The Lotts

The commercial heart of Dublin's northside, centred on O'Connell Street — 46 metres wide, monument-lined, and carrying the weight of every significant chapter in modern Irish history from the 1916 Rising at the GPO to the construction of the Spire in 2003. Henry Street runs fully pedestrianised to the west, drawing shoppers in their thousands. The Luas Red and Green lines cross here, making this the city's principal transport interchange.