North Wall () is an area east of the inner north side of Dublin, along the

River Liffey The River Liffey (Irish language, Irish: ''An Life'', historically ''An Ruirthe(a)ch'') is a river in eastern Ireland that ultimately flows through the centre of Dublin to its mouth within Dublin Bay. Its major Tributary, tributaries include t ...

where it forms one of the Dublin quays. The name refers to the North Bull Wall, which was constructed to form

Dublin Port Dublin Port () is the seaport of Dublin, Ireland, of both historical and contemporary economic importance. Approximately two-thirds of Ireland's port traffic travels via the port, which is by far the busiest on the island of Ireland. Locatio ...

, extend the Liffey estuary and reclaim land at various stages from the early 1700s until its final completion around 1825. The area is today used to refer to the area between Sheriff Street and the River Liffey. It contains the entire north side of

Dublin Docklands Dublin Docklands () is an area of the city of Dublin, Ireland, on both sides of the River Liffey, roughly from Talbot Memorial Bridge eastwards to the 3Arena (Dublin), 3Arena. It mainly falls within the city's List of Dublin postal districts ...

and includes the

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Spencer Dock Spencer Dock () is a former wharf area, close to where the Royal Canal meets the River Liffey, in the North Wall (Dublin), North Wall area of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. As of the 21st century, the area has been redeveloped with oc ...

, and further east, the main part of

History

The North Lotts area was mainly created between 1717 and 1729 after Dublin Corporation had, earlier in 1717-18, drawn lots and distributed the land between themselves in this manner. By around 1750, the area had been fully reclaimed and was no longer overflowed by seawater at high tide. John Roque's map of 1756 shows the areas of present day East Wall and North Wall fully embanked and divided into plots of land. Present day streets Mayor Street, Wapping Street, Guild Street, Commons Street, Sheriff Street and Fish Street (now Castleforbes Road) can all be seen and are named while in East Wall, Church Road, West Road and East Road are also noted. East Wall Road is at that time referred to as "East Quay". The street names of the North lotts corresponded with various positions or concepts within

Dublin Corporation Dublin Corporation (), known by generations of Dubliners simply as ''The Corpo'', is the former name of the city government and its administrative organisation in Dublin since the 1100s. Significantly re-structured in 1660–1661, even more si ...

and the City Assembly of Dublin including the Sheriff of Dublin City, the

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and the Common Council or the "commons". The newly reclaimed area is separated from the rest of Dublin by the Strand Road, today referred to as North Strand, although no longer a strand.

Castleforbes

The Castleforbes area of North Wall is believed to refer to a house built in the area around 1729 by George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard, who was Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1720. Later, the castleforbes site was acquired by

Lever Brothers Lever Brothers was a British manufacturing company founded in 1885 by two brothers: William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, William Hesketh Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme (1851–1925), and James Darcy Lever (1854–1916). They invested in and su ...

and was where they it developed its main Dublin factory in 1927 on the site of what was previously the manufactory of the Dublin Glass Bottle Company.

Modern North Wall

The area is dominated by a combination of new apartment blocks and offices, many created through the Docklands Strategic Development Zone Planning Scheme, as well as older dockers' housing and dockland and recreational activities. Large developments in the area include

, Dublin Landings and the Point Village. Transport in the area includes the

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(

Docklands railway station Docklands Station (''Stáisiún Dugthailte'', also known as ''Ceantar na nDugaí'') is a terminus railway station serving the Dublin Docklands area in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is owned and operated by Iarnród Éireann and was part of the ...

on Sheriff Street), the

LUAS Luas (, Irish language, Irish: ; meaning 'speed') is a tram system in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. There are two main lines: the Green Line (Luas), Green Line, which began operating on 30 June 2004, and the Red Line (Luas), Red Line ...

(red line stations George's Dock, Mayor Square,

, and The Point, and 8 dublinbikes stations.

References

Dublin Docklands Towns and villages in Dublin (city) {{Dublin-geo-stub

History

Castleforbes

Modern North Wall

See also

References