Originally there was a nunnery called St Mary del Dame from which this street derives its name. This in turn was named because of the nearby crossing point of the river Poddle.
The site of City Hall on Cork Hill was originally the site of Sainte Marie del Dame which came into the possession of Richard Boyle 1st Earl of Cork who built his home on the site Cork House around 1600.
One of the original plots of Dame Street from when it was widened by the Wide Streets Commissioners, No. 38 also retains its original ground floor facade.
Commercial premises for Andrews & Co tea merchants from London. Originally a Wide Streets Commissioners terrace, with their typical arched groundlevel facade.
A fine but austere seven-bay three-storey building. Sited on the old Fownes Court, there was a pedestrian shortcut through the building and courtyard to Cope Street.
Elevation of Houses to be erected on Dame Street (northside) between Crow and Fownes Streets.
A fine large commercial premises on Dame Street with decorative plasterwork. It is in effect two buildings united by stucco, with two separate doorways off-centre at ground level.
A comfortable Dublin pub now sadly part of the ‘superpub’ next door, The Oak contains a fine mahogany interior that came from an ocean liner,
“Lucky Coady’s” gets its name from its past as a small shop that sold Irish Sweepstakes tickets,
Designed by Sir Thomas Newenham Deane in 1868 and modeled on the London head office of Crown Life,
Italianate palazzo by William G. Murray on the corner of Dame and Fownes Streets. Finished in Portland stone,
