York Street () is a street in

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in the Republic of Ireland that runs between

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in the west and

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in the east.

History

It appears on the map around 1685, named after Prince James, Duke of York (later King James II). M'Cready states the street is named after the brother of

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. The home of the

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(RCSI) is at the eastern end on the corner with St Stephen's Green and the RCSI's medical education building is at 26 York Street. There was a

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Hostel which previously was a Congregational Church or Independent Church which was ministered by the Rev. Dr. William Urwick for 40 years, was on the street.

Notable residents

Charles Maturin Charles Robert Maturin, also known as C. R. Maturin (25 September 1780 – 30 October 1824), was an Irish Protestant clergyman (ordained in the Church of Ireland) and a writer of Gothic fiction, Gothic plays and novels.Chris Morgan, "Maturin, C ...

(1780-1824), Irish

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clergyman and writer of

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plays and novels, lived on the street from the early 1800s until his death."A Compendium of Irish Biography", Dublin 1878
the article on Charles Robert Maturin
/ref> * Solomon Richards, four times president of the RCSI, was born there around 1760. Cameron, Sir Charles A. (1886
''History of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and of the Irish Schools of Medicine &c''
Dublin: Fannin & Co. p. 322-23. * Cusack Roney (1781-1849), Irish physician and President of the

(RCSI) in 1814 and 1828

References

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