Aungier Street () is a street on the south side of

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. It runs north-south as a continuation of

South Great George's Street South Great George's Street () is a street in south-central Dublin, Ireland. History Early history and naming The area is associated with Early Scandinavian Dublin. Four burials excavated near South Great George's Street were also associa ...

. It is the location of both a

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and a

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campus.

History

Formerly this area was waste ground near the Dublin Carmelite Friary. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the monastery's lands were granted to the Aungier family. The street was named after the family of

Francis Aungier, 1st Baron Aungier of Longford Francis Aungier, 1st Baron Aungier of Longford (1558–1632), also known as Lord Aungier, was the progenitor of the Earldom of Longford, member of the House of Lords, Privy Councillor for Ireland and Master of the Rolls in Ireland under James ...

who developed the street. His name is French and is correctly pronounced , but modern Dubliners pronounce the street name to rhyme with "danger." When the street was opened in 1661, it was wide, the widest in the city.

Edward Lovett Pearce Edward Lovett Pearce (1699 – 7 December 1733) was an Irish architect, and the chief exponent of Palladianism in Ireland. He is thought to have initially studied as an architect under his father's first cousin, Sir John Vanbrugh. He is best ...

designed a

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for the street, built 1733–34 and merged with the

Smock Alley Theatre Since the 17th century, there have been numerous theatres in Dublin with the name Smock Alley. The current Smock Alley Theatre () is a 21st-century theatre in Dublin, converted from a 19th-century church building, incorporating structural mat ...

in 1743. The theatre held the title of theatre royal for a period before it was reclaimed by Smock Alley Theatre shortly after with the Aungier Street Playhouse closing around 1750. St. Peter's Church (

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) opened in 1685; it closed in 1950 and was demolished in 1983. The poet

Thomas Moore Thomas Moore (28 May 1779 – 25 February 1852), was an Irish writer, poet, and lyricist who was widely regarded as Ireland's "National poet, national bard" during the late Georgian era. The acclaim rested primarily on the popularity of his ''I ...

was born at 12 Aungier Street in 1779. In 1829, Aungier Street was the site of the first meeting room of what would become the

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. The

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was born on Aungier Street in 1891. During the

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, it was suggested that Aungier Street (and several others) would be joined to form ''Cahirmore Road'', named for the legendary king

Cathair Mór Cathair Mór ("the great"), son of Feidhlimidh Fiorurghlas, a descendant of Conchobar Abradruad, was, according to Lebor Gabála Érenn, a High King of Ireland.Foras Feasa ar Éirinn, Section 40, page 259, http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100054/ ...

Cultural depictions

In 1851,

Sheridan Le Fanu Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (; 28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873), popularly known as J. S. Le Fanu, was an Irish writer of Gothic literature, mystery novels, and horror fiction. Considered by critics to be one of the greatest ghost ...

wrote a

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, "An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street." Aungier Street appears twice in the work of

James Joyce James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (born James Augusta Joyce; 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influentia ...

: it is mentioned in "

Ivy Day in the Committee Room "Ivy Day in the Committee Room" is a short story by James Joyce published in his 1914 collection ''Dubliners.'' Taking place in a political party office after a day of canvassing, the story depicts various campaigners discussing the political cand ...

;" while

Leopold Bloom Leopold Paula Bloom is the fictional protagonist and hero of James Joyce's 1922 novel '' Ulysses''. His peregrinations and encounters in Dublin on 16 June 1904 mirror, on a more mundane and intimate scale, those of Ulysses/Odysseus in Homer's ...

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were purchased at 16 Aungier Street in ''Ulysses''.

References

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History

Cultural depictions

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