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Jervis Street..why?

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  • 19-12-2014 11:27pm
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    applehunter
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    Anyone know why it is called Jervis Street?


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    spurious
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    After Sir Humphrey Jervis, Sheriff of Dublin in 1674 and Lord Mayor from 1681-1683. He owned that part of land, having been given it for the great achievement of knocking the old St. Mary's abbey and using the stones to build Essex bridge in 1676.


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    uck51js9zml2yt
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    spurious wrote: »
    After Sir Humphrey Jervis, Sheriff of Dublin in 1674 and Lord Mayor from 1681-1683. He owned that part of land, having been given it for the great achievement of knocking the old St. Mary's abbey and using the stones to build Essex bridge in 1676.

    I didnt know that :D


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