Mary Street, Dublin
Mary Street is a street in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland on the northside of the city. Location. Mary Street runs from Capel Street in the east to the junction of Henry Street and Liffey Street Upper in the east. It is crossed by Upper Jervis Lane, Wolfe Tone Street, and Jervis Street. History. The name is derived from the area being the historical site of St Mary's Abbey from 1139. The Abbey was dissolved in the 1530s and later the street became part of the parish of St Mary from 1697. It was at  this time that the now former St Mary's Church on the street was built, in 1702. The street is part of the area developed by Humphrey Jervis after 1674 and is located in what was one of the richest parishes in the city. Number 45 Mary Street was the location of the first cinema in Dublin, the Volta Electric Cinema, which opened in 1909 and was managed by James Joyce. Properties. Langford House was one of the earliest and the grandest structures on the street and was named for Hercules Langford Rowley when it was acquired in 1743. It  was described as a four-storey over basement, five-bay townhouse and was said to be almost Jacobean in style. In 1765, Robert Adam redesigned the interior of the house giving it more of a Georgian appearance. The much altered house was finally demolished in 1931, and replaced with the Norse' Home for Jervis Street Hospital. The former Todd Burns department store is one of the prominent buildings on the street. It was designed by W. Mitchell and was built in 1905. It is now the location of the flagship store of the retail chain Penney's. Irish revolutionary leader  Michael Collins had offices on Mary Street.