Patrick Street

Patrick Street in 1989
Native name	Sráid Phádraig ( Irish)
Former name(s)	St Patrick's Street
Namesake	named after St Patrick's Cathedral
Location	Dublin, Ireland
Postal code	D08
north end	Nicholas Street
south end	New Street

Patrick Street ( Irish: Sráid Phádraig) ^[1] is a street in the medieval area of Dublin, Ireland.

Location

Patrick Street runs from Nicholas Street at the north to New Street at the south. It runs parallel to Bride Street.

History

Originally recorded as St Patrick's Street from 1285, the thoroughfare was named for St Patrick's Church, which was later replaced with St Patrick's Cathedral. ^{[2] [3]}

In 1803, in the run-up to Robert Emmet's rebellion, the victims of a powerful explosion at his ammunition depot in Patrick Street were brought to Dr Steevens' Hospital. They included Darby Byrne and one of the Keenans, who were blown up at the time of the explosion and died in the hospital afterwards. ^[4]

In the mid-20th century, the junction of Patrick Street, New Street, Kevin Street and Dean Street was referred to as "the Four Corners of Hell", in reference to four notorious pubs on each corner in this area of The Liberties. When the pubs closed the influx of people led to rowdy behaviour and street fights. The four pubs, now all demolished, were Kenny's, Quinn's, O'Beirne's and Lowe's. ^[5]

Road widening

The road widening of Patrick Street, Nicholas Street, and High Street has been viewed as resulting in this medieval area of Dublin becoming fragmented and difficult to navigate as a pedestrian. ^[6]

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