Eustace Street () is a street in the Temple Bar area of

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Location

Eustace Street runs from

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(near Millennium Bridge) to

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, with junctions with Essex Street East and Curved Street. At the halfway point of the street there is a passageway to Meetinghouse Square.

History

Eustace Street takes its name from Sir Maurice Eustace (c. 1590 – 1665), former

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, whose townhouse "Damask" and its gardens once stood on the site. The street was laid out prior to 1701 but legal issues held up the initial construction. A map of 1728 shows the street as fully built. The street was the sight of a historic holy well dedicated to

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. The well was uncovered during renovations in the 1990s. Saint Winifred is a Welsh saint, and it is not known why this well was dedicated to her. The street is known for its association with the

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, or Quakers. In 1692, the Quakers in Dublin established a

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on Sycamore Alley, off Dame Street and later expanded onto Eustace Street. Eustace Street also once housed a

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/ Unitarian church, which moved there from New Row in 1728; John Leland was a pastor there. In the 18th century, Eustace Street was the site of the Eagle Tavern, which was the site of the founding of the Dublin

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. The street addresses were renumbered in the 1840s. In recent years the street has become a cultural centre, housing the

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and The Ark. Fishamble: The New Play Company are located at 1 Eustace Street.

Cultural references

Eustace Street appears twice in the work of

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: Irish band

Delorentos Delorentos are a Dublin-based Irish alternative rock band, formed in 2005. They consist of Rónan Yourell (vocals, guitar, piano), Kieran McGuinness (vocals, guitar), Níal Conlan (bass, backing vocals) and Ross McCormick (drums, backing vocals) ...

released a single entitled "Eustace Street" in 2007.

Gallery

File:Irish Film Institute, Dublin.JPG,

(6 Eustace St); sign visible for the Friends Meeting House (4–5 Eustace St) at left File:20130807 dublin017.JPG, View facing east towards Temple Bar's main square File:Mr Simms.jpg, Mr. Simm's Olde Sweet Shoppe, located on the corner of Eustace Street and

File:Temple Bar Dublin georgianisch (22483153771).jpg, View facing north File:St Winifred's Well, Temple Bar 02.jpg, alt=A stone well head mounted in the middle of a footpath in front of a row of businesses on a street. There is plaque about the plaque visible on the wall behind the well., The remains of St Winifred's Well

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