Store Street

The street derived its name from the many stores and warehouses that dominated the area due to the proximity to the Custom House Docks complex from the 1790s onwards.{{Cite web|last=Clerkin|first=Paul|date=2003|title=Fifty years of Busáras|url=https://www.historyireland.com/20th-century-contemporary-history/fifty-years-of-busaras/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-24|website=History Ireland|archive-date=2021-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517132328/https://www.historyireland.com/20th-century-contemporary-history/fifty-years-of-busaras/}}{{Cite book|last=Lennon|first=Colm|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/685110694|title=John Rocque's Dublin : a guide to the Georgian city|date=2010|publisher=Royal Irish Academy|others=John Montague, John Rocque, Royal Irish Academy|isbn=978-1-904890-69-0|location=Dublin|pages=31–33|oclc=685110694}} It appears as a thoroughfare on maps in 1800.{{Cite book|last=M'Cready|first=C. T.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/263974843|title=Dublin street names dated and explained|date=1987|publisher=Carraig|isbn=1-85068-005-1|location=Blackrock, Co. Dublin|pages=128|oclc=263974843}} The stores were demolished in the 1940s and the dock near the street to the east of the Custom House, known as the Old Dock (originally Custom House Dock), was filled in.{{Cite web|title=Store Street Dublin – Archiseek – Irish Architecture|url=https://archiseek.com/tag/store-street-dublin/|access-date=2021-02-24|website=Archiseek - Irish Architecture|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129141121/https://archiseek.com/tag/store-street-dublin/|url-status=live}}{{Cite book|last=Clerkin|first=Paul|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48467800|title=Dublin street names|date=2001|publisher=Gill & Macmillan|isbn=0-7171-3204-8|location=Dublin|pages=171–172|oclc=48467800}} The crescent of houses on Beresford Place, designed by James Gandon, terminates on Store Street. Number 1 in this small crescent, known as Gandon House, also faces onto Store Street.{{Cite web|last=|title=Hotel Isaac's/Gandon House, 1 Beresford Place, Store Street, Dublin 1, DUBLIN|url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/50010299/hotel-isaacs-gandon-house-1-beresford-place-store-street-dublin-1-dublin|access-date=2021-02-24|website=Buildings of Ireland|language=en-GB}}

In the late 1800s the prominent English veterinary surgeon, Thomas Drummond Lambert, had a large practice based on Store Street the footprint of which was impacted by the construction of the Loop Line railway bridge by the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway Company in the late 1880s.{{cite book|last1=Clavin|first1=Terry|title=Dictionary of Irish Biography|date=2009|publisher=Cambridge University Press|editor1-last=McGuire|editor1-first=James|location=Cambridge|chapter=Thomas Drummond Lambert In Lambert, Ham (Noel Hamilton)|editor2-last=Quinn|editor2-first=James}} The elevated train line still runs above the street, with a single-span iron railway viaduct.{{Cite web|last=|title=Store Street, Dublin 1, DUBLIN|url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/50010145/store-street-dublin-1-dublin-city|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-24|website=Buildings of Ireland|language=en-GB|archive-date=2020-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129160017/https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/50010145/store-street-dublin-1-dublin-city}} The stables used by Lambert were possibly those which were known as Queen's Mews Court, which was an area off Store Street as it met Mabbot Street (now called James Joyce Street). Store Street may also have been referred to as an extension of Mabbot Street before the construction of the stores in the 1790s. These stables served the Custom House and the site is now occupied by an extension to the Store Street Garda Station.{{Cite journal|last=McManus|first=Ruth|date=2004|title=Windows on a hidden world: urban and social evolution as seen from the mews|journal=Irish Geography|volume=37|pages=38|doi=10.1080/00750770409555828|citeseerx=10.1.1.567.3622}}{{Cite journal|last=Hughes|first=J. L. J.|date=1956|title=Dublin Street Names|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/30102642|journal=Dublin Historical Record|volume=14|issue=2|pages=50–56|jstor=30102642|issn=0012-6861}}

The Mews was the subject of a painting by Harry Kernoff from circa 1940.{{Cite web|title=QUEEN'S MEWS COURT, STORE STREET, DUBLIN, c.1939-1940 by Harry Kernoff RHA (1900-1974) RHA (1900-1974)|url=http://www.whytes.ie/art/queens-mews-court-store-street-dublin-c1939-1940/151345/|access-date=2021-02-24|website=Whyte's}}

Attacks and antisocial behaviour have risen in recent years on Store Street and the surrounding area.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-07-23 |title=NY dad brutally attacked by teens on dream trip to Ireland, may 'lose one of his eyes' |url=https://nypost.com/2023/07/23/ny-dad-beaten-by-teens-on-dream-trip-to-ireland/ |access-date=2023-08-10 |language=en-US}}

Buildings of note on the street include the Garda Station, Dublin City Coroner's Court,{{Cite web|last=|title=Dublin City Coroner's Court, 3 Store Street, Dublin 1, DUBLIN|url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/50010127/dublin-city-coroners-court-3-store-street-dublin-1-dublin|access-date=2021-02-24|website=Buildings of Ireland|language=en-GB}} and Busáras.{{Cite web|date=2007-12-30|title=1953 – Busáras, Store St., Dublin|url=https://archiseek.com/2007/1953-busaras-store-st-dublin/|access-date=2021-02-24|website=Archiseek - Irish Architecture|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410183224/https://www.archiseek.com/2007/1953-busaras-store-st-dublin/|url-status=live}} A police station has existed on the street since the existence of the Dublin Metropolitan Police{{Cite web|date=2016-10-25|title=DMP Arrest Books now available on-line|url=https://www.historyireland.com/volume-24/dmp-arrest-books-now-available-line/|access-date=2021-02-24|website=History Ireland|archive-date=2020-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805022940/https://www.historyireland.com/volume-24/dmp-arrest-books-now-available-line/|url-status=live}} as the C division police station. This station shared a site with the city morgue. The street also featured a bakery for much of the 19th and early 20th centuries.{{Cite book|last=Gifford|first=Don|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317743601|title=Ulysses annotated : notes for James Joyce's Ulysses|date=2008|others=Robert J. Seidman|isbn=978-0-520-25397-1|edition=Second edition, revised and enlarged by Don Gifford|location=Berkeley, California|pages=535–536|oclc=317743601}} During the construction of the Luas tram line along the street a large paved area, known as the Store Street Plaza, was created outside of the Garda station. The plaza was completed in 2007 and features the sculpture "Scathan" by Robert McColgan.{{Cite web|date=2007-11-10|title=Sculpture and style turn drab street into an exciting plaza|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/sculpture-and-style-turn-drab-street-into-an-exciting-plaza-26330802.html|access-date=2021-02-24|website=Irish Independent|language=en}} This divided the street, cutting off vehicular access to the portion of the street which meets Talbot Street and James Joyce Street at the northern end. A number of 19th century buildings have survived on the street, including one public house on the corner of Store Street and Frenchman's Lane dating from 1890.{{Cite web|last=|title=Robert Reade, 19 Store Street, Frenchman's Lane, Dublin 1, DUBLIN|url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/50010146/robert-reade-store-street-frenchmans-lane-dublin-1-dublin-city|access-date=2021-02-24|website=Buildings of Ireland|language=en-GB}}

The street has tramlines with the Luas running to Busáras and running at right angles towards Abbey Street, Dublin.

• George's Dock, Dublin

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