To install click the Add extension button. That's it.

The source code for the WIKI 2 extension is being checked by specialists of the Mozilla Foundation, Google, and Apple. You could also do it yourself at any point in time.

4,5
Kelly Slayton
Congratulations on this excellent venture… what a great idea!
Alexander Grigorievskiy
I use WIKI 2 every day and almost forgot how the original Wikipedia looks like.
Live Statistics
English Articles
Improved in 24 Hours
Added in 24 Hours
What we do. Every page goes through several hundred of perfecting techniques; in live mode. Quite the same Wikipedia. Just better.
.
Leo
Newton
Brights
Milds

Cathal Brugha Street

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cathal Brugha Street
Dublin Institute of Technology building on Cathal Brugha Street
Native nameSráid Chathal Brugha (Irish)
Former name(s)Gregg Lane, Gregg's Lane
NamesakeCathal Brugha
Length250 m (820 ft)
Width22 metres (72 ft)
LocationDublin, Ireland
Postal codeD01
Coordinates53°21′09″N 6°15′33″W / 53.352378°N 6.259097°W / 53.352378; -6.259097
west endO'Connell Street Upper
east endCumberland Street North, Seán McDermott Street
Other
Known forDIT Cathal Brugha Street

Cathal Brugha Street (/ˌkɒhəlˈbrə/ Irish: Sráid Chathal Brugha) is a street on the northside of Dublin, Ireland.

YouTube Encyclopedic

  • 1/3
    Views:
    8 635
    1 555
    610
  • Cathal Brugha Barracks
  • Week 11, Lecture 52 - Michael Collins and Cathal Brugha
  • Luas Cross City - "O'Connell Street Upper Stop"-the Spire - 20th March 2017 - 4K UHD Stabilised

Transcription

Cathal Brugha Barracks Cathal Brugha Barracks used to be known as “Portobello Barracks” as it was built in a part of Rathmines called Portobello. The building of Portobello Barracks began in 1810 and was finished in 1815. The barracks was designed as a cavalry barracks, which means it was designed for small army units which would use horses or some form of transport. More land was purchased and a Church was added in 1842, and a canteen in 1868. In 1888 the cavalry left for McKee Barracks in Cabra. As you can imagine there were many incidents at the barracks. Here are some interesting facts: In 1817, William Windham Saddler made a successful flight in a hot air balloon from the barracks ground to Holyhead in Wales. On 17th March, 1916, the Countess of Limerick gave shamrock to the troops in Portobello Barracks. During the 1916 Rising and the Irish War of Independence British troops from the barracks were involved in actions around Dublin. The worst of these was when three people were shot without trial in the barracks guardroom. They were Mr Dickinson, Mr McIntyre and Mr Sheehy Skeffington. Captain Colthurt who ordered the shooting was judged to be insane at his trial. He spent eighteen months in Broadmore Prison in England. On 18th May 1922, Irish Troops took over Portobello barracks. It became the National Army’s Headquarters under Michael Collins. Michael Collins was a famous Irish leader. The barracks hospital became Michael Collins home. On 12th August 1922, he left the barracks for the last time to tour the South of Ireland. He was killed on August 22nd 1922. On 9th May 1952, Portobello Barracks had its name changed to Cathal Brugha Barracks. It was called after Cathal Brugha, who was a leader during the 1916 Rising, and was Minister for Defence in the First Dáil. He lived nearby for a time. Cathal Brugha Barracks is still a working barracks today. It now has a military archive about the defence forces in Ireland. An archive is a collection of records and information.

Location

The street runs eastwards from near the Parnell Square end of Upper O'Connell Street, crossing Marlborough Street and changing name to Seán Macdermott Street Upper at the junction with Cumberland Street North and Champions Avenue.[1]

Creation and name

The original Cathal Brugha Street was the section west of Marlborough Street, which was created as part of the reconstruction of Dublin after the damage of the Irish revolutionary period of 1916–23, which destroyed much of the vicinity.[2] The pre-existing Findlater Place (originally Gregg's Lane[3][4]) ran at an angle between O'Connell Street and Marlborough Street, to the north of St. Thomas's Church of Ireland church, which fronted on Marlborough Street and was destroyed in the revolution.[2][5] The new street was at right angles to O'Connell Street and Marlborough Street, intersecting the north-east stub of Findlater Place, and running south of the rebuilt St. Thomas Church to align with Gloucester Street[2] (renamed Seán McDermott Street in 1932 after one of the names used by Seán Mac Diarmada[6]).

Originally the street had no official name, because Dublin Corporation was dissolved in 1924 and replaced by unelected commissioners. During the Civil War, anti-Treaty leader Cathal Brugha had been shot and wounded on Thomas Lane, off O'Connell Street, dying days later in hospital. The unofficial name "Cathal Brugha Street" gained currency with locals. It was officially adopted by the revived Corporation in 1932.[6]

In 1992, the next block east of Marlborough Street was redesignated from Seán McDermott Street to Cathal Brugha Street by the Corporation, after a plebiscite of local ratepayers. The abutting plots were derelict and Seán McDermott Street was a byword for urban deprivation and crime; it was hoped the rename would aid urban renewal investment, and a private apartment block was built on the renamed section, named "Gresham House" after the Gresham Hotel on O'Connell Street.[7]

St. Thomas church

Landmarks

Among the post-1923 buildings, the new Anglican St. Thomas Church designed by W. Hicks was the winner of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland Gold Medal for Architecture 1932-34.

The street is best known as the location of DIT School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology, formerly the College of Catering, and widely referred to simply as "Cathal Brugha Street".[8] It was designed by Robinson and Keefe Architects as an Institute for Women's work, and incorporates many of the features used in their earlier Technical School and Library in Marino Mart, Fairview. The sculpture at the corner of the building nearest O'Connell Street by Hayes, shows women displaying the skills learned in the College, such as knitting. DIT put the building up for sale at €20m in 2016 in preparation for moving to its Grangegorman Development Agency campus.[9] Larkin Community College is also located on Cathal Brugha Street.

References

  1. ^ Official Dublin street guide: city & district (10th ed.). Dublin: Ordnance Survey Ireland. 2013. p. 71. ISBN 978-1908852205.
  2. ^ a b c "The O'Connell Street Architectural Conservation Area" (PDF). Dublin City Council. 2001. pp. 16–17, 24. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  3. ^ MacCready, Christopher Teeling (1892). "Findlater's-pl." (PDF). Dublin Street Names, dated and explained. Dublin: Hodges Figgis. p. 36. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  4. ^ Shaffrey, Maura (1988). "Sackville Street / O'Connell Street" (PDF). Irish Arts Review (Yearbook): 148. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015. Businesses such as Findlaters, after which Gregg's Lane was renamed
  5. ^ "Map sheet DN018-07 centred on Findlater Place, surveyed in 1907". 25-inch map. Ordnance Survey. June 1911. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  6. ^ a b Conboy, Séamus (Autumn 2011). "Changing Dublin Street Names, 1880s to 1940s". Dublin Historical Record. Old Dublin Society. 64 (2): 217. JSTOR 23365130.
  7. ^ "A road by any other name". The Irish Times. 24 October 1992. p. 40. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  8. ^ "St Thomas Church of Ireland". ireland.archiseek.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2008.
  9. ^ Flanagan, Peter (2 March 2016). "DIT catering college put on the block for up to €20m". Irish Independent. Retrieved 2 March 2016.

External links

This page was last edited on 2 June 2023, at 11:00
Basis of this page is in Wikipedia. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported License. Non-text media are available under their specified licenses. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. WIKI 2 is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wikimedia Foundation.