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St Patrick's Street (Irish: Sráid Naomh Pádraig) is the main shopping street of the city of Cork in the south of Ireland. The street was subject to redevelopment in 2004, and has since won two awards as Ireland's best shopping street. [1] St Patrick's Street is colloquially known to most locals as simply 'Patrick's Street', with the 'St ...
On 23 November 1920, a non-uniformed "Black and Tan" threw a grenade into a group of IRA volunteers who had just left a brigade meeting on St Patrick's Street, Cork's main street. Three IRA volunteers of the 1st Cork Brigade were killed: Paddy Trahey, Patrick Donohue and Seamus Mehigan.
Patrick Street, Cork. Photochrom print c. 1890–1900. Cork, located on Ireland's south coast, is the second largest city within the Republic of Ireland after Dublin and the third largest on the island of Ireland after Dublin and Belfast. Cork City is the largest city in the province of Munster. Its history dates back to the sixth century.
Cork's main shopping street is St. Patrick's Street and is the most expensive in the country per sq. metre after Dublin's Grafton Street. The area was impacted by the post-2008 downturn , though retail growth has increased since, with Penneys announcing expansion plans in 2015, [ 90 ] redesigning of some facades on the street, [ 91 ] and ...
Wellington Road (Irish: Bóthar Wellington) [2] is a road on the north-side of Cork city. Wellington Road stretches almost a kilometre from St. Patricks Place (off St. Patricks Hill), to St. Lukes Cross at the eastern end of the road. Historically, Wellington Road was a relatively affluent residential area with some large houses.
Roches Stores was founded in Cork in 1901 by William Roche, the son of a farmer from north County Cork, who had worked in Cash's in Cork city and for a time in London. The business began life as a small furniture shop in a former sawmill on Merchant Street in Cork. Over the following twelve years, Roche grew the business to include womenswear ...
St Patrick's Street: 1864: John Henry Foley "The Statue" [1] The Echo boy St Patrick's Street: 1991: Barry Moloney [2] Examiner Office St. Patrick's Street: 2009: Eithne Ring & Liam Lavery National Monument Grand Parade, Cork: 1906: D. J. Coakley [3] Berwick Fountain Grand Parade, Cork: 1860: Sir John Benson [4] 'Lest We Forget' War Memorial ...
Grand Parade is one of the main streets of Cork city, Ireland.It runs from South Mall in the south to St. Patrick's Street/Daunt Square in the north, with intersections with Oliver Plunkett Street, Tuckey Street, Washington Street, Augustine Street and a number of pedestrian-only lanes in between.