York Street, Dublin
St Stephen's Green West | |
| Construction | |
|---|---|
| Completion | c. 1685 |
| Other | |
| Known for | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
York Street (Irish: Sráid Eabhrac)[1] is a street in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland that runs between Aungier Street in the west and St Stephen's Green in the east.
History
It appears on the map around 1685, named after Prince James, Duke of York (later King James II).[2] M'Cready states the street is named after the brother of George I, Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany.[3][4] The home of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) is at the eastern end on the corner with St Stephen's Green and the RCSI's medical education building is at 26 York Street.[5]
There was a
Notable residents
- Solomon Richards, four times president of the RCSI, was born there around 1760.[7]
- Cusack Roney (1781-1849), Irish physician and President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in 1814 and 1828
References
- ^ "Sráid Eabhrac". logainm.ie.
- ^ "DUBLIN 1610 TO 1756" (PDF). www.logainm.ie. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- OCLC 263974843.
- ^ OCLC 48467800.
- ^ "RCSI – Homepage". www.rcsi.com.
- ^ "A Compendium of Irish Biography", Dublin 1878, the article on Charles Robert Maturin
- ^ Cameron, Sir Charles A. (1886) History of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and of the Irish Schools of Medicine &c Dublin: Fannin & Co. p. 322-23.
External links
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