Westmoreland Street

Modern and old buildings in Westmoreland Street near its southern end

Bank of Ireland, College Green, seen from Westmoreland Street, Dublin, Ireland

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Luas

Luas Green Line
Dublin–Sligo line westbound Broombridge Dublin–Sligo line eastbound Cabra Phibsborough Grangegorman Broadstone - DIT Dominick Cathal Brugha Street Parnell O'Connell Upper O'Connell - GPO Marlborough Red Line Abbey Street River Liffey O'Connell Bridge │ Rosie Hackett Bridge Westmoreland Trinity Dawson St Stephen's Green Harcourt Grand Canal Charlemont Ranelagh Beechwood Cowper Milltown River Dodder Windy Arbour Dundrum Balally Kilmacud Stillorgan Sandyford Depot Central Park M50 Motorway Glencairn The Gallops Leopardstown Valley Ballyogan Wood M50 Motorway Racecourse (unused) Carrickmines Brennanstown (unused) Laughanstown Cherrywood Wyattville Link Road Bride’s Glen

Westmoreland street has a stop on the Luas Cross City line (northbound only). 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.^[3][4]

References

Coordinates: 53°20′44.64″N 6°15′32.81″W / 53.3457333°N 6.2591139°W / 53.3457333; -6.2591139