Henry Street (Dublin)

Henry Street ("Sráid Anraí" in Irish) is located on Dublin's Northside and is one of the two principal shopping streets of Dublin (the other being Grafton Street), running from the Spire of Dublin and the General Post Office on O'Connell Street in the east to Liffey Street in the west. At Liffey Street, the street becomes Mary Street, which continues the shopping street until it ends at crossing Capel Street, and Henry Street and Mary Street are often considered as one (and in fact form a single shopping area with their eastward continuations, beyond the Spire, North Earl Street and Talbot Street).

The street was Developed by Henry Moore, Earl of Drogheda whose estate lands and developments is reflected in the street names bearing his name, Henry Street, Moore Street, Earl Street, Of Lane and Drogheda Street.

About

Since the 1980s, the street has been mostly pedestrianised. 33 million people visit Henry Street, home to leading department stores Arnotts, Marks and Spencer and Roches during normal shopping hours in any one year, making it Dublin's favourite shopping district.The ILAC shopping centre is accessed off Henry Street, with an entrance between Debenhams and Dunnes Stores. The newer Jervis Shopping Centre has its main entrance on Mary Street. The famous outdoor food market of Moore Street is just off Henry Street.

Jervis Shopping Centre is on Mary Street. It is a very comprehensive shopping centre including many of the British chains such as Boots and Argos.

The Ilac Shopping Centre has many interesting and lower budget shops. One entrance leads out to Moore Street's famous market and there's also a public library inside the centre.

Arnotts also stocks many fashionistas' favourite brands, Miss Sixty, Mango, Tommy Hilfiger and Pepe, to name but a few. It is now the oldest department store in Dublin and stocks almost everything. There is an excellent worldwide gift store in the basement called S F Cody, a large section of collectibles, homeware, Irish Crystal and Irish Glass. Arnotts also has an impressive footwear and accessories collection.

Until 2006 Roches Stores was a major retailer on Henry Street. However the stores' lease was sold to Debenhams and the store was rebranded in early 2007.

There are lots of small and independent shops on Henry Street. The Body Shop, Korky's, The Levi's Store, Envy, and budget shops such as Japan and No Name can all be found on this street.

There are over 200 shops on the street. Clothes shops like Envy, USB, Next, Sasha, Merc, A-Wear, Oasis, Penneys, Japan, Wallis, Diffneys, No Name, Extovert and Evans.Henry Street is pretty good for shoes too with Korkys, Zerep, Ravel and She. Music shops like Virgin, Golden Discs and HMV are here too. Jewellers like H.Samuel, Half-Price Jewellers and a branch of Fields. There are various sports shops like John David and Lifestyle Sports. For gifts there's the computer game shop, Game and Monsoon Accessories. There's a branch of Bewleys.

Buskers, including musicians, poets and mime artists, commonly perform to the shopping crowds.

hopping Centres

The Jervis Shopping Centre is at present the largest shopping centre in the city-centre. It is three floors, the first two which are all shops, and the third which is for fast food restaurants. Some of the shops in the centre are Marks and Spencers, Next, Dixons, Debenhams, Argos and Top Shop. It is located in the are surrounded by Jervis St, Mary St, Lower Abbey Street and Liffey St. [http://www.jervis.ie/ Official Website]

The Ilac Shopping Centre: The Ilac Shopping Centre is the oldest shopping centre in the city-centre. It is a large single story complex which contains many shops. Shops in the ilac centre include Dunnes Stores, Roches Stores, Champion Sports, Jack Jones and Argos.

hops

Notable shops

*Arnotts Department Store (Ireland’s largest department store has 4 restaurants and contains a comprehensive selection of merchandise with a particularly extensive selection of top brand fashions, home wares and Irish gifts.)
*Debenhams
* Dunnes textile outlet.

ee also

* List of upscale shopping districts

External links

* [http://ireland.archiseek.com/buildings_ireland/dublin/northcity/henry_street/index.html Buildings of Henry Street, from Archiseek]