Lincoln Place, Dublin
.jpg) Lincoln Place as seen from Westland Row | |
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| Native name | Plás Lincoln (Irish) |
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| Former name(s) | St Patrick's Well Lane Park Street |
| Type | Street |
| Length | 180 m (590 ft) |
| Location | Dublin, Ireland |
| Postal code | D02 |
| Coordinates | 53°20′32″N 6°15′05″W / 53.34214°N 6.2515°W |
| west end | Fenian Street, Merrion Street Lower, Westland Row |
| east end | Leinster Street South |
| Other | |
| Known for | Dublin Dental University Hospital Turkish Baths Sweny's Pharmacy |
Lincoln Place (Irish: Plás Lincoln) is a street in Dublin, Ireland.
Location
Alongside Nassau Street and Leinster Street South, Lincoln Place runs along the southern boundary of Trinity College Dublin.[1]
History
Lincoln Place, Nassau Street and Leinster Street South were previously collectively known as St Patrick's Well Lane. The name was derived from the holy well on the ground of Trinity College.
In John Rocque's map of Dublin in the late 1750s, Lincoln Place was marked as an extension of St Patricks Lane. By 1773, the street was called Park Place,[1] and Park Street in 1792, a reference to College Park[2] and is still referred to as Park Street at the time of the first 6 inch Ordanance Survey maps of 1843.
A 1797 map refers to the street as Harcourt Place.[3]
By at least 1849, the street was referred to as Lincoln Place[1] with the street supposedly being renamed by Dublin Corporation as it was deemed to have a poor reputation.[2][4][5][6][7] It is unlikely the street was initially renamed for Abraham Lincoln as the street's renaming preceded Lincoln's election as president by at least a decade. The street may have been named for Henry Pelham-Clinton, Earl of Lincoln, who was Chief Secretary of Ireland in 1846,[8][9] although it may have been later officially renamed for the by-then more famous American. It may also have been a reference to Lincoln's Inn in London which would have been a common reference to Trinity College students in the legal profession.
The Park Street School of Medicine was founded at number 32 on the street from 1824. The site was later taken over by St. Mark's Ophthalmic Hospital for Diseases of the Eye and Ear from 1850. The hospital had earlier been founded on Mark Street by William Wilde in 1844.[10] It was later amalgamated with the National Eye Hospital in 1895 and became the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital.
Architecture
The street has a number of notable buildings, including the Dublin Dental University Hospital[11] and Lincoln Chambers.[12] Two of the street's buildings were mentioned in James Joyce's Ulysses: Sweny's Pharmacy[13] and the Victorian Turkish Baths.[14] Merrion Hall terminates the vista from the south on Merrion Street Lower while Oriel House frames the corner of Lincoln Place, Westland Row and Merrion Street Lower.
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Plás Lincoln/Lincoln Place". Logainm.ie. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ a b M'Cready, C. T. (1987). Dublin street names dated and explained. Blackrock, Co. Dublin: Carraig. p. 59. ISBN 1850680000.
- ^ Faden, William; Neele, Samuel John; Archer, J. (1 January 1797). "A plan of the city of Dublin: as surveyed for the use of the division[a]l justices to which have been added plans of the canal harbour and its junction with the Grand Canal, the Royal Canal, and every projection and alteration to the present time, 1797". W. Faden ; Sold by W. Allen & J. Archer. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
- ^ "1851 Census". Virtual Treasury. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
- ^ "Eighth report of St Mark's Ophthalmic Hospital and Dispensary for Diseases of the Eye and Ear, Lincoln-place, 1853-'54". Wellcome Collection. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "Thom's Directory of Ireland 1852". 1852. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
- ^ Academy (Dublin), Royal Irish; Academy (dublin), Royal Irish (1849). "The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy". HardPress. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
- ^ "The Office of the Chief Secretary for Ireland". csorp.nationalarchives.ie. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ Geoghegan, Patrick M. (October 2009). "Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-". Dictionary of Irish Biography. doi:10.3318/dib.001756.v1. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "Eighteenth report of St Mark's Ophthalmic Hospital and Dispensary for Diseases of the Eye and Ear, Lincoln-place, 1863-'64". Wellcome Collection. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ^ Casey, Christine (2005). Dublin : the city within the Grand and Royal Canals and the Circular Road with the Phoenix Park. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press. p. 411. ISBN 9780300109238.
- ^ "Lincoln Chambers, 20-21 Lincoln Place, Dublin 2, DUBLIN". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Sweny, 1 Lincoln Place, Dublin 2, DUBLIN". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "1860 – Turkish Baths, Lincoln Place, Dublin". Archiseek - Irish Architecture. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2021.