Harcourt Street
Harcourt Street is a street located in Dublin City, Ireland. It is little over 0.6 kilometres (0.37 mi) in length with its northerly start at the south-east corner of St Stephen's Green and terminates in the south at the point where Adelaide road becomes Harcourt Road.
 Harcourt St Luas stop outside the old railway station | |
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| Native name | Sráid Fhearchair (Irish) |
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| Namesake | Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt |
| Length | 600 m (2,000 ft) |
| Width | 21 metres (69 ft) |
| Location | Dublin, Ireland |
| Postal code | D02 |
| Coordinates | 53.335413°N 6.263325°W |
| north end | St. Stephen's Green (southwest corner), Cuffe Street |
| south end | Adelaide Road, Harcourt Road |
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| Known for | nightclubs |
As of 2018 the road is overlaid with a LUAS tram line and traffic is single direction only outwards from the intersection with Charlotte Way. There is a LUAS stop outside the old railway terminus towards the south end of the street.
Unionist politician Edward Carson was raised here and there is a plaque located at the house where he lived. John Scott, 1st Earl of Clonmell lived on the street also.[1]
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