Ormond Square, Dublin

Ormond Square (Irish: Cearnóg Urumhan)^[1] is a square on the northside of Dublin city.

Ormond Square

Ormond Square in 2012
Native name	Cearnóg Urumhan (Irish)
Namesake	James Butler, first Duke of Ormonde
Location	Dublin, Ireland
Postal code	D07
Coordinates	53.3463°N 6.2705°W / 53.3463; -6.2705

It was originally constructed by Dublin Corporation as a square of 128 3-roomed houses at £165 each on the site of Ormond Market.^[2]

History

Ormond Square sits on the site of the former Ormond Market. Along with Ormond Quay, the square is named after James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond.^[3] Ormond Market appears on maps of Dublin in 1684, and was built on an area formerly known as The Pill. The Pill was a small river inlet which branched off the River Liffey at the estuary of the River Bradogue and the area around it, and formed part of the land granted to St Mary's Abbey. The inlet was later removed when the River Liffey was confined by the Quay walls^[4] and the land was reclaimed.

Ormond market

The circular public market building was built by Sir Humphrey Jervis in the 1690s who managed to have the markets moved from the South side of the city to nearer his estate.^[5][6]

It was later rebuilt in the early 1800s and consisted of an open central rotunda with 70 stalls. When the new city markets were built on Mary's Lane, the Ormond Market was demolished in 1890 and public housing was later built on the site. It was then renamed Ormond Square with the markets stalls moving to dedicated premises or to the nearby Dublin Corporation Wholesale Markets and the nearby dedicated Dublin Fish Market.^[7]

Notable residents

• Johnny Giles former association football player and manager lived in 7A Ormond Square^[8]

References

1. "Cearnóg Urumhan/Ormond Square". logainm.ie. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
2. "CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ORMOND QUAY UPPER, ORMOND MARKET HOUSING SCHEME Dictionary of Irish Architects -". www.dia.ie. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
3. Clerkin, Paul (2001). Dublin street names. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. p. 138. ISBN 0717132048.
4. M'Cready, C. T. (1987). Dublin street names dated and explained. Blackrock, Co. Dublin: Carraig. p. 76, 81. ISBN 1850680000.
5. "Jervis, Sir Humphrey | Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
6. "Centuries-old paving stones uncovered on top of Arran Quay pub". Irish Independent. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
7. Casey, Christine (2005). Dublin : the city within the Grand and Royal Canals and the Circular Road with the Phoenix Park. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press. pp. 86, 111. ISBN 9780300109238.
8. Sneyd, David (6 November 2020). "John Giles through the decades: From Ormond Square to Old Trafford, Munich pain and the 'Montrose Mafia'". Irish Independent. Retrieved 16 November 2022.