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within the old

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Location

The street joins Wood Quay at the Fish Slip near Fyan's Castle. It originally ran from Castle Street to Essex Quay until the creation of Lord Edward Street in 1886.

History

It is mentioned in the 14th century as ''Vicus Piscariorum'', ''Viscus Piscariæ'', and as Fish Street. In 1577, Stanihurst named it St John's Street. In the fifteenth century, it was referred to as "the Fishamyls". John Estrete, the eminent judge and statesman, owned a house here in 1483. In 1610, some editions of

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's map call it Fish Shambles. During the 1950s it was for a time officially considered part of

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, though in practice it retained its separate identity. The street was known as the official fish market for Dublin until the end of the 17th century when the city markets were moved to the north bank of the Liffey. (''" Shambles"'' were meat markets and open-air slaughterhouse districts, and the word occurs in several British and Irish street names, such as

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