13-420: Nassau Street may refer to: Nassau Street, Dublin , Ireland Nassau Street (Manhattan) , New York City, US Nassau Street (Princeton, New Jersey) , US Nassau Street (Winnipeg) , Manitoba, Canada See also [ edit ] Nassau Avenue (IND Crosstown Line) , New York subway station Nassau (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
26-613: A 2.5 acre site facing onto the street was redeveloped as the Setanta Centre . Nassau Street is famous for being the location in which Irish writer James Joyce met his lifelong love, Nora Barnacle , on 10 June 1904. Sources Setanta Centre The Setanta Centre is a 9-storey office block with ground floor retail space in Nassau Street , Dublin , Republic of Ireland . In March 1967, Setanta Investments applied for permission for an office development on
39-499: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Nassau Street, Dublin Nassau Street ( / ˈ n æ s ɔː / ; Irish : Sráid Thobar Phádraig , meaning 'St. Patrick's Well Street') is a street in central Dublin , running along the south side of Trinity College . It goes from Grafton Street in the west to the junction of South Leinster Street and Kildare Street in
52-548: Is in the grounds of Trinity College , near the Nassau Street exit. Folklore connects the well with Saint Patrick , who (legend states) struck the ground with his staff and brought forth water bubbling to the surface. The well can still be visited by arrangement with the Provost's Office of Trinity College. Two separate visits to the street by United States President Bill Clinton have made headlines. In December 2000,
65-482: The Irish Georgian Society , some of the development included replica Georgian facades including those on the corner of Kildare Street and Molesworth Street. The Setanta Centre was built by Hardwicke Ltd and completed by 1976. It was designed by Brian Hogan and consists of 7 floors of office space with 4 retail units at ground level, and a large public car park. A large mosaic was commissioned for
78-516: The centre from Desmond Kinney , depicting the events of the story of the Táin. The centre was bought in 2003 by Larry Goodman for €85 million, and he subsequently attempted to sell it in 2016 for €100 million. In April 2018, Goodman announced plans for a €150 million redevelopment of the complex. The plans included a new 8-storey office block, with Dublin City Council voicing concerns about
91-452: The east. Formerly known as St Patrick's Well Lane after a 12th-century well, it was renamed in the 18th century, after the accession to the throne of King William III , a member of the House of Orange-Nassau . To emphasise the point, one of the houses erected a marble bust of William with the couplet: May we never want a Williamite to kick the breech of a Jacobite! The site of the well
104-499: The former site of C&C Group 's factory spanning from Nassau Street to Molesworth Street and from Kildare Street to South Frederick Street . Setanta Investments was a joint venture between New Ireland Assurance and Hardwicke Ltd. The company directors included Senator Eoin Ryan and developer Mont Kavanagh. Over the course of a few years, a 2.5 acre site was assembled, containing over 55 properties. Uinseann MacEoin , commented on
117-409: The original Elverys Sports corner store and the 1870 McCurdy's Law Club. The new 5-storey t-shaped office block with street-level retail units was designed by Lardner and Partners. The new building, completed in 1967 was called Nassau House. Permission was granted to demolish this block in 2016, and the construction of a replacement mixed-use development is due for completion in 2022. In the 1970s,
130-750: The outgoing US First Family visited the Blarney Woollen Mills store. In March 2017, ex-President Clinton made an unannounced stop at the Kilkenny Store. From the 1960s onwards many of the Georgian and Victorian buildings on the street were demolished in favour of modern retail and office units. One such development was on the corner of Nassau Street and Dawson Street by the Norwich Union Group. A collection of 15 Georgian and Victorian buildings were demolished, including
143-547: The proposed redevelopment, such as the extent of the demolition and the preservation and reinstatement of the Kinney mosaic. It has also led to legal cases being taken against Goodman as the Setanta Centre Unlimited Company by two tenants of the centre, Reads of Nassau Street and Kilkenny Shop over rights of access and the disruption the redevelopment will cause to the businesses. Any redevelopment of
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169-524: The use of the name Setanta stating "If ever a redevelopment group hiding under the patriotic name of the young Cuchulain represented a powerful phalanx of wrap-the-green-flag-round-me-boys, it is this one." The initial planning permission was refused, with Setanta Investments successfully appealing to the minister, Kevin Boland , who granted permission in September 1968. Owing to objections from groups like
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