James's Street, Dublin
{{Short description|Street in Dublin, Ireland}}
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| native_name = {{native name|ga|Sráid San Séamas}}
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| image = Buildings in James's Street, Dublin - geograph.org.uk - 2584395.jpg
| caption = Buildings, some disused, on James's Street in Dublin
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| postal_code = D08
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| direction_a = west
| terminus_a = Mount Brown
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| terminus_b = Thomas Street
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| known_for = St James' Church (Church of Ireland), St James' Church (Catholic), St. James's Hospital, James's Luas stop, St. James's Gate, New children's hospital,
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James's Street ({{Langx|ga|Sráid San Séamas}})[https://www.logainm.ie/en/1383592 James's Street / Sráid San Séamas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925225849/https://www.logainm.ie/en/1383592 |date=25 September 2023 }}. Placenames Database of Ireland. is a street in the Liberties area of central Dublin, Ireland.
History
St. James's Gate, located where the modern street exists, was the western entrance to the city during the Middle Ages. During this time the gate was the traditional starting point for the Camino pilgrimage from Dublin to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia (Spain).{{cite web|url = http://www.stjamesirl.com/?page_id=11 | publisher = Irish Society of the Friends of St.James | title = The Pilgrimage | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20111007035454/http://www.stjamesirl.com/?page_id=11 | archivedate = 7 October 2011 }} Though the original medieval gate was demolished in 1734,{{cite web| url = https://www.guinness-storehouse.com/content/pdf/archive-factsheets/general-history/st-jamess-gate.pdf | publisher = guinness-storehouse.com | title = Archive Fact Sheet: St. James's Gate | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20181115164049/https://www.guinness-storehouse.com/content/pdf/archive-factsheets/general-history/st-jamess-gate.pdf | archivedate = 15 November 2018 | quote = The medieval gate of St. James was demolished in 1734, 25 years before Arthur Guinness took over the Brewery on the site}} the gate gave its name to the area in which it was located,{{cite book | title= The Search for God and Guinness: A Biography of the Beer that Changed the World | author = Stephen Mansfield | publisher = Nelson | year = 2009 | isbn = 9781418580674 | quote = Called St. James's Gate because of the church and parish by that name nearby, it stood for five centuries before crumbling to the ground. The name was retained for the location though, largely because there had been a holy well on the site that was the centrepiece for an annual summer festival}} and in particular to the St. James's Gate Brewery (which was taken over by Arthur Guinness in 1759).
As part of a 1966 TV special named A Little Bit of Irish, singer Bing Crosby sang amongst the keeves and vats at the Guinness Brewery in James's Street with the Guinness Choir.{{cite book|last1=O'Reilly|first1=George|title=The Making of the Television Show "A Little Bit of Irish"|publisher=Printcomp|page=1|ref=CD sleeve notes}}
Location
File:James's Street Post Office - geograph.org.uk - 2856711.jpg
The street runs from approximately the steps of Cromwell's Quarters to the junction with Watling Street and Thomas Street.{{citation needed|date= September 2023}}
Notable people
- W. T. Cosgrave (1880-1965), first president of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State, was born on James's Street
- The comedian Brendan Grace (1951-2019) lived at 2E Echlin Street, off James's Street, in the early 1960s{{sfn|Nolan|2010|page=6}}
- Mark Sheehan (1976-2023) of the band The Script was originally from the James's Street area
References
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- {{cite book |last=Nolan |first=Karen |title=Sweet Memories: The Story of Urney Chocolates |year=2010 |publisher= Blue Rook Press|location=Whitestown, Drinagh, Wexford |isbn=978-0-9566474-0-5}}
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