Originally known as St George’s Lane, the street is named after a church dedicated to St George that stood here in 1181 and was rebuilt in 1213 after its incorporation with the Priory of All Hallows.
Large department store demolished in the 1970s to make way for an office building. Designed by Sandham Symes and built in several stages by the Pim family from the mid 1850s onwards.
Most of this Wesleyan Methodist building still exists, hidden from George’s Street by early 20th century buildings,
Second placed entry to design the South City Markets on Great Georges Street. The original was badly damaged by a serious fire in 1892,
Unplaced design for the market buildings on Sth Great George’s Street.
Described in The Building News: “the exterior,
Competition design for South City Markets on Great Georges Street in Dublin. Like the second placed entry by O’Neill &
South City Markets takes up an entire block of the city and is surrounded on all side by a network of small busy commercial streets.
A Dublin landmark, on the corner of Exchequer and South Great Georges Streets, the Central Hotel was opened in 1887.
Former hardware store, later sub-divided into multiple premises. After sitting empty for many years, the building was redeveloped with a retained facade and the addition of a mansard storey in 2021.
A very fine commercial building with ornate shopfront intact as well a nice window details on the upper stories.
A fine pair of commercial buildings with ornate upper stories. No. 61, on the right was rebuilt by Edwin Bradbury in 1911.
