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O'Connell Street is located on the north side of Dublin city, and runs northwards from O'Connell Bridge towards Parnell Square.The street is approximately 1,980 feet (600 m) long and 150 feet (46 m) wide, with two broad carriageways at either side of a central pathway occupied by various monuments and statues. [1]
The Spire of Dublin, alternatively titled the Millennium Spire or the Monument of Light [3] (Irish: An Túr Solais), [4] is a large, stainless steel, pin-like monument 120 metres (390 ft) in height, [5] located on the site of the former Nelson's Pillar (and prior to that a statue of William Blakeney) on O'Connell Street, the main thoroughfare of Dublin, Ireland.
O'Connell Bridge (Irish: Droichead Uí Chonaill) [2] is a road bridge spanning the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland, which joins O'Connell Street to D'Olier Street, Westmoreland Street and the south quays. View of bridge from the south with O'Connell Street in the background
It was noted in the O'Connell Street Monument Report (2003) commissioned by Dublin City Council that, at the time, "the decision to commemorate Daniel O'Connell with a monument in Sackville Street was an important move away from commemorating only members of the Castle administration or the British royal family", which had been the case up ...
The Hotel Riu Plaza The Gresham Dublin, formerly The Gresham Hotel, is a historic four-star hotel on O'Connell Street in Dublin, Ireland. It is a Dublin institution and landmark. Founded in 1817, the current structure was completed in 1927 and was completely refurbished in 2024. [1]
The General Post Office (GPO; Irish: Ard-Oifig an Phoist) is the former headquarters of An Post — the Irish Post Office. It remains its registered office and the principal post office of Dublin [1] — the capital city of Ireland — and is situated in the centre of O'Connell Street, the city's main thoroughfare.
The Garden of Remembrance (Irish: An Gairdín Cuimhneacháin) is a memorial garden in Dublin dedicated to the memory of "all those who gave their lives in the cause of Irish Freedom". It is located in the northern fifth of the former Rotunda Gardens in Parnell Square, a Georgian square at the northern end of O'Connell Street. [1]
O'Connell Street: Sráid Uí Chonaill: 1924 Drogheda St (1728–1809), Sackville St (1809–1924) 1 Lower, upper O'Connell Bridge, Cavendish Row – Parnell Sq E: Bachelors Walk / Eden Quay, Henry St / Earl St N, Parnell St: Park Avenue: Ascaill na Páirce: 4 Gilford Rd, Sydney Parade Ave: Parliament Street: Sráid na Parlaiminte, Sráid na ...