Dublin street corners

Several notable junctions in Dublin city in Ireland still carry the name (usually unofficially) of the pub or business which once occupied the corner.

Baker's

Doyle's

Hanlon's

Hart's

Kelly's

Leonard's

Vaughan's

Edge's

Map of Dublin showing the "corners"

Doyle's

Hanlon's

Kelly's

Leonard's

Map of central Dublin showing four of the "corners"

Leonard's Corner, Dublin

Kelly's Corner, Dublin

While this practice is not unique to Dublin, the pace of recent development there has meant that the original source of the name is more likely to have disappeared.

Examples include:

• Baker's Corner at the junction of Rochestown Avenue and Kill Lane in Deansgrange;[1][2]
• Doyle's Corner at the junction of the North Circular Road (R135 / R147) and Phibsborough Road (R135) in Phibsborough;[3][4]
• Edge's Corner at the junction of the North Strand Road(Annesley Bridge Road) and Fairview Strand;[5][6]
• Hanlon's Corner at the junction of the North Circular Road (R101) with Prussia Street and the Old Cabra Road (both R805);[7][8][9]
• Hart's Corner at the junction of Botanic Road, Finglas Road, and Prospect Road (all R135) in Glasnevin;[10][11]
• Kelly's Corner at the junction of the R114 road (Upper Camden Street and Richmond Street) and the South Circular Road (Harrington Street and Harcourt Road);[12][13]
• Leonard's Corner at the junction of the South Circular Road and Clanbrassil Street;[14][15]
• Vaughan's Corner at the junction of the N81 road (Terenure Road North and Terenure Place) and the R114 road (Terenure Road East and Rathfarnham Road) in Terenure.[16][17]

Other street corners have been named after notable people, for example Rory Gallagher Corner in Temple Bar.[18]

References

1. https://www.visitdublin.com/see-do/details/bakers-corner
2. Kennedy, Tom (July 12, 1980). "Victorian Dublin". Albertine Kennedy with the Dublin Arts Festival – via Google Books.
3. Moran, May (July 1, 2010). Executed for Ireland:The Patrick Moran Story. Mercier Press Ltd. ISBN 9781781171172 – via Google Books.
4. "Doyle's Corner | Party Venue | Phibsborough". www.doylescorner.ie.
5. "In Fairview, a Hardware Store Turns One Hundred". Dublin Inquirer. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
6. "Edge's Corner". Mapcarta. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
7. Hanlon's Corner Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved: 2012-01-05.
8. "Hanlon's corner". History of Castleknock.
9. Gartl, Fiona; Smyth, Peter. "Gardaí describe scene of shooting as 'chaotic'". The Irish Times.
10. Hart's Corner Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved: 2012-01-05.
11. Bolger, Dermot (July 12, 1991). Invisible Dublin: A Journey Through Dublin's Suburbs. Raven Arts Press. ISBN 9781851860890 – via Google Books.
12. "kellys corner". Come Here To Me!.
13. "Dublin Historical Record". Old Dublin Society. July 12, 1952 – via Google Books.
14. Gifford, Don; Seidman, Robert J. (January 14, 2008). Ulysses Annotated: Revised and Expanded Edition. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520253971 – via Google Books.
15. "Leonard's Corner". March 3, 2019.
16. Freeman, Michael. "Your guide to Terenure: Victorian grandeur around a proper old village centre". TheJournal.ie.
17. "Vaughan's Hotel, Parnell Square". January 22, 2013.
18. "Guitar statue to honour Gallagher in Dublin". The Irish Times.