Native name | Sráid Port Caoimhin or Sráid Camden (Irish) |
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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).
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