell Sq / O'Connell St, Gardiner St | ||
| Pearse Street | Sráid an Phiarsaigh, Sráid Piarsach | Moss Lane, Great Brunswick Street (1795-?) | R118, R802, | 2 | College St, Ringsend Rd | D'Olier St, Tara St, Westland Row / Lombard St E, Erne St, Macken St, MacMahon Br (Grand Canal) | ||
| Pembroke Road | Bóthar Pheambróg, Bóthar Pembróc, Bóthar Penfro | 1835 | Blackrock Rd (1800) | R118 | 4 | Baggot St Upper, Merrion Rd | Waterloo Road, Northumberland Rd, Herbert Park, Shelbourne Rd, Ball's Br (River Dodder) | |
| Raglan Road | Bóthar Raglan, Bóthar Raiglean, Bóthar Rhaglan | 1857 | 4 | Pembroke Rd, Clyde Rd | ||||
| St John's Road East (St John's Road) | Bóthar Eoin Thoir, Bóthar San Eoin Thoir, Bóthar Eoin | 4 | Strand Road, Park Avenue | |||||
| St Stephen's Green | Faiche Stiabhna, Faiche Stiofáin | 1250 | R138 (n, s, w), R110 (south) | 2 | N, s, e, w | |||
| Sandymount Avenue | Ascaill Dhumhach Thrá, Ascaill Dumhaighe | 4 | Simmonscourt Rd | Merrion Rd, Gilford Rd | ||||
| Seán McDermott Street | Sráid Sheáin Mhic Dhiarmada | 1770 | Great Martin's Lane (to 1764) Gloucester Street (1764–1933) |
1 | Lower, Upper | Cathal Brugha Street (west) Killarney Street (east) |
Buckingham Street, Gardiner Street | |
| Serpentine Avenue | Ascaill na Lúb | 4 | Merrion Rd, Tritonville Road / Claremont Rd | |||||
| Ship Street Little | Sráid na gCaorach Bheag | 1250 | Poole Street | 8 | Little, Great | Ship Street Great | Golden Lane, Bride Street, Werburgh Street | |
| South Circular Road | An Cuarbhóthar Theas, Cuarbhóthar Theas | 1773 | R811 | 8 | Harrington St | ?, Clanbrassil St, Dolphin's Barn, Suir Rd, Emmet Rd, Inchicore Rd, Con Colbert Rd (N4 road), Chapelizod Rd | ||
| South William Street | Plás Mhic Liam Theas | 1676 | 2 | St. Andrew's St, Johnson Place | Exchequer St, Wicklow St, St. Andrew's St, Johnson Place | |||
| Stillorgan Road | Bóthar Stigh Lorgan | R138 | 4, 18 | Donnybrook Rd, Bray Rd | Anglesea Br (River Dodder), Nutley La / Greenfield Park, Mount Merrion Ave, Leopardstown Rd / Newtownpark Ave, Kill La | |||
| Stephen Street | Sráid Stiabhna | Medieval | 2 | Lower, upper | Golden Lane, Johnson Place | Longford St Great, Aungier Street, South Great George's St, Drury St, Digges Ln, | ||
| Sydney Parade Avenue | Ascaill Pharáid Sydney, Ascaill Pharáid Sidní | 4 | Near Merrion Rd, Ailesbury Rd, Park Ave, Strand Rd | |||||
| Talbot Street | Sráid Talbot, Sráid Thalbóid | 1821 | Cope St N (1795) | 1 | Earl St N | Marlborough St, Gardiner St Lower, Amiens St | ||
| Temple Bar | Barra an Teampaill, Barra Temple | 1707 | 2 | Essex St E, Fleet St | Temple La, Bedford Row / Anglesea St | |||
| Templeogue Road | Bóthar Teach Mealóg | R137 | 6W | Terenure Place, Tallaght Road | Terenure Road West, Fergus Road, Olney Crescent, Rathdown Park, Lakelands Park, Rathdown Avenue, Terenure College, Fortfield Road, Springfield Road, Templeville Road, Springfield Avenue, Rosehall, Riverside Cottages, Old Bridge Road (Templeogue Bridge), Cypress Grove Road, Corrybeg, Cheeverstown, Templeogue House, Hillcrest, Wellington Road (Spawell Roundabout), M50 motorway | |||
| Templeville Road | Bóthar Baile an Teampaill | R112 | 6W | Springfield Avenue, Greentrees Road | Templeogue Road, Templeville Park, Fortfield Park, Templeville Avenue, Cypress Grove Road, Wainsfort Road, Wainsfort Crescent, Glendown Road, Grosvenor Court, Wellington Road | |||
| Tritonville Road | Bóthar Tritonville | 4 | Irishtown Rd, Serpentine Ave | Londonbridge Rd / Church Ave, Claremont Rd / Serpentine Ave | ||||
| Werburgh Street | Sráid San Werburgh, Sráid San Werburga, Sráid Werburgh, Sráid Bhairbre | 1257 | 8 | Bride St | Christchurch Pl / Lord Edward St, Bull Alley St / Golden La | |||
| Westland Row | Rae an Iarthair | 1773 | Westland's | 2 | Lombard Street | Pearse Street / Lincoln Place | ||
| Winetavern Street | Sráid an Fhíona | 11th century | Taverner's St (1311), Wine-street, vicus tabernariorum vini | 8 | O'Donovan Rossa Bridge, St Michael's Hill | Merchant's Quay / Wood Quay, High St / Christchurch Pl |
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Dublin City Streetnames / Sráidainmneacha Bhaile Átha Cliath Archived 18 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Street Names, May 1996: Irish / English Translations." Unpublished Dublin Corporation internal document.
- ^ Sráidainmneacha Bhaile Átha Cliath Archived 14 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine at Leathanach baile Shéamais Uí Bhrógáin (in Irish)
- ^ a b "Roads and Streets in Dublin City – Roads in Charge – data.gov.ie". data.gov.ie. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ Date of creation or first reference to current name. Noted in Rev. C.T. M'Cready's Dublin Street Names: Dated and Explained (Dublin: Carraig Books, 1892) unless otherwise noted
- ^ Rev. C.T. M'Cready. Dublin Street Names: Dated and Explained. Dublin: Carraig Books, 1892.
- ^ Ordnance Survey Names Books for Dublin City (1836-40) Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2006 Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ John Rocque. Plan of the city of Dublin and the environs. Dublin, 1756.
- ^ Charles Brooking. A map of the city and suburbs of Dublin. London, 1728.
- ^ Clerkin 2001, p. 141.
Sources
[edit]- Clerkin, Paul (2001). Dublin Street Names. Gill & Macmillan. ISBN 0-7171-3204-8.
External links
[edit]- Streetnames of Dublin at Archiseek Architecture of Ireland
- Sráidainmneacha Bhaile Átha Cliath – English-Irish list of Dublin street names at Leathanach baile Shéamais Uí Bhrógáin (in Irish)
- Dublin Streetnames in Irish – photographs of multiple or incorrect Irish translations of Dublin street names.
- 1610 Map of Dublin published by John Speed (Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection)
