1839 – Pearse Square, Pearse Street, Dublin

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A residential square just off Pearse Street using the street as one side. Originally Queen’s Square, construction began in 1839 and completed aroun 1870 with 57 houses built around a central green. Dublin Corporation bought and reopened it as a Victorian garden in 1889. Renamed Pearse Square in 1920,

Published February 28, 2012 | Last Updated October 28, 2025