Bachelors Walk, Dublin

Bachelors Walk

Bachelor's Walk, and the Liffey Boardwalk, looking northwest
Native name	Siúlán Bhaitsiléir (Irish)[1]
Namesake	A property owner named Batchelor[2]
Length	270 m (890 ft)
Width	17 metres (56 ft)
Postal code	D01
Coordinates	53°20′50″N 6°15′37″W
east end	O'Connell Bridge
west end	Ha'penny Bridge
Other
Known for	Bachelors Walk (TV series), Bachelor's Walk massacre

Prisoners are marched, under guard, along Bachelors Walk following the Easter Rising of 1916

Bachelors Walk (Irish: Siúlán Bhaitsiléir)^[1] is a street and quay on the north bank of the Liffey, Dublin, Ireland. It runs between Liffey Street Lower (to the west) and O'Connell Street Lower and O'Connell Bridge (to the east). It was the setting for an eponymous TV series in the early 2000s.

History

Bachelor's Walk was named after the developer who built up the street,^[3] extending from Ormond Quay from the 1670s. It was recorded as Batchelours Walke in 1728, The Batchelors Walk in 1723 and 1728, and Bachelors Quay in 1766. Before the street that became O'Connell Street was extended to meet the Liffey, Bachelors Walk extended to Eden Quay ending at Union Lane, now Marlborough Street.^[4]

A Turkish Baths was opened on Bachelor's Walk in the 1770s by Achmet Borumborad, an Irish man who masqueraded as a Turk for a period in the late eighteenth century.^[5][6][7][8]

The Irish Church Missions - part of the Church of Ireland - are located on Bachelors Walk.^[9]

In July 1914, a hostile crowd accosted a column of troops of the King's Own Scottish Borderers on Bachelors Walk.^[10][11] The troops responded to stone throwing with bayonets and rifle fire, resulting in the deaths of several civilians and injuries to dozens more. The event later became known as the Bachelor's Walk massacre.^[12]

See also

• Dublin quays

References

1. "Siúlán Bhaitsiléir/Bachelors Walk". Logainm.ie.
2. Healy, Elizabeth; Moriarty, Christopher; O'Flaherty, Gerard (8 February 1988). The Book of the Liffey: From Source to the Sea. Wolfhound Press. ISBN 9780863271670 – via Google Books.
3. M'Cready, C. T. (1987). Dublin street names dated and explained. Blackrock, Co. Dublin: Carraig. p. 5. ISBN 1-85068-005-1. OCLC 263974843.
4. Clerkin, Paul (2001). Dublin street names. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. p. 10. ISBN 0-7171-3204-8. OCLC 48467800.
5. O'Riordan, Turlough (2009). "Borumborad, Achmet (Joyce, Patrick)". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Royal Irish Academy. doi:10.3318/dib.004363.v1.
6. Fallon, Donal (1 March 2018). "The curious story of Achmet Borumborad and the Turkish Baths". comeheretome.com. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
7. Siggins, Lorna (20 November 1996). "The Liffey in Dublin". The Irish Times. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
8. "Chapter XIX. Dr. Achmet Borumborad". www.chaptersofdublin.ie. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
9. "1882 - Irish Church Missions, No.28 Bachelor's Walk, Dublin - Architecture of Dublin City". Archiseek.com. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
10. "Three people shot dead by British soldiers on Bachelors Walk - More than 30 others injured as 21 soldiers shoot into crowd". Century Ireland. RTE.ie. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
11. "No memorial for Bachelor's Walk victims". Century Ireland. 8 June 1915. Retrieved 26 February 2022 – via RTE.ie.
12. "Death on Bachelor's Walk - 26 July 1914". Irish History. TurtleBunbury.com. Retrieved 18 December 2017.