Wolfe Tone Street, Dublin
 Wolfe Tone Street looking south to Abbey Street | |
Interactive map of Wolfe Tone Street | |
| Native name | Sráid Wolfe Tone (Irish) |
|---|---|
| Former name | Stafford Street |
| Namesake | Theobald Wolfe Tone |
Postal code | D01 |
| Coordinates | 53°20′51″N 6°16′01″W / 53.3475°N 6.26692°W |
| north end | Parnell Street |
Major junctions | Mary Street |
| South end | Abbey Street |
Wolfe Tone Street (Irish: Sráid Wolfe Tone)[1] is a street on the northside of Dublin, Ireland. The street runs from Parnell Street at the north to Abbey Street in the south.
History
Wolfe Tone Street was originally known as Stafford Street, for Sir Hugh Strafford who alongside Sir Humphrey Jervis developed the area starting in 1700. Stafford and Jervis purchased Piphoe's Park and other areas of the St Mary's Abbey in 1674 after the abbey was dissolved. The street first appears on maps in 1728.[2] It was renamed for Theobald Wolfe Tone who lived in number 44 on the street as a child.[3]
On the site of Tone's childhood home now stands Wolfe Tone House, a section of a larger office building dating from around 1930. A shield plaque to Tone, erected by the 98 Centenary Committee, remains on the building.[4] Wolfe Tone House also incorporates a 1970s century office which meets Abbey Street,[5] and a building from 1865 on the corner of Mary Street.[6] The 1970s building was built as the headquarters for the insurance company known then as PMPA. The building was designed by Robin Walker of Scott Tallon Walker Architects, with Miesian influences from Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe, and has a facade of glass and steel. It replaced an earlier office building that suffered fire damage.[5]
A prominent landmark on the street is St Mary's Church and the churchyard. The church is now a restaurant and pub, and the churchyard was redeveloped as Wolfe Tone Square.[7][8][9]
A building on the street used by then Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform was earmarked for use by the probation service, but lay empty after €4 million was spent by 2011.[10]
References
- ↑ "Sráid Wolfe Tone". Sráid Ainm. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
- ↑ McCready, C.T. (1892). Dublin Street Names: Dated and Explained. Dublin: Carraig Books. p. 121. ISBN 1850680000.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - ↑ Clerkin, Paul (2001). Dublin Street Names. Dublin: Gill & MacMillan. p. 192. ISBN 0717132048.
- ↑ "Wolfe Tone House, 43-45 Wolfe Tone Street, Dublin 1, DUBLIN". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
- 1 2 Rowley, Ellen; Pollard, Carole; de Róiste, Natalie; Kelly, Merlo; O'Halloran, Aoife; Ní Mhearáin, Aoibheann; Tierney, Paul (2023). More Than Concrete Blocks Dublin City's twentieth-century buildings and their stories Volume 3 1973-1999. Dublin: UCD Press. pp. 118–127. ISBN 9781910820124.
- ↑ Clerkin, Paul (1 April 2010). "Archiseek.com - 1865 - Axa Insurance, Mary Street, Dublin". Archiseek.com. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
- ↑ Clerkin, Paul (23 June 2010). "Archiseek.com - 1998 - Wolfe Tone Square, Jervis Street, Dublin". Archiseek.com. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
- ↑ "Saint Mary's Church, Wolfe Tone Street, Mary Street, Dublin 1, DUBLIN". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
- ↑ Mulvaney, Amy (27 February 2019). "Double Take: The Dublin square that was once one of the city's most crowded graveyards". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
- ↑ "Report shows justice chiefs spent almost €4m on building that was never used". Irish Examiner. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
