Chatham Street in Dublin
This time Streets & Squares goes to Dublin, the capital and the largest city of Ireland. Situated at the river Liffley, it was founded as Dyflin (“black pool”) by the Norwegian Vikings in the year 841.
Like always, clicking on an address will open Google Maps for you, and clicking on the names will (usually) lead to the person’s Wikipedia page. S in the list means south and N north of River Liffey.
Some Irish: Street in Irish is Sráid.
EARL STREET (S) - Henry Hamilton Moore* 3rd Earl of Drogheda whose juvenile sense of humour is reflected in the street names bearing his name: Henry Street, Moore Street, Earl Street, Of Lane (now Off lane), and Drogheda Street.
Gardiner St (N) - Luke Gardiner (1690-1755) was a property developer and politician. As head of the Gardiner Estate, he was responsible for laying out much of this part of Dublin. StreetView
GRAFTON STREET (S) - Named after Henry FitzRoy (1663-1690) 1st Duke of Grafton, and the illegitimate son of King Charles II of England, and his son Charles FitzRoy (1683-1757) 2nd Duke of Grafton, Irish and English politician.
HANOVER QUAY (S) - George I (1660-1727) King of Great Britain and Ireland, and the first British monarch of the House of Hanover - Born in Hanover, Holy Roman Empire.
HENRIETTA STREET (N) - Named after either Henrietta Paulet (1682-1730) Duchess of Bolton or Henrietta Somerset (1690-1726) wife of Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton.
HENRY STREET (N) - Henry Hamilton Moore* 3rd Earl of Drogheda whose juvenile sense of humour is reflected in the street names bearing his name: Henry Street, Moore Street, Earl Street, Of Lane (now Off lane), and Drogheda Street.
HUME STREET (S) - Gustavus Hume (1730-1812) was a surgeon and building speculator who had several houses built in Dublin. Born in Ireland.
MOORE STREET (N) - Henry Hamilton Moore* 3rd Earl of Drogheda whose juvenile sense of humour is reflected in the street names bearing his name: Henry Street, Moore Street, Earl Street, Of Lane (now Off lane), and Drogheda Street.
O’CONNELL BRIDGE - Daniel O’Connell (1775-1847) Irish political leader known as The Liberator and the Emancipator. Born in Cahersiveen, County Kerry, Ireland. Wiki - StreetView
PARNELL STREET (N) - Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891) was a nationalist political leader and a member of parliament. Born in Avondale, County Wicklow, Ireland. Wiki - StreetView
SAMUEL BECKETT BRIDGE - Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) novelist, playwright and theater director. Born in Foxrock, Dublin.
SEAN McDERMOTT STREET (N) - Séan MacDiarmada (1883-1916) Irish republican political activist and revolutionary leader, also known as Séan MacDermott. Born in Kiltyclogher, County Leitrim.
SIR JOHN ROGERSON’S QUAY (S) - John Rogerson (1648-1724) was a Dutch-Irish wealthy merchant, property developer and politician who was born in the Netherlands.
A to Z FROM DUBLIN
i.e. a list of people born in Dublin. Just another fun way to know something more about the city. We pick a couple of people for each alphabet, if possible. The numbers you see at the end of each line indicate the year of birth. This list is updated from time to time. And last but not least: the flag of Dublin!
A - Jonas Armstrong* actor (1981)
B – Thomas John Barnardo* philanthropist in England (1845) - Samuel Beckett* novelist/playwright/ theater director (1906)
C – Liam Cunningham* actor (1961)
D – Duke of Wellington* soldier/statesman (1769)
E -
F – Colin Farrell* actor (1976)
G – Brendan Gleeson* actor/ film director (1955) - Aidan Gillen* actor (1968) - Domhnall Gleeson* actor (1983)
H – Paul “Bono” Hewson* singer-songwriter/ philanthropist (1960)
I - Laura Izibor* singer/ musician/producer (1987)
J – James Joyce* novelist/short story writer/poet (1882)
K -
L - Sheridan Le Fanu* writer of Gothic tales, mystery novels & horror fiction (1814)
M – Conor McGregor* mixed martial artist (1988)
N - Linda Nolan* singer/ actress/television personality (1959)
O – Sinéad O’Connor* singer (1966)
P -
Q -
R – Jonathan Rhys Meyers* actor (1977)
S – George Bernard Shaw* playwright/activist/N (1856) - Carly Smithson* singer/ songwriter/actress (1983)
T -
U -
V -
W – Oscar Wilde* poet/playwright (1854)
X -
Y – William Butler Yeats* poet/N (1865)
Z -
LINKS
http://archiseek.com/2007/dublin-street-names/
Updated 2025-0122 Helsinki