York Street, Dublin

Street in Dublin, Ireland

53°20′21″N 6°15′50″W / 53.339170°N 6.263929°W / 53.339170; -6.263929west endAungier Streeteast endSt Stephen's Green WestConstructionCompletionc. 1685OtherKnown forRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland

York Street (Irish: Sráid Eabhrac)^[1] is a street in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland that runs between Aungier Street in the west and St Stephen's Green in the east.

History

It appears on the map around 1685, named after Prince James, Duke of York (later King James II).^[2] M'Cready states the street is named after the brother of George I, Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany.^[3]^[4] The home of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (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.^[5]

There was a Salvation Army Hostel^[4] 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.^{[citation needed]}

Notable residents

Charles Maturin (1780-1824), Irish Protestant clergyman and writer of Gothic plays and novels, lived on the street from the early 1800s until his death.^[6]
Solomon Richards, four times president of the RCSI, was born there around 1760.^[7]
Cusack Roney (1781-1849), Irish physician and President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in 1814 and 1828

References

^ "Sráid Eabhrac". logainm.ie.
^ "DUBLIN 1610 TO 1756" (PDF). www.logainm.ie. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
^ M'Cready, C. T. (1987). Dublin street names dated and explained. Blackrock, Co. Dublin: Carraig. p. 145. ISBN 1-85068-005-1. OCLC 263974843.
^ ^a ^b Clerkin, Paul (2001). Dublin street names. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. p. 195. ISBN 0-7171-3204-8. OCLC 48467800.
^ "RCSI – Homepage". www.rcsi.com.
^ "A Compendium of Irish Biography", Dublin 1878, the article on Charles Robert Maturin
^ 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.

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