Bachelors Walk () is a

street A street is a public thoroughfare in a city, town or village, typically lined with Building, buildings on one or both sides. Streets often include pavements (sidewalks), pedestrian crossings, and sometimes amenities like Street light, streetligh ...

and

quay A wharf ( or wharfs), quay ( , also ), staith, or staithe is a structure on the shore of a harbour or on the bank of a river or canal where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. Such a structure includes one or more Berth (mo ...

on the north bank of the Liffey,

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. It runs between Liffey Street Lower (to the west) and

O'Connell Street O'Connell Street () is a street in the centre of Dublin, Ireland, running north from the River Liffey. It connects the O'Connell Bridge to the south with Parnell Street to the north and is roughly split into two sections bisected by Henry ...

Lower and

O'Connell Bridge O'Connell Bridge () is a road bridge spanning the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland, which joins O'Connell Street to D'Olier Street, Westmoreland Street and the south quays. History Carlisle Bridge The original bridge (named ''Carlisle Bridg ...

(to the east). It was the setting for an eponymous TV series in the early 2000s.

History

Bachelor's Walk was named after the developer who built up the street, extending from Ormond Quay from the 1670s. It was recorded as Batchelours Walke in 1728, The Batchelors Walk in 1723 and 1728, and Bachelors Quay in 1766. Before the street that became O'Connell Street was extended to meet the Liffey, Bachelors Walk extended to

Eden Quay Eden Quay () is one of the Dublin quays on the northern bank of the River Liffey in Dublin. The quay runs the bank between O'Connell Bridge and Butt Bridge. The quay is bisected by Marlborough Street (Dublin), Marlborough Street and Rosie Hack ...

ending at Union Lane, now Marlborough Street. A

Turkish Baths A hammam (), also often called a Turkish bath by Westerners, is a type of steam bath or a place of public bathing associated with the Islamic world. It is a prominent feature in the culture of the Muslim world and was inherited from the model ...

was opened on Bachelor's Walk in the 1770s by

Achmet Borumborad Achmet Borumborad (Floruit, fl. 1769–1786), Achmet Borumbadad (or sometimes simply Dr. Achmet or Mr. Achmet) was the assumed name of an eccentric medical con-artist, or Quackery, quack, operating in late 18th-century Dublin, Ireland. He succee ...

, an Irish man who masqueraded as a Turk for a period in the late eighteenth century. The

Irish Church Missions The Irish Church Missions (ICM) is a conservative and semi-autonomous Anglican mission. It was founded in 1849 as The Irish Church Missions to the Roman Catholics chiefly by English Anglicans though with the backing and support of Church of Irelan ...

- part of the

Church of Ireland The Church of Ireland (, ; , ) is a Christian church in Ireland, and an autonomy, autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the Christianity in Ireland, second-largest Christian church on the ...

- are located on Bachelors Walk. In July 1914, a hostile crowd accosted a column of troops of the

King's Own Scottish Borderers The King's Own Scottish Borderers (KOSBs) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division. On 28 March 2006 the regiment was amalgamated with the Royal Scots, the Royal Highland Fusiliers, Royal Highland Fusiliers ...

on Bachelors Walk. The troops responded to stone throwing with bayonets and rifle fire, resulting in the deaths of several civilians and injuries to dozens more. The event later became known as the Bachelor's Walk massacre.

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History

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