Temple Bar, Dublin
Temple Bar
Barra an Teampaill | ||
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Neighbourhood of City Dublin | | |
Postal district | D02 |
Temple Bar (
postal district.History
In medieval (Anglo-Norman) times, the name of the district was St. Andrews Parish.[3] It was a suburb, located outside the city walls. But the area fell into disuse beginning in the 14th century because it was exposed to attacks by the native Irish.[3]
The land was redeveloped in the 17th century, to create gardens for the houses of wealthy English families. At that time the shoreline of the River Liffey ran further inland of where it lies today, along the line formed by Essex Street, Temple Bar and Fleet Street. Marshy land to the river side of this line was progressively walled in and reclaimed, allowing houses to be built upon what had been the shoreline; but unusually, the reclaimed land was not quayed, so that the backyards of the houses ran down to the water's edge. (Not until 1812 were these backyards replaced by Wellington Quay.) The fronts of the houses then constituted a new street. The first mention of Temple Bar as the name of this street is in Bernard de Gomme's Map of Dublin from 1673, which shows the reclaimed land and new buildings. Other street names given nearby are Dammas Street (now Dame Street) and Dirty Lane (now Temple Lane South).[3][4]
It is generally thought that the street known as Temple Bar got its name from the Temple family, whose progenitor
Despite this grand lineage, however, the name of Temple Bar street seems to have been more directly borrowed from the storied Temple Bar district in London, where the main toll-gate into London was located dating back to medieval times.
London's Temple Bar is adjoined by Essex Street to the west and Fleet Street to the east, and streets of the same names occupy similar positions in relation to Dublin's Temple Bar. It seems almost certain therefore that Dublin's Temple Bar was named firstly in imitation of the historic Temple precinct in London. However, a secondary and equally plausible reason for using the name Temple Bar in Dublin would be a reference to one of the area's most prominent families, in a sort of pun or play on words. Or as it has been put more succinctly, Temple Bar 'does honour to London and the landlord in nicely-gauged proportions'.[8]
In the 18th century Temple Bar was the centre of prostitution in Dublin.[9] During the 19th century, the area slowly declined in popularity, and in the 20th century, it suffered from urban decay, with many derelict buildings.
In the 1970s and 1980s, the state-owned transport company
In 1999, stag parties and hen nights were supposedly banned (or discouraged) from Temple Bar, mainly due to drunken, loutish behaviour, although this seems to have lapsed.[15] However, noise and anti-social behaviour remain a problem at night.[16]
Present day
The area is the location of a number of cultural institutions, including the Irish Photography Centre (incorporating the Dublin Institute of Photography, the
At night the area is a centre for nightlife, with various nightclubs, restaurants and bars geared towards tourists. Pubs in the area include The Temple Bar pub, The Porterhouse, The Oliver St. John Gogarty, The Turk's Head, The Quays Bar, The Foggy Dew, The Auld Dubliner, Bad Bobs and Busker's Bar. Bar prices in the Temple Bar area are generally much more expensive than in surrounding areas.
The area has two renovated squares – Meetinghouse Square and the central Temple Bar Square. The Temple Bar Book Market is held on Saturdays and Sundays in Temple Bar Square. Meetinghouse Square, which takes its name from the nearby
The 'Cow's Lane Market' is a fashion and design market which takes place on Cow's Lane on Saturdays.[18]
Part of the 13th-century
In popular culture
A dance sequence from
See also
References
- ^ "Barra an Teampaill / Temple Bar". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ "Dublin Quarters - Visit Dublin". visitdublin.com. National Tourism Development Authority (Fáilte Ireland). Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ a b c Sean Murphy. "A Short History of Dublin's Temple Bar". Bray, County Wicklow: Centre for Irish Genealogical and Historical Studies. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ Dirty Lane was originally called "Hoggen Lane" (i.e. hogs' lane); in the late 1680s it acquired the name "Dirty Lane", and this was then changed to "Temple Lane" in the early 1700s. At that time it was mostly occupied by warehouses and stables, along with the Shakespeare Tavern, "a much frequented establishment". (John T. Gilbert, A History of the City of Dublin, 1859, vol. 2, p. 316.)
- ISBN 9781845888961.
- ^ "For One Local Historian, a Rediscovery of Temple Bar". dublininquirer.com. Dublin Inquirer. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ John T. Gilbert (1859). A History of the City of Dublin. Vol. 2. pp. 315–316.
- ^ Murphy, op. cit., quoting National Library of Ireland, '’Historic Dublin Maps'’, Dublin 1988.
- ^ Niamh O’Reilly. "Striapacha Tri Chead Bliain Duailcis (Prostitutes: Three Hundred Years of Vice)". J Irish Studies. Estudios Irlandeses.
- OCLC 60079186.
- OCLC 21019180.
- ^ "Obituary - Charles Haughey". independent.co.uk. The Independent. 14 June 2006. Archived from the original on 1 April 2010.
- ^ Temple Bar Framework Plan (Report). Dublin Corporation. 1991.
- ^ "Temple Bar - Home Page". TempleBar.ie. Archived from the original on 4 December 2003.
Temple Bar Properties is the company established in 1991 to revitalise the area as a Cultural Quarter
- ^ "Bar Stag Ban Sends Revellers To London". Sunday Mirror. 4 January 1999. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008.
- ^ "Nightmare in a city that never sleeps". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 9 September 2008.
- ^ "The Story of Meeting House Square". meetinghousesquare.ie. Temple Bar Cultural Trust. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ "To market, to market ..." irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 13 November 2003. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ISBN 0300109237.
- ^ "Bollywood Film 'Ek Tha Tiger' ('I am Tiger') Shoots in Temple Bar, Dublin in October". Film Ireland. 29 September 2011.
- ^ Kehoe, Michael (13 October 2014). "Singer warns of Dublin tourist trap". Irish Music Daily. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Stayin' Up All Night". nathancartermusic.com. Retrieved 27 July 2016.