Anglesea Street, Dublin

Anglesea Street

Southern end of the street
Native name	Sráid Anglesea (Irish)
Namesake	Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey
Length	150 m (490 ft)
Width	8.5 metres (28 ft)
Location	Dublin, Ireland
Postal code	D02
Coordinates	53°20′42″N6°15′43″W / 53.345017°N 6.2618376°W / 53.345017; -6.2618376
north end	Fleet Street, Bedford Row
Major junctions	Cope Street
south end	College Green
Construction
Completion	1740s–50s
Other
Known for	Irish Stock Exchange, Georgian architecture, luthiers

Anglesea Street is a Georgian street in the Temple Bar area of south Dublin, Ireland. ^[1]

Location

Anglesea Street runs straight north–south from Fleet Street (junction with Bedford Row), meeting Cope Street and continuing south to College Green and Dame Street where Daly's Club would have been located.

Originally the street would have been connected to Turnstile Alley (now Foster Place) via an alley named Blackmore Yard until this route was built upon at the beginning of the 19th century.

History

John Rocque's 1756 map of Dublin, Anglesea Street at centre.

The street is named for Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey (1614–1686), a notable Royalist whose estate was in the area. ^[2] Anglesea Road in Donnybrook is named for the 5th Earl, while Anglesea Street, Cork, and Anglesea Street, Clonmel, were named for Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey. ^{[3] [4] [5]} It was developed in the mid-18th century and appears on John Rocque's 1756 map of Dublin. ^[6]

Many of its Georgian buildings are architecturally and historically significant. ^{[7] [8] [9]} Number 10 was extensively remodelled in 1898 in a Queen Anne Revival style by the stockbroker and philanthropist Laurence Ambrose ‘Larkey’ Waldron; his initials LAW appear on the facade, with blue details. ^{[10] [11]}

The luthier George Ward was based on Anglesea Street from 1760; later, Thomas Perry, John Mackintosh, John Delany, Richard Tobin, and William Ringwood also made instruments on the street. ^[12]

The Irish Stock Exchange was based on Anglesea Street from 1878 until 2000 after moving from the nearby Commercial Buildings which could be entered via Cope Street and Dame Street. ^[13]

The painters William Cuming and Edward Daniel Leahy worked on Anglesea Street in the early 19th century. ^[14] The publisher and bookseller Bryan Geraghty was also there in the 19th century. ^[15]

The Dublin Christian Mission was on Anglesea Street from 1879 to 1939. ^[16]

Many solicitors' firms are based on Anglesea Street today; there are also many bars and restaurants. The James Joyce-themed hotel Bloom's opened in 1980, even though the street has no Joycean connections and is not mentioned in any of his works. ^[17]

Gallery

• 
  View from Anglesea St onto Fleet St
• 
  Oliver St. John Gogarty pub, facing onto Anglesea St
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  Irish Stock Exchange
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  Number 10
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  O'Shea's Irish Restaurant, 23 Anglesea Street
• 
  The street at night

See also

• List of streets and squares in Dublin

References

1. "Anglesea-street - Dublin Street Directory 1862". www.libraryireland.com.
2. Clerkin, Paul (20 December 2007). "Dublin Street Names | Archiseek.com".
3. O'Donnell, S. (1999:4). Clonmel, 1840-1900: anatomy of an Irish town. Dublin: Geography Publications.
4. "Dublin Street Names". www.fionasplace.net.
5. Cork, Yay (10 March 2020). "Anglesea Street is about to be renamed... and people have a lot to say about it".
6. "McCann & Naish, 29 Anglesea Street, Dublin 2, DUBLIN". Buildings of Ireland.
7. "10 Anglesea Street, Dublin 2, DUBLIN". Buildings of Ireland.
8. "12 Anglesea Street, Dublin 2, DUBLIN". Buildings of Ireland.
9. "O'Shea's Irish Restaurant, 23 Anglesea Street, Dublin 2, DUBLIN". Buildings of Ireland.
10. Clerkin, Paul (11 June 2010). "Archiseek.com - 1898 - 10 Anglesea Street, Dublin".
11. "10 forgotten stories behind our streets and buildings – from witch burnings to a maritime mystery". Irish Independent. 17 August 2024.
12. "Ward, George | Dublin Music Trade". dublinmusictrade.ie.
13. "Irish Stock Exchange, 24-28 Anglesea Street, Dublin 2, DUBLIN". Buildings of Ireland.
14. "Edward Daniel Leahy, Portrait and Subject Painter - Irish Artists". www.libraryireland.com.
15. M. R. (1895). "Contributions to Irish Biography. No. 29: James Duffy the Publisher". The Irish Monthly. 23 (269): 596–602 – via JSTOR.
16. "History of the Mission". Dublin Christian M..
17. McCourt, J. (2022:200). Consuming Joyce: 100 Years of Ulysses in Ireland. India: Bloomsbury Publishing.