Camden Street, Dublin

Camden Street
Camden Street
Camden Street, Dublin is located in Central Dublin
Camden Street, Dublin
Native nameSráid Port Caoimhin or Sráid Camden (Irish)
NamesakeCharles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
Length450 m (1,480 ft)
Width17 metres (56 ft)
LocationDublin, Ireland
Postal codeD02
Coordinates53°20′02″N 6°15′55″W / 53.333915°N 6.265208°W / 53.333915; -6.265208
north endCuffe Street
south endHarrington Street, Harcourt Road, Richmond Street South
Construction
Completion1778
Other
Known forrestaurants 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).

  1. ^ "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