Temple Bar, Dublin
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Temple Bar is an area on the south bank of the River Liffey in central Dublin, Ireland. The area is bounded by the Liffey to the north, Dame Street to the south, Westmoreland Street to the east and Fi
Clockwise from top: Shops along Crown Alley, the Oliver St. John Gogarty bar, pedestrians on Fownes Street
Pedestrians walking through Merchants' Arch in Temple Bar
The Temple Bar Pub on Temple Lane
Vintage shops in Temple Bar.
Temple Bar, London
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Temple Bar was the principal ceremonial entrance to the City of London from the City of Westminster. In the Middle Ages, London expanded city jurisdiction beyond its walls to gates, called 'bars', whi
Temple Bar, Dublin
…famous English statesman. Despite this grand lineage, however, the name of Temple Bar street seems to have been more directly borrowed from the storied Temple Bar district in London, where the main toll gate into London was located dating back to medieval times: London's Temple Bar is adjoined by Essex Street to the west and Fleet…
Temple Bar in 2012, with the Temple Bar Memorial in the centre
The Old Wooden Temple Bar before the Great Fire of 1666
Temple Bar Gate in 1870, when it was still located to mark the Temple Bar
Artist's conception of the Temple Bar Gate at the commencement of the 18th century. Note heads on pikes above the gate.