Dame Street is a large thoroughfare in Dublin, Ireland.
Dame Street, Dublin
Dame Street in 1898
Row of shops which previously occupied Barnardos Square, circa 1973
The former Central Bank building, Dame Street
The Wide Streets Commission was established by an Act of Parliament in 1758, at the request of Dublin Corporation, as a body to govern standards on the layout of streets, bridges, buildings and other architectural considerations in Dublin. The commission was abolished by the Dublin Improvement Act of 1849, with the final meeting of the Commission taking place on 2 January 1851.
Sackville Street (as represented in this mid-18th century etching) was created by demolishing the buildings on the western side of Drogheda Street