Centre in Cork in County Cork, Munster, Ireland — Irish South-West ((Éire) North Atlantic Ocean)
Sráid Phádraig
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St Patrick’s Street
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Droichead Phádraig
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St Patrick’s Bridge
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, May 14, 2026
1. Sráid Phádraig / St Patrick’s Street side of marker
Sráid PhádraigSt Patrick’s Street
Siúl ar uisce
Tráth dá raibh níorbh iad do chosa amháin a bhíodh fliúch dá ndeinteá iarracht Sráid Phádraig a thrasnú! Canáil a bhí ann go dtí na 1780idí. Líonadh ansin í chun bealach galánta a chruthú a shníomhann trí lár Chorcaí sa lá atá inniu ann.
Walking on water
At one time, crossing St Patrick’s Street meant getting more than your feet wet! Up until the 1780s the street was a canal. It was then filled in to create an elegant thoroughfare that sweeps through the centre of Cork today.
Paráid marcshlua ar Shráid Phádraig le linn do Rí Éadbhard VII agus do Bhanríon Alexandra cuairt a thabhairt ar an Cork International Exhibition i 1903.
Cavalry parade on St Patrick’s Street during a visit to the Cork International Exhibition in 1903 by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.
Cork Public Museum
Tuairiscíodh san Illustrated London News i 1853 gur thit droichead Phádraig de bharr
this page online
The collapse of St Patrick’s bridge due to flooding was reported in the Illustrated London News in 1853. The flooding claimed the lives of a number of the city’s residents.
Cork City Libraries (Illustrated London News 1853)
Droichead Phádraig
St Patrick’s Bridge
Droichead a tógadh i gcomhair ime
Moladh droichead a chur anseo ar dtús chun cabhrú le ceannaithe ime Chorcaí a gcuid earraí a iompar trasna na Laoi. Tá Droichead Phádraig mar atá anois ag tabhairt muintir Chorcaí trasna na habhann ó 1861.
A bridge built for butter
A bridge was first proposed here to help Cork’s butter merchants transport their wares across the River Lee. The present-day St Patrick’s Bridge has carried the people of Cork across this stretch of the river since 1861.
San áit a mbíodh margadh an ime i gCearnóg Uí Chonaill, An Seandún, tá Músaem Ime Chorcaí anois mar ar féidir le cuairteoirí taispeántais déanta ime a fheiceáil.
The location of the butter market on O’Connell Square, Shandon, is now home to Cork’s Butter Museum where visitors can enjoy butter-making demonstrations.
Droichead
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, May 14, 2026
2. Droichead Phádraig / St Patrick’s Bridge side of marker
St Patrick’s Bridge in the early 1900s.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Bridges & Viaducts • Roads & Vehicles. A significant historical year for this entry is 1861.
Location. 51° 53.994′ N, 8° 28.228′ W. Marker is in Cork, Munster, in County Cork. It is in Centre. It is at the intersection of Saint Patrick's Street and Saint Patrick's Bridge, on the left when traveling south on Saint Patrick's Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 9 St Patrick's St, Cork, Munster, Ireland. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in the Atlantic Ocean, in the North Atlantic Region, on the Atlantic Arc, in Europe, on the Island of Ireland, on the Celtic Fringe, in the European Union, in Atlantic Europe, on one of the British Isles, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Joan Denise Moriarty LL.D (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); Opera Lane / Lána an Cheoldráma (about 180 meters away); Sráid Phádraig / St Patrick's Street (about 180 meters away); Rory Gallagher (about 180 meters away); 27 MacCurtain Street (about 180 meters away); John Francis Maguire M.P. (about 210 meters away); Gaelic Athletic Association Second Meeting (about 210 meters away); The Everyman (about 210 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cork.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, May 14, 2026
3. Sráid Phádraig / St Patrick’s Street Marker
A close-up of the images on the marker.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, May 14, 2026
4. Droichead Phádraig / St Patrick’s Bridge Marker
A close-up of the images on the marker.
circa 1930
5. Patrick’s Street and Bridge
Credits. This page was last revised on June 6, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 5, 2026, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 9 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 5, 2026, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. 5. submitted on June 6, 2026. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
