Tara Street
Pearse Street | |
Construction | |
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Inauguration | 1885 |
Other | |
Known for | Tara Street railway station, The Irish Times |
Tara Street (Irish: Sráid na Teamhrach)[1] is a major traffic route in Dublin, Ireland, partly due to the current one-way traffic flow in the city centre.[2]
Location
It links
History
It was developed as a completely new street in 1885 replacing Shoe Lane, part of which was called Stocking Lane, Fleet Market, and George's Street. The street was named after
In April 1907
During the Easter Rising, British artillery shelled Liberty Hall from Tara Street, though the road surface made it difficult.[7]
Tara Street was widened in 1932 after Butt Bridge was changed from a swing bridge to a three span fixed structure.[8]
In October 2006, The Irish Times moved to new headquarters in Tara Street.[9][10] Previously, it had been based on D'Olier Street[9][10]
Literary connection
Leopold Bloom thinks about using the Tara Street public baths in the Calypso section of the novel Ulysses.[11]
References
- ^ "Sráid na Teamhrach". logainm.ie.
- ^ Draft Georges Quay Plan, December 2008, p. 31
- OCLC 263974843.
- ^ a b Dublin Fire Brigade a History Archived 2009-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Irish Architecture - Photos of former fire station on corner of Tara and Pearse streets Archived 2006-03-20 at archive.today
- ^ "Record of Protected Structures" (PDF). dublincity.ie. Dublin City Council. p. 162. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ Easter Rising 1916, by Michael McNally and Peter Dennis, p.68.
- OCLC 48467800.
- ^ a b Over €25 million for headquarters of The Irish Times
- ^ a b Old Lady of D'Olier St moves to council house, Irish Independent
- ^ Ask About Ireland - Pages in History feature - Mentions public baths Archived 2007-11-21 at the Wayback Machine