Henry Street, Dublin

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Henry Street (Sráid Anraí in Irish) is located on Dublin's Northside and is one of the two principal shopping streets of Dublin, running from the Spire of Dublin and the General Post Office on O'Connell Street in the east to St. Mary's Church and Jervis Street in the west. The street was Developed by Henry Moore, Earl of Drogheda whose estate lands and developments is reflected in the street names bearing his name, Henry Street, Moore Street, Earl Street, Of Lane and Drogheda Street.

1 About
- 1.1 Shopping Centres
2 Shops
- 2.1 Notable shops
- 2.2 Other shops
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] About

Since the 1980s, the street has been mostly pedestrianised. 33 million people visit Henry Street, home to leading department stores Arnotts, Marks and Spencer and Roches during normal shopping hours in any one year, making it Dublin's favourite shopping district. The ILAC shopping centre and the newer Jervis Street Shopping Centre (two of the three large city centre shopping malls) are on Henry Street, The famous outdoor food market of Moore Street is just off Henry Street.

Jervis Street Shopping centre is at the lower end of Henry Street. It is a very comprehensive shopping centre including many of the British Chains such as Boots, Debenhams and Argos.

The Ilac Shopping Centre has many interesting and lower budget shops. One entrance leads out to Moore Street's famous market and there's also a public library inside the centre. Arnotts also stocks many fashionista's favourite brands, Miss Sixty, Mango, Tommy Hilfigger and Pepe to name but a few. It is now the oldest department store in Dublin and stocks almost everything. There is an excellent worldwide gift store in the basement called S F Cody, a large section of collectibles, homeware, Irish Crystal and Irish Glass. Arnotts also has an impressive footwear and accessories collection.

The recently redeveloped Roches Stores has also enhanced Henry Street's reputation as one of Dublin's main shopping districts. Roches Stores has exclusively introduced over 20 of the top international brands to Ireland for the first time. One of these widely acclaimed international brands, Zara is a major part of the new look Roches Stores. It is the first to open in the Republic of Ireland and is 20,000 sq ft in stature. There are five floors to the revamped Roches Stores stocking everything from Home and Giftware, Fashionwear, Accessories and Cosmetics. Roches also provide customer service desks, ATM's, the Atrium Restaurant which seats 250 people, a juice bar and a cafe.

There are lots of small and independent shops on Henry Street. The Body Shop, Korky's, The Levi's Store, Envy, and budget shops such as Japan and No Name can all be found on this colourful street. There are over 200 shops on the street. Clothes shops like Envy, USB, Next, Sasha, Merc, A-Wear, Oasis, Penneys, Japan, Wallis, Diffneys, No Name, Extovert and Evans.Henry Street is pretty good for shoes too with Korkys, Zerep, Ravel and She. Music shops like Virgin, Golden Discs and HMV are here too. Jewellers like H.Samuel, Half-Price Jewellers and a branch of Fields. There are various sports shops like John David and Lifestyle Sports. For gifts there's the computer game shop, Game and Monsoon Accessories. There's a branch of Bewleys.

Buskers, including musicians, poets and mime artists commonly perform to the shopping crowds.

[edit] Shopping Centres

The Jervis Shopping Centre: The Jervis Shopping Centre is at present the largest shopping centre in the city-centre. It is three floors, the first two which are all shops, and the third which is for fast food restaurants. Some of the shops in the centre are Marks and Spencers, Next, Dixons, Debenhams, Argos and Top Shop. It is located in the are surrounded by Jervis St, Mary St, Henry St and Liffey St. Official Website

The Ilac Shopping Centre: The Ilac Shopping Centre is the oldest shopping centre in the city-centre. It is a large single story complex which contains many shops. Shops in the ilac centre include Dunnes Stores, Roches Stores, Champion Sports, Jack Jones and Argos.

[edit] Shops

[edit] Notable shops

Arnotts Department Store (Ireland’s largest department store has 4 restaurants and contains a comprehensive selection of merchandise with a particularly extensive selection of top brand fashions, home wares and Irish gifts.)
Roches Stores