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2 unusual facts about Dawson Street


Dawson Street

Saint Ann's Church is found on the eastern side and the Mansion House near the south end.

Pádraig Mag Fhloinn

Mag Fhloinn's manuscripts, featuring folksongs, are kept in the Royal Irish Academy in Dawson Street, Dublin.



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Grand Lodge of Ireland

From Dawson Street, the Grand Lodge moved to Commercial Buildings on Dame Street until Grand Lodge along with most Metropolitan Lodges moved to a new, purpose built facility on Molesworth Street.

Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown

His grandfather Hugh Leeson of Culworth in Northamptonshire came to Ireland about 1680, as an officer in military service, and made a fortune as a brewer, acquiring much property in the area around what is now Dawson Street.

Thomas Dromgoole

He settled as a physician in Dawson Street, Dublin, and became a prominent member of the Catholic board, which met at the beginning of the century to further the cause of Catholic emancipation.