Westland Row is a street on the

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, Ireland.

Location

The street runs along the east end of

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History

Westland Row first appears on maps in 1776. It was originally known as Westlands after William Westland who owned property in the area in the 18th century. The Free State Intelligence Department was based at

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was born at 21 Westland Row, and future

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and her four brothers lived there during their time as students. It is now home of the

Oscar Wilde Centre The Oscar Wilde Centre is an academic research and teaching unit in Trinity College Dublin. It was founded in 1998, and is located at 21 Westland Row, the house in which Oscar Wilde was born. This building, which is on the perimeter of Trinity, wa ...

. Many research departments and Schools associated with Trinity, such as the Hitachi Dublin Laboratory and the Trinity School of Pharmacy, maintain administrative offices on the west side of the street. The eastern side of the street is dominated by

Pearse Station Pearse railway station ( ga, Stáisiún na bPiarsach) or Dublin Pearse is a railway station on Westland Row on the Southside of Dublin, Ireland. It is Ireland's busiest commuter station and second busiest station overall (behind Dublin Con ...

, formerly called Westland Row Station, and the Church of St. Andrew. The

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is also based on the street. The eponymous CBS Westland Row school backs onto the street, although the school entrance is on Cumberland Street.

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{{Streets in Dublin city, state=autocollapse Streets in Dublin (city)

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