D'Olier Street is a street in the southern city-centre of Dublin, the capital of Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

. It and Westmoreland Street

Westmoreland Street

Westmoreland Street is a street in the southern city-centre of Dublin, Ireland. 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...

 are two broad streets whose northern ends meet at the southern end of O'Connell Bridge

O'Connell Bridge

O'Connell Bridge is a road bridge spanning the River Liffey in Dublin, and joining O'Connell Street to D'Olier Street, Westmoreland Street and the south quays.-History:...

 over the River Liffey

River Liffey

The Liffey is a river in Ireland, which flows through the centre of Dublin. Its major tributaries include the River Dodder, the River Poddle and the River Camac. The river supplies much of Dublin's water, and a range of recreational opportunities.-Name:The river was previously named An Ruirthech,...

. Its southern end meets Fleet Street, Townsend Street, College Street and Pearse Street

Pearse Street, Dublin

Pearse Street is one of the longest streets in Dublin and varies in use along its length. Its western end meets College Street near Townsend Street. Trinity College, Dublin forms its southern side here, with a Garda station to the north. As one proceeds east, Tara Street joins it along with a fire...

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The street is named after Jeremiah D'Olier (1745–1817), a Huguenot

Huguenot

The Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th centuries. Since the 17th century, people who formerly would have been called Huguenots have instead simply been called French Protestants, a title suggested by their German co-religionists, the...

 goldsmith and a founder of the Bank of Ireland

Bank of Ireland

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. D'Olier was the City Sheriff in 1788 and a member of the Wide Streets Commission

Wide Streets Commission

The Wide Streets Commission was established by an Act of Parliament in 1757, at the request of Dublin Corporation, as a body to govern standards on the layout of streets, bridges, buildings and other architectural considerations in Dublin...

. The street was one of the last major interventions in the Dublin city plan to be executed by the Wide Streets Commissioners.

Notable addresses

From 1895 to 2006 the Irish Times

The Irish Times

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 was based in D'Olier Street, leading the paper to be nicknamed The Old Lady of D'Olier Street. The paper is now based in Tara Street

Tara Street (Dublin)

Tara Street is a major traffic route in Dublin, Ireland, partly due to the current one-way traffic flow in the city centre. It links Pearse Street to the northern side of the city via Butt Bridge - traffic flows to the north...

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In 1830, Samuel Lover

Samuel Lover

Samuel Lover was an Anglo-Irish songwriter, novelist, as well as a painter of portraits, chiefly miniatures. He was the grandfather of Victor Herbert....

 was secretary of the Royal Hibernian Academy and lived at number 9 D'Olier Street.

In 1891 James Franklin Fuller

James Franklin Fuller

James Franklin Fuller was an Irish actor, architect and novelist.-Life:Fuller was born in Derryquin, Sneem, County Kerry, the only son of Thomas Harnett Fuller of Glashnacree, County Kerry, by his first wife, Frances Diana, a daughter of Christopher Bland of Derryquin Castle...

 designed the D'Olier Chambers building of yellow brick and terracotta for the Gallaher Tobacco Company

Gallaher Group

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