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Oliver Plunkett Street (''Sráid Olibhéir Pluincéid'' in Irish), is the second most important shopping street in Cork, Ireland after St. Patrick's Street. In addition to being a major shopping street, it is one of the principal nightlife centres in Cork, although there are actually more bars and restaurants in the neighbouring sidestreets than on Oliver Plunkett St. In 2015, it was the only street in the country on a shortlist for the Great Street Award 2016 by London's Academy of Urbanism. It subsequently won, over nearly seventy other roads from across the British Isles. ==History== At the start of the 18th century, Oliver Plunkett Street was the first street built east of the Grand Parade in the area then known as the East Marsh or Dunscombe Marsh. It was originally named George's Street after George I, the reigning King of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1920, during The Burning of Cork, large parts of the street were destroyed by British troops. After the establishment of the Irish Free State, the street was renamed after Oliver Plunkett, a 17th-century martyr and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh. The name change was gradual and as late as 1945, business directories still contained a reference to 'Late George's Street'. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oliver Plunkett Street」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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