Sackville Street (Manchester)
Sackville Street may refer to: *Sackville Street (Dublin) (before 1924, now known as O'Connell Street), Dublin's main thoroughfare. * Sackville Street (London), a street in central London, England. *Sackville Street (Manchester) Sackville Street may refer to: * Sackville Street (Dublin) (before 1924, now known as O'Connell Street), Dublin's main thoroughfare. *Sackville Street (London) Sackville Street is a street in central London which today is mainly composed of offi ...

Sackville Street (Dublin)
O'Connell Street () is a street in the centre of Dublin, Ireland, running north from the River Liffey. It connects the O'Connell Bridge to the south with Parnell Street to the north and is roughly split into two sections bisected by Henry Street. The Luas tram system runs along the street. During the 17th century, it was a narrow street known as Drogheda Street, named after Henry Moore, Earl of Drogheda. It was widened in the late 18th century by the Wide Streets Commission and renamed Sackville Street (''Sráid Saicfil'') after Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset. In 1924, it was renamed in honour of nationalist leader Daniel O'Connell, whose statue by John Henry Foley stands at the lower end of the street facing O'Connell Bridge. The street has played an important part in Irish history and features several important monuments, including statues of O'Connell and trade union leader James Larkin, as well as the Spire of Dublin. It formed the backdrop to one of the ...
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Sackville Street (London)
Sackville Street is a street in central London which today is mainly composed of offices and the rears of retail premises, but once was the home to several important medical figures. Location The street runs between Vigo Street in the north and Piccadilly in the south. It has no other exits. History The land on which Sackville Street stands, like Albany and Burlington House, was formerly known as Stone Conduit Close. It was bounded on one side by Penniless Bank and on the other by Swallow Close. It passed into Crown ownership in 1536 and formerly belonged to the Abbot and Convent of Abingdon. The land was then much divided, leases granted and ended and ownership changed several times."Sackville Street"
''Survey of London'', Volumes 31 and 32: St James Westminster, Part 2 (1963), pp. 342-366. Retrieved 6 June 2014. ...
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