Amiens Street
Amiens Street, in Dublin, Ireland was named after John Stratford, 1st Earl of Aldborough, also called "Viscount Amiens" due to a spurious claim of descent from a companion of William the Conqueror from the French town of Amiens. It is one of the most frequented streets by railway passengers using Dublin Connolly station which was formerly called Amiens Street Station opened in 1844. It was renamed after James Connolly. The Italianate architecture of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway station buildings are the focal point of the street. The street was one of the boundaries of Dublin's red-light district, Monto, that existed between the 1860s - 1920s.
The street links the International Financial Services Centre and the Custom House Quay across the tramlines of the LUAS where there is street level tram terminal and interchange for the trains in Dublin Connolly. Across the road over the pedestrian crossing is Talbot Street. Further up the street with an over bridge carrying the DART over the street to the North Strand Road heading towards Fairview.
The 19th century Irish novelist, Charles Lever, was born in No. 35 Amiens Street.
