Abbey Street and Store Street in the east to Chapel Street in the west. There are two stops on the Luas light rail transport system on the street, one near the Jervis shopping center and the other is next to O'Connell Street .
| Abby street | |
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| English Abbey street | |
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| general information | |
| A country | Ireland |
| Region | Dublin (county town) |
| City | Dublin |
The largest theaters in Ireland, Abbey Theater and Peacock Theater, are located on Abby Street. In the alley overlooking Abbot Street, there is a monastery of St. Mary . Previously, the editorial office of the newspaper Independent House (subsequently moved to Talbot Street) and the building of the Royal Academy of Arts (destroyed in 1916) were located on the street.
In 1742, the composer Georg Friedrich Handel stayed here, who worked at that time on the oratory of the Messiah . Abby Street is the building of the Methodist Church , where the Australian politician William McMillan lived in his youth [1] . In 1900, the Irish revolutionary Maud Gonne, at No. 32, Lower Abbey Street, founded Inghinidhe Na hÉireann (Daughters of Ireland).
Famous shopping and entertainment venues
- Arnotts Department Store
- Jervis Shopping Center - since 2008 it is the largest shopping center in Dublin;
- Concert Hall "Academy" with 2 auditoriums, for 650 and 550 seats;
- Eason Publishing Group .
Notes
- ↑ Peter M. Gunnar. Good Iron Mac: The Life of Australian Federation Father Sir William McMillan, KCMG . - Federation Press, 1995. - P. 2–. - ISBN 978-1-86287-176-2 .
Links
- Buildings of Abbey Street (link not available)
- Abbey street methodist church