Westmoreland Street

Modern and old buildings in Westmoreland Street near its southern end

Bank of Ireland, College Green, seen from Westmoreland Street, Dublin, Ireland

Westmoreland Street is a street in the southern city-centre of Dublin, Ireland. It is currently a one-way street and part a north-bound section of the R138 road.

Location

It is one of the two broad avenues - along with D'Olier Street - that converge at their northern ends at O'Connell Bridge over the River Liffey. Westmoreland Street links the bridge to Trinity College at College Green at its southern end, from where traffic diverges between Grafton Street to the south and Dame Street to the west. Westmoreland Street also constitutes the eastern border of Temple Bar.

Naming and History

The street is named after John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland, who was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1789 to 1794.^[1]

Luas

Luas Cross City
Green Line extension
Broombridge Cabra Phibsborough Grangegorman Broadstone - D.I.T. Dominick Street Cathal Brugha Street Parnell Street O'Connell Street Upper O'Connell Street - GPO Marlborough Street Red Line Abbey Street River Liffey O'Connell Bridge ┃ Rosie Hackett Bridge Westmoreland Street Trinity Dawson Street St Stephen's Green Green Line to Bride's Glen

Westmoreland street will have a stop on the Luas Cross City line (northbound only). This line will link the Red and Green lines and go from Broombridge in North Dublin (interchange with Irish Rail station) and St.Stephen's Green present Green Line stop. Construction started in June 2013 with services expected to begin in 2017..^[2]

References

1. ↑ Bardon, Carol and Jonathan (1988). If Ever You Go to Dublin Town. Belfast: The Blackstaff Press. p. 98. ISBN 0-85640-397-0. 
2. ↑ "Green light given to Luas link-up, first passengers 2017". RTÉ. Retrieved 5 August 2012. 

• Christine Casey. Dublin: The City Within the Grand and Royal Canals and the Circular Road, with the Phoenix Park. Yale University Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0-300-10923-8; pp. 420–424

Coordinates: 53°20′44.64″N 6°15′32.81″W / 53.3457333°N 6.2591139°W / 53.3457333; -6.2591139