Westmoreland Street


Westmoreland Street is a street in the southern city-centre of Dublin, Ireland. It is currently a one-way street and part a north-bound section of the R138 road.

Location

It is one of the two broad avenues - along with D'Olier Street - that converge at their northern ends at O'Connell Bridge over the River Liffey. Westmoreland Street links the bridge to Trinity College at College Green at its southern end, from where traffic diverges between Grafton Street to the south and Dame Street to the west. Westmoreland Street also constitutes the eastern border of Temple Bar.

Name and history

The street is named after John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland, who was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1789 to 1794.
The street appears in the Dublin edition of Monopoly, as one of the orange properties.

Luas

Westmoreland street has a stop on the Luas Cross City line. This line connects with the Red line and runs from Broombridge in North Dublin and Brise's Glen. Construction started in June 2013 with services beginning in December 2017.