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Wicklow Street () is an established shopping street located in
Wicklow Street – Archiseek
{{Streets in Dublin city, state=autocollapse Streets in Dublin (city) Shopping districts and streets in Ireland
Wicklow Street () is an established shopping street located in 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 ...
city centre, running from 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 ...
in the east to Exchequer Street and South William Street in the west.
History
In 1776, the street was part of Exchequer Street, named after the old Exchequer which was sited there, having formerly been known from 1728 as Chequer Lane. At this time, Exchequer Street ran from Georges Street onto Grafton Street and the eastern end of the street did not become Wicklow Street until October 1837. The residents of this part of the street petitioned theWide Streets Commission
The Wide Streets Commission (officially the Commissioners for making Wide and Convenient Ways, Streets and Passages) was established by an Act of Parliament in 1758, at the request of Dublin Corporation, as a body to govern standards on the layou ...
to have the name changed because of a bad reputation which made it difficult to find respectable tenants for the properties. M'Cready could find no explanation for the choice of Wicklow as the new name.
The jewellers Weir and Sons were established at Nos. 1-3 Wicklow Street in 1869 by Thomas Weir after leaving Wests in College Green College Green or The College Green may refer to:
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. The drapers Brown Thomas moved from 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 ...
into a property on Nos. 38-45 Wicklow Street in 1838.
Today
Since the 1980s, part of the street has beenpedestrianised
Pedestrian zones (also known as auto-free zones and car-free zones, as pedestrian precincts in British English, and as pedestrian malls in the United States and Australia) are areas of a city or town reserved for pedestrian-only use and in whi ...
, and it is now one of Ireland's most expensive streets, along with Grafton Street.
See also
*Grafton Street (Dublin)
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 lowest ...
References
Citations Sources * *External links
Wicklow Street – Archiseek
{{Streets in Dublin city, state=autocollapse Streets in Dublin (city) Shopping districts and streets in Ireland