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The path of the city walls c. 1714 Map of the Dublin City Walls by Leonard R. Strangways, 1904 Surviving piece of Dublin city walls near Cornmarket The walls and fortifications around Dublin were raised by the Ostmen in the 9th Century, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and the majority of the cities in Ireland remained subject to incursions by native clans until ...
Standing for up to 5 centuries, [3] the gate was a toll point for goods entering the city. [2] It is referenced in 13th-century texts, is marked on John Speed's 17th-century map of Dublin, and on Charles Brooking's early 18th-century map of the city. [4] Dilapidated by time, the medieval gate was demolished by the mid 18th century. [2]
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During this time the gate was the traditional starting point for the Camino pilgrimage from Dublin to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia (Spain). [2] Though the original medieval gate was demolished in 1734, [ 3 ] the gate gave its name to the area in which it was located, [ 4 ] and in particular to the St. James's Gate Brewery (which was taken ...
Bow Lane West first appears on maps of Dublin with John Rocque's map of 1756. [2] [3] The name may derive from its crooked shape. [4] Neither Bow Lane West nor Bow Bridge appear on early maps of Dublin as they lay outside the city gates. [5] In 1862, the area was predominately tenements. [6]
As early as 1326, St Kevin's Gate is recorded as being one of the gates into the city of Dublin. [5]Later the street was known as "Kevin's Port" (also spelled "Kevan’s") a reference to nearby St. Kevin's Church [6] and is detailed as such on the Down Survey map of 1655.
It appears on maps from 1270, and was referred to as Vicus Cocorum [4] (the street of the cooks) [5] or Le Coke Street. The two last remaining pieces of the Dublin city walls visible above ground can be seen at St Audoen's Church at Cook Street and at Cornmarket nearby. This stretch of wall contains the only extant Dublin gate, known as St ...
The map was completed by Charles Brooking (1677–1738), an engraver, illustrator and map maker of English origin, and printed in London by John Bowles at The Mercer's Hall in 1728. [1] Brooking is recorded as working at Greenwich Hospital (London) between 1729 and 1736 as a painter and decorator.