History
Prussia Street was part of an ancient road that led into Dublin from County Meath; Rathbornes Candles was located here in the 17th century. [4] [5] Originally named Cabra(gh) Lane, the western part was built up by the 1750s and the east by 1760. [6] In the 1760s it was renamed in honour of the Kingdom of Prussia, with whom Britain was allied in opposition to France in the Seven Years' War. [7] A metal bust of Frederick the Great by Patrick Cunningham, apprentice to John van Nost the younger, was added at this time to a niche over a premises on the street. [8]
A number of early Georgian buildings still remain intact on the street, including numbers 14, 29, 67 and 55. [9]
Dublin's cattle market was located between the North Circular Road, bounded by Prussia Street, Aughrim Street and St. Joseph's Road. It was constructed in 1863 by Dublin city engineer, Park Neville. [10] By the 1950s, it was the largest weekly livestock sale in Europe before becoming obsolete and finally closing in 1973. [3] [11] The market was a direct continuation of the livestock market that had taken place in nearby Smithfield for several centuries. [12]
In 1970, it was the scene of a supposed event of spontaneous human combustion, when Margaret Hogan's burned body was found at her house at Number 89. [13]
The Free University of Ireland was founded at 55 Prussia Street in 1986. [14]
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