Henry Street, Dublin

Henry Street (Irish: Sráid Anraí) is located on Dublin's Northside and is one of the two principal shopping streets of Dublin (the other being Grafton Street).[1]

Not to be confused with Harry Street, a street on Dublin's Southside adjoining Grafton Street.

Henry Street
Native name Sráid Anraí  (Irish)
Namesake Henry Moore, 1st Earl of Drogheda
Width 12 metres (39 ft)
Location Dublin, Ireland
Postal code D01
Coordinates 53.34947°N 6.262401°W / 53.34947; -6.262401
west end Mary Street
east end O'Connell Street
Other
Known for

shops

Birthplace of Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
View of The Spire from Arnotts department store

Location

Henry Street runs from the Spire of Dublin and the General Post Office on O'Connell Street in the east to Liffey Street in the west. At Liffey Street, the street becomes Mary Street, which continues the shopping street until it ends at crossing Capel Street. Henry Street and Mary Street are often considered as one (and in fact form a single shopping area with their eastward continuations, beyond the Spire, North Earl Street and Talbot Street).

Henry Street is connected to Princes Street North by the GPO Arcade.[2]

History

The land around Dublin's Northside was original part of the estate of St Mary's Abbey. It was given to James FitzGerald, 13th Earl of Desmond following the Dissolution of the Irish monasteries in 1537. The street was developed by Henry Moore, 1st Earl of Drogheda in 1614, whose estate lands and developments are reflected in the street names bearing his name, Henry Street, Moore Street, Earl Street, Of Lane and Drogheda Street.[1][3][2] Most of those names still survive, but what was Drogheda Street is now O'Connell Street, Dublin's main street. The area was later sold to Luke Gardiner in the early 1700s.[2] Of or Off Lane is now known as Henry Place.[3][4]

Properties began to be developed along Henry Street in the 1760s, with a variety of business and shops. The street was pedestrianised in the 1980s. The flagship Arnotts store is at nos. 9-15 Henry Street, and has been based there since 1843. The current name dates from 1865. The original buildings were extensively destroyed by fire in 1894.[1]

Buskers, including musicians, poets and mime artists, commonly perform to the shopping crowds.

See also

References
  1. Bennett 2005, p. 126.
  2. Clerkin, Paul (2001). Dublin street names. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. p. 90. ISBN 0-7171-3204-8. OCLC 48467800.
  3. M'Cready, C. T. (1987). Dublin street names dated and explained. Blackrock, Co. Dublin: Carraig. pp. 49, 75. ISBN 1-85068-005-1. OCLC 263974843.
  4. Seery, Michael. "Of Lane". Wide and Convenient Streets. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  • Bennett, Douglas (2005). The Encyclopaedia of Dublin. Gill & Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-717-13684-1.

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