Talbot Street

Talbot Street

Talbot Street ("Sráid Thalbóid" in Irish) is a city-centre street located on Dublin's Northside and is one of the principal shopping streets of Dublin, running from Connolly station and the IFSC at Amiens Street in the east to Marlborough Street in the west. The street is named after Charles Chetwynd, 3rd Earl of Talbot, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1817-21. One of the street's most famous residents was Alfie Byrne, ten times Lord Mayor of Dublin. He was a publican by trade and purchased The Vernon Bar in Talbot Street in 1912, having served his apprenticeship at Cosgrave's, 1-2 Chancery Place. He befriended the poor of the area who returned him to Parliament on numerous occasions both at Westminster and Leinster House during the revolutionary period and after.

treetscape

The street has a number of significant buildings such as Talbot House which provides offices for the Department of Education. Further east, a street renewal programme has greatly enhanced the appeal of the area close to Connolly Station. The editorial offices of the Irish Independent newspaper have relocated to Talbot Street and the presence of a number of financial institutions such as Irish Life & Permanent Plc. and Bank of Ireland have also helped to raise the profile of the street which traditionally has not enjoyed the same level of commercial success as Henry Street to the west of nearby O'Connell Streeet. The vista looking east along Talbot Street is closed by the impressive edifice of Dublin Connolly Railway Station at Amiens Street with its distinctive Italianate tower at its centre. The station is named in honour of Irish Socialist leader, James Connolly, leader of the Easter Rising in 1916 when commander of the Irish Citizen Army. A statue of Connolly has also been raised in nearby Beresford Place, opposite Liberty Hall, headquarters of SIPTU (Services, Industrial, Professional & Technical Union), the largest trade union in Ireland.

History

A momentous event in Irish history occurred on the street in October, 1920, when renowned republican, Seán Treacy of Tipperary was shot and killed outside the Republican Outfitters shop at number 94, having been spotted by British agents on clandestine patrol in the vicinity. A plaque of remembrance marks the spot and is the focus of an infrequent commemoration attended by large numbers of Tipperary people on the morning of the All-Ireland Hurling Final in years when the Tipperary team participate, thus underlying the close association of the Gaelic Athletic Association with Irish nationalism. An horrific event, (the Dublin and Monaghan Bombings) of greater proportions occurred in Talbot Street on 17 May 1974 where one of three car bombs exploded outside a shoe shop, killing 13 women and one man for which nobody was brought to justice, despite a campaign of over 30 years to find the perpetrators.

hopping Centres

The Irish Life Shopping Mall: is a small shopping centre, it has a number of shops spread around a flat shopping mall and is easily accessible from both Talbot Street and Lower Abbey Strret. The Irish Life Centre which is a conglomerate of retail and office space with generous underground parking has a large frontage on Talbot Street.

Retail & services

"This list is not exhaustive"

*Dunnes Stores (North Earl Street, just off Talbot Street)
*Eason
*Boyers (North Earl Street, just off Talbot Street)
*Guiney & Co. Ltd
*Bertoni Neon
*Cafe Kylemore
*101 Talbot Restaurant (formerly The American Connection Restaurant)
*Madigan's pub
*Celtic Lodge Guesthouse and Bar
*Days Inn Hotel
*Comfort Inn Hotel
*Ripley Court Hotel
*Barrys Hotel
*World-Link (Corner of Talbot and Gardiner Streets)

The street also has many other bars, restaurants, shops, and smaller hotels.

External links

* [http://www.nci.ie/ispy/cam3.yp Live Webcam View of Talbot Street, Dublin]


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