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Marlborough Street is a street in the city centre of
Marlborough Street is a street in the city centre of Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...
, Ireland
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.
Naming
The street was named Great Marlborough Street after the 1st Duke of Marlborough, known for his victory at the Battle of Blenheim during the 18th century. In the late 19th century it was for a time called Tyrone Street afterTyrone House
Tyrone House in County Galway is a ruined manor house, built in the 1770s on a promontory by the estuary of the Kilcolgan river, about from the village of Kilcolgan, County Galway, Ireland.
The house was destroyed by the local Irish Republ ...
. The lower part of the street was at different times called Union Lane, Ferryboat Lane, and Union Street.
Buildings
One of the principal buildings on this street isSt Mary's Pro-Cathedral
St Mary's Church ( ga, Leas-Ardeaglais Naomh Muire), known also as St Mary's Pro-Cathedral or simply the Pro-Cathedral, the Chapel in Marlborough Street or the Pro, is a pro-cathedral and is the episcopal seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop ...
, designed by John Sweetman, and completed in 1825. Other buildings include offices of the Department of Education and Skills.
There is also what used to be a depot belonging to the Dublin United Tramways Company
The Dublin United Transport Company (DUTC) operated trams and buses in Dublin, Ireland until 1945. Following legislation in the Oireachtas, the ''Transport Act, 1944'', the DUTC and the Great Southern Railways were vested in the newly formed ...
. Dublin Bus
Dublin Bus ( ga, Bus Átha Cliath) is a State-owned bus operator providing services in Dublin. By far the largest bus operator in the city, it carried 138 million passengers in 2019. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Córas Iompair Éireann.
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now use the premises.
Towards the junction with Parnell Street, there is the 1970s 8-storey office block, Telephone House designed by Brian Hogan Brian Hogan may refer to:
*Brian Hogan (Kilkenny hurler) (born 1981), Irish hurler
* Brian Hogan (rugby league) (1947–2022), English rugby league footballer
* Brian Hogan (Tipperary hurler) (born 1996), Irish hurler
*Brian Hogan, Irish musician, m ...
. 13 tenement buildings with shops were demolished to make way for development. Far higher than most of the neighbouring buildings, it has been largely seen as having a negative impact on the streetscape, including vistas from the nearby North Great George's Street.
Marlborough Street was the location of the original St. Thomas’s Church which was damaged in 1922.
Luas
Marlborough Luas stop on the street is on the Green Line. Construction started in June 2013, with services beginning on 9 December 2017. Being near the Red line Abbey street stop it is a key interchange point on the two Luas lines.See also
* List of streets and squares in DublinReferences
{{Reflist Streets in Dublin (city)