Grafton Street

In Real Life:

Grafton Street (Sraid Grafton in Irish) is Dublin's principal shopping street, running from St. Stephen's Green in the south to College Green in the north. The street was named after the first Duke of Grafton, who owned land in the area. It was developed from an existing country lane by the Dawson family in 1708 after whom the parallel Dawson Street is named.

Since the 1980's the street has been mostly pedestrianized, with the exception of a short stretch running between Nassau St. and College Green. This short stretch contains two notable Dublin landmarks, the sixteenth century Trinity College and the late twentieth century statue of Molly Malone, which has become a popular Dublin meeting place.