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This memorial was erected in memory of Patrick Sheahan a constable in the Dublin Metropolitan Police Force who lost his life in the 6th day of March 1905 in a noble and self-sacrificing effort to rescue John Fleming who had in the discharge of his duties descended the main sewer close by this spot
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in Dublin's history, two of them in Hawkins Street. The third Theatre Royal was opened in the street in 1820. It burned to the ground in 1880. The fifth Theatre Royal opened in 1935. In 1962, this was demolished to make way for a large office block development,
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and was overcome by sewer gas. It was also intended to commemorate the bravery of a number of other citizens who also descended the sewer to assist in rescuing the beforementioned, thereby risking their lives to save those of their fellow men
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by 1673. The street is named for William Hawkins (c. 1618–1680) who had been the driving force behind the reclamation, funding 450 metres of walling himself.
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Hawkins Street dates from at least the early 1700s, with many of the buildings on the west side of the street having been built on former back gardens when
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building built in 1928 is also on the western side of the street. This building, designed by Charles Herbert Ashworth is in the
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At the northern end of the street stands the Sheahan Memorial from 1906, which commemorates the place where a member of the
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Hawkins Street in the 1960s, looking south from the quays, with the Sheahan Memorial on the left, in its former location
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facade on D'Olier Street. The buildings are built to accommodate the laneway, Leinster Market.
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Dublin: The City Within the Grand and Royal Canals and the Circular Road with the Phoenix Park
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in 1815 and the building was demolished and replaced with the Theatre Royal in 1820.
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Sheahan Memorial, at the junction with Burgh Quay, in its new location
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Hawkins Street is located in Central Dublin
Irish
Dublin
Ireland
D02
53°20′46″N 6°15′25″W / 53.346231°N 6.257052°W / 53.346231; -6.257052
Rosie Hackett Bridge
Dublin
Rosie Hackett Bridge
D'Olier Street
Wide Streets Commission
River Liffey
leprosy

Royal Dublin Society
Grafton Street
Leinster House
Theatre Royals
Hawkins House
Screen Cinema
Dublin Gas Company
Arts and Crafts
English Tudor
art deco

Dublin Metropolitan Police
List of streets and squares in Dublin
"3-4 Hawkins Street, Dublin 2, Dublin City"
Casey 2005

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