York Street is a street in
Dublin
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in the Republic of Ireland that runs between
Aungier Street
Aungier Street is a street on the south side of Dublin, Ireland. It runs north-south as a continuation of South Great George's Street.
It is the location of both a Technological University Dublin and a Dublin Business School campus.
History
Fo ...
in the west and
St Stephen's Green
St Stephen's Green () is a garden square and public park located in the city centre of Dublin, Ireland. The current landscape of the park was designed by William Sheppard. It was officially re-opened to the public on Tuesday, 27 July 1880 by L ...
in the east.
History
It appears on the map around 1685, named after
Prince James, Duke of York (later King James II). M'Cready states the street is named after the brother of
George I George I or 1 may refer to:
People
* Patriarch George I of Alexandria ( fl. 621–631)
* George I of Constantinople (d. 686)
* George I of Antioch (d. 790)
* George I of Abkhazia (ruled 872/3–878/9)
* George I of Georgia (d. 1027)
* Yuri Dolgoruk ...
,
Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany
Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (17 September 1674 – 14 August 1728), was the younger brother of George I of Great Britain. Ernest Augustus was a soldier and served with some distinction under Emperor Leopold I during the Nine Years' Wa ...
.
The home of the
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) is a medical professional and educational institution, which is also known as RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ireland's first private university. It was established in 1784 ...
(RCSI) is at the eastern end on the corner with St Stephen's Green and the RCSI's medical education building is at 26 York Street.
, four times president of the RCSI, was born there around 1760.
[ Cameron, Sir Charles A. (1886]
''History of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and of the Irish Schools of Medicine &c''
Dublin: Fannin & Co. p. 322-23.
There was a
Salvation Army
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Hostel
which previously was a Congregational Church or Independent Church which was ministered by the Rev. Dr.
William Urwick for 40 years, was on the street.
References
External links
Streets in Dublin (city)
St Stephen's Green
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