Jervis Street

Jervis Street /ˈdʒɜːrvɪs/ is a street in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland.

Jervis Street
Native name Sráid Jervis  (Irish)
Namesake Humphrey Jervis
Length 400 m (1,300 ft)
Width 12 metres (39 ft)
Location Dublin, Ireland
Postal code D01
Coordinates 53.348524°N 6.266503°W / 53.348524; -6.266503
north end Parnell Street
south end Strand Street Great, Swift's Row
Construction
Construction start 1674
Other
Known for Jervis Shopping Centre,Wolfe Tone Square, National Leprechaun Museum
"Ruinous houses near corner of Jervis Street and Parnell Street", John Cooke, 1913.

Location

It runs from Parnell Street in the north to Ormond Quay Lower in the south. It is crossed by Mary Street, Abbey Street Upper, and Strand Street Great.

History

The street is part of the area developed by Humphrey Jervis after 1674 and named after him. Jervis purchased a portion of the St Mary's Abbey estate in 1674,[1] on which he developed. Jervis Street first appears on maps in 1728.[2] He also developed Stafford Street, now Wolfe Tone Street, and Capel Street.[1]

A house in Jervis Street was for many years the home of the surgeon Samuel Croker-King, first president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and his wife, the noted beauty Miss Obre.[3]

Over 900 people were listed as living in Jervis Street in the 1911 Irish Census.[4][5]

In 1913, Jervis Street was one of the streets photographed by John Cooke, Honorary Treasurer of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), for presentation to the Dublin Housing Inquiry into the conditions of housing of the working classes of Dublin.[6]

It was once the location of the Jervis Street Hospital which has since become the Jervis Shopping Centre which opened in 1996.[7]

References
  1. Clerkin, Paul (2001). Dublin street names. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. p. 96. ISBN 0-7171-3204-8. OCLC 48467800.
  2. M'Cready, C. T. (1987). Dublin street names dated and explained. Blackrock, Co. Dublin: Carraig. p. 53. ISBN 1-85068-005-1. OCLC 263974843.
  3. Cameron, Sir Charles A. (1886) History of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and of the Irish Schools of Medicine &c Dublin: Fannin & Co. p. 305-08.
  4. "014 Jervis Street | Dublin City Council". Dublincity.ie. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  5. "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911". Census.nationalarchives.ie. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  6. "Derelict Dublin: Images of the City from 1913 | Dublin City Council". Dublincity.ie. 2 September 1913. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  7. Jervis Shopping Centre. Savills. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

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