 Camden Street | |
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| Native name | Sráid Port Caoimhin or Sráid Camden (Irish) |
|---|---|
| Namesake | Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden |
| Length | 450 m (1,480 ft) |
| Width | 17 metres (56 ft) |
| Location | Dublin, Ireland |
| Postal code | D02 |
| Coordinates | 53°20′02″N 6°15′55″W / 53.333915°N 6.265208°W |
| north end | Cuffe Street |
| south end | Harrington Street, Harcourt Road, Richmond Street South |
| Construction | |
| Completion | 1778 |
| Other | |
| Known for | restaurants and nightclubs |
Camden Street (Irish: Sráid Camden)[1] is a street in Dublin 2. It links Ranelagh/Rathmines (Dublin 6) to the southern city centre of Dublin. It is divided into Camden Street Upper (southern end) and Camden Street Lower (northern end).
- ^ "Sráid Camden / Camden Street". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
The Irish form on the old signage, 'Port Chaoimhghin [Chaoimhín]', was first proposed by the Irish scholar Seosamh Laoide in Post-sheanchas I (1905). However, the identification of Camden Street with the historical streetname Kevin's Port (1673, 1708, 1714, etc.) is mistaken