Store Street
Store Street looking south onto Custom House
Store Street is located in Central Dublin
Store Street
Native nameSráid an Stórais (Irish)
NamesakeStores of the adjacent Custom House Docks complex[1]
Length170 m (560 ft)
Width21 metres (69 ft)
Postal codeD01
Coordinates53°20′59″N 6°15′8″W / 53.34972°N 6.25222°W / 53.34972; -6.25222
south endBeresford Place
east endAmiens Street
Other
Known forGarda station, Busáras
Airport Bus on Store Street in 1961

Store Street (Irish: Sráid an Stórais) is a short street in Dublin, Ireland, running from Amiens Street at right angles to Beresford Place.

History

The street derived its name from the many store and warehouses that dominated the area due to the proximity to the Custom House Docks complex from the 1790s onwards.[2][3] It appears as a thoroughfare on maps in 1800.[4] The stores were demolished in the 1940s and the dock near the street to the east of the Custom House, known as the Old Dock (originally Custom House Dock), was filled in.[5][6] The crescent of houses on Beresford Place, designed by James Gandon, terminate on Store Street. Number 1 in this small crescent, known as Gandon House, also faces onto Store Street.[7]

In the late 1800s the prominent English veterinary surgeon, Thomas Drummond Lambert, had a large practice based on Store Street the footprint of which was impacted by the construction of the Loop Line railway bridge by the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway Company in the late 1880s.[8] The elevated train line still runs above the street, with a single-span iron railway viaduct.[9] The stables used by Lambert were possibly those which were known as Queen's Mews Court, which was an area off Store Street as it met Mabbot Street (now called James Joyce Street). Store Street may also have been referred to as an extension of Mabbot Street before the construction of the stores in the 1790s. These stables served the Custom House and the site is now occupied by an extension to the Store Street Garda Station.[10][11]

The Mews was the subject of a painting by Harry Kernoff from circa 1940.[12]

Attacks and antisocial behaviour have risen in recent years on Store Street and surrounding area.[13]

Architecture

Buildings of note on the street include the Garda Station, Dublin City Coroner's Court,[14] and Busáras.[15] A police station has existed on the street since the existence of the Dublin Metropolitan Police[16] as the C division police station. This station shared a site with the city morgue. The street also featured a bakery for much of the 19th and early 20th centuries.[17] During the construction of the Luas tram line along the street a large paved area, known as the Store Street Plaza, was created outside of the Garda station. The plaza was completed in 2007 and features the sculpture "Scathan" by Robert McColgan.[18] This divided the street, cutting off vehicular access to the portion of the street which meets Talbot Street and James Joyce Street at the northern end. A number of 19th century buildings have survived on the street, including one public house on the corner of Store Street and Frenchman's Lane dating from 1890.[19]

Transportation links

The street has tramlines with the Luas running to Busáras and running at right angles towards Abbey Street, Dublin.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dublin Historical Record" – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Clerkin, Paul (2003). "Fifty years of Busáras". History Ireland. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  3. ^ Lennon, Colm (2010). John Rocque's Dublin : a guide to the Georgian city. John Montague, John Rocque, Royal Irish Academy. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 31–33. ISBN 978-1-904890-69-0. OCLC 685110694.
  4. ^ M'Cready, C. T. (1987). Dublin street names dated and explained. Blackrock, Co. Dublin: Carraig. p. 128. ISBN 1-85068-005-1. OCLC 263974843.
  5. ^ "Store Street Dublin – Archiseek – Irish Architecture". Archiseek - Irish Architecture. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  6. ^ Clerkin, Paul (2001). Dublin street names. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. pp. 171–172. ISBN 0-7171-3204-8. OCLC 48467800.
  7. ^ "Hotel Isaac's/Gandon House, 1 Beresford Place, Store Street, Dublin 1, DUBLIN". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  8. ^ Clavin, Terry (2009). "Thomas Drummond Lambert In Lambert, Ham (Noel Hamilton)". In McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.). Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  9. ^ "Store Street, Dublin 1, DUBLIN". Buildings of Ireland. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  10. ^ McManus, Ruth (2004). "Windows on a hidden world: urban and social evolution as seen from the mews". Irish Geography. 37: 38. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.567.3622. doi:10.1080/00750770409555828.
  11. ^ Hughes, J. L. J. (1956). "Dublin Street Names". Dublin Historical Record. 14 (2): 50–56. ISSN 0012-6861. JSTOR 30102642.
  12. ^ "QUEEN'S MEWS COURT, STORE STREET, DUBLIN, c.1939-1940 by Harry Kernoff RHA (1900-1974) RHA (1900-1974)". Whyte's. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  13. ^ "NY dad brutally attacked by teens on dream trip to Ireland, may 'lose one of his eyes'". 23 July 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  14. ^ "Dublin City Coroner's Court, 3 Store Street, Dublin 1, DUBLIN". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  15. ^ "1953 – Busáras, Store St., Dublin". Archiseek - Irish Architecture. 30 December 2007. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  16. ^ "DMP Arrest Books now available on-line". History Ireland. 25 October 2016. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  17. ^ Gifford, Don (2008). Ulysses annotated : notes for James Joyce's Ulysses. Robert J. Seidman (Second edition, revised and enlarged by Don Gifford ed.). Berkeley, California. pp. 535–536. ISBN 978-0-520-25397-1. OCLC 317743601.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  18. ^ "Sculpture and style turn drab street into an exciting plaza". Irish Independent. 10 November 2007. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  19. ^ "Robert Reade, 19 Store Street, Frenchman's Lane, Dublin 1, DUBLIN". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 24 February 2021.

External links

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