The Spire of Dublin from Henry Street 2006-06-16 (cropped)

Henry Street () is located on Dublin's

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and is one of the two principal shopping streets of

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(the other being

Grafton Street Grafton Street () is one of the two principal shopping streets in Dublin city centre (the other being Henry Street). It runs from St Stephen's Green in the south (at the highest point of the street) to College Green in the north (the lowes ...

Location

Henry Street runs from the

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and the General Post Office on

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in the east to Liffey Street in the west. At Liffey Street, the street becomes Mary Street, which continues the shopping street until it ends at crossing

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. Henry Street and Mary Street are often considered as one (and in fact form a single shopping area with their eastward continuations, beyond the Spire,

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and

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). Henry Street is connected to Princes Street North by the GPO Arcade.

History

The land around Dublin's Northside was the original part of the estate of St Mary's Abbey. It was given to

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following the Dissolution of the Irish monasteries in 1537. The street was developed by

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in 1614, whose estate lands and developments are reflected in the street names bearing his name, Henry Street,

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, Earl Street, Of Lane and Drogheda Street. Most of those names still survive, but what was Drogheda Street is now

, Dublin's main street. The area was later sold to

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in the early 1700s. Of or Off Lane is now known as Henry Place. Properties began to be developed along Henry Street in the 1760s, with a variety of businesses and shops. The street was pedestrianised in the 1980s. The flagship Arnotts store is at nos. 9-15 Henry Street, and has been based there since 1843. The current name dates from 1865. The original buildings were extensively destroyed by fire in 1894. Buskers, including musicians, poets and

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artists, commonly perform to the shopping crowds. Street preachers are also a common sight.

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Buildings of Henry Street, from Archiseek
Streets in Dublin (city) Busking venues Shopping districts and streets in Ireland Pedestrian malls in Ireland

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