Sackville Street O'Connell Bridge Circa 1902 Pin

From the Emerald Isle Album circa 1902 judging by adverts in the album. The photographer William Lawrence died in 1910. Nelson's Pillar was blown up by Irish Republicans in 1966. From Wiki: O'Connell Street (Irish: Sráid Uí Chonaill) is Dublin's main thoroughfare. It measures 49 m (160 ft) in width at its southern end, 46 m (150 ft) at the north, and is 500 m (1650 ft) in length. During the 17th century it was a narrow street known as Drogheda Street (named after Henry Moore, Earl of Drogheda). It was widened and renamed 'Sackville Street' (named after Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset) in the late 1700s until 1924, when it was renamed in honour of Daniel O'Connell, a nationalist leader of the early 19th century, whose statue stands ...