The term Merrion Street is often used as shorthand for Irish Government in the same way as Whitehall or Downing Street is used to refer to the British government.
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However between 1904 and 1922 all the houses on one side of the street were demolished and replaced by the Royal College of Science for Ireland, which was designed by Sir Aston Webb.
In October 2000 he, and his partner Kirsten Batt, opened Pearl Brasserie in Merrion Street.
A bronze statue of Parke stands on Merrion Street in Dublin, outside the Natural History Museum.
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