Store Street

Store Street is a short and busy street in Dublin running from Amiens Street, Dublin at right angles. The street has tramlines with the LUAS running into Busáras and running at right angles towards Abbey Street, Dublin. Across the road is The Custom House. There is also a police station called Store Street Garda Station.

This article is about the street in Dublin. For the street in London, see Store Street, London. For the railway station originally known as Store Street, see Manchester Piccadilly station.
Store Street
Store Street looking south onto Custom House
Native nameSráid an Stórais  (Irish)
NamesakeStores and warehouses for the Old Dock located on the east end of Beresford Place[1]
Length170 m (560 ft)
Width21 metres (69 ft)
Postal codeD01
Coordinates
south endBeresford Place
east endAmiens Street
Other
Known forGarda station, Busáras
Airport Bus on Store Street in 1961

From Dublin Connolly station Holyhead can also be reached by Irish Ferries from Dublin Port, reached by walking beside the tram lines around the corner from Amiens Street, Dublin into Store Street or by Luas one stop to Busáras where Dublin Bus operates a service to the Ferry Terminal, or Dublin Bus route 53 [2] or to take a taxi.

History

In the late 1800s the prominent English veterinary surgeon, Thomas Drummond Lambert, had a large practice based on Store Street.[3]

References
  1. "Dublin Historical Record" – via Google Books.
  2. "53 - Dublin Bus". www.dublinbus.ie.
  3. Clavin, Terry (2009). "Thomas Drummond Lambert In Lambert, Ham (Noel Hamilton)". In McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.). Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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