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Bachelors Walk
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Bachelor's Walk, and the Liffey Boardwalk, looking northwest

Native name	Siúlán Bhaitsiléir (Irish)
Namesake	A property owner named Batchelor
Length	270 m (890 ft)
Width	17 metres (56 ft)
Postal code	D01
Coordinates	53°20′50″N 6°15′37″W / 53.34722°N 6.26028°W / 53.34722; -6.26028
east end	O'Connell Bridge
west end	Ha'penny Bridge
Known for	Bachelors Walk (TV series), Bachelor's Walk massacre

Bachelors Walk (Irish: Siúlán Bhaitsiléir) is a street and quay on the north bank of the Liffey, Dublin, Ireland. It runs between Liffey Street Lower (to the west) and O'Connell Street Lower and O'Connell Bridge (to the east). It was the setting for an eponymous TV series in the early 2000s.

History

Bachelor's Walk was named after the developer who built up the street, extending from Ormond Quay from the 1670s. It was recorded as Batchelours Walke in 1728, The Batchelors Walk in 1723 and 1728, and Bachelors Quay in 1766. Before the street that became O'Connell Street was extended to meet the Liffey, Bachelors Walk extended to Eden Quay ending at Union Lane, now Marlborough Street.

A Turkish Baths was opened on Bachelor's Walk in the 1770s by Achmet Borumborad, an Irish man who masqueraded as a Turk for a period in the late eighteenth century.

The Irish Church Missions - part of the Church of Ireland - are located on Bachelors Walk.

In July 1914, a hostile crowd accosted a column of troops of the King's Own Scottish Borderers on Bachelors Walk. The troops responded to stone throwing with bayonets and rifle fire, resulting in the deaths of several civilians and injuries to dozens more. The event later became known as the Bachelor's Walk massacre.

References

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O'Riordan, Turlough (2009). "Borumborad, Achmet (Joyce, Patrick)". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Royal Irish Academy. doi:10.3318/dib.004363.v1.
Fallon, Donal (1 March 2018). "The curious story of Achmet Borumborad and the Turkish Baths". comeheretome.com. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
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"Chapter XIX. Dr. Achmet Borumborad". www.chaptersofdublin.ie. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
"1882 - Irish Church Missions, No.28 Bachelor's Walk, Dublin - Architecture of Dublin City". Archiseek.com. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
"Three people shot dead by British soldiers on Bachelors Walk - More than 30 others injured as 21 soldiers shoot into crowd". Century Ireland. RTE.ie. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
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"Death on Bachelor's Walk - 26 July 1914". Irish History. TurtleBunbury.com. Retrieved 18 December 2017.

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North of River Liffey (Northside)	Abbey Street Amiens Street Arbour Hill Bachelors Walk Benburb Street Beresford Place Blackhall Place Bloom Lane Buckingham Street Capel Street Cathal Brugha Street Cathedral Street Clonliffe Road Dominick Street Dorset Street East Wall Road Eccles Street Eden Quay Foley Street Gardiner Street Great Denmark Street Henrietta Street Henry Street Home Farm Road Jervis Street Marino Crescent Marlborough Street Mary Street Moore Street North Brunswick Street North Circular Road North Earl Street North Frederick Street North Great George's Street North Strand Road O'Connell Street Parnell Street Queen Street Seán McDermott Street Sheriff Street Store Street Summerhill Parade Talbot Street
South of River Liffey (Southside)	Ailesbury Road Anglesea Road Aungier Street Baggot Street Bow Lane West Boyne Street Bride Street Britain Quay Bull Alley Street Camden Street Christchurch Place Clanbrassil Street Clare Street Clyde Road College Green College Street The Coombe Coppinger Row Cork Street Crampton Court Cuffe Street Dame Lane Dame Street Dawson Street D'Olier Street Earlsfort Terrace Ely Place Eustace Street Fenian Street Fishamble Street Fleet Street Fownes Street Fumbally Lane Georges Quay Golden Lane Grafton Street Harcourt Street Harcourt Terrace Hawkins Street Herbert Park Herbert Road Heytesbury Street High Street Hume Street James's Street Kildare Street Lansdowne Road Leeson Street Lincoln Place Marrowbone Lane Merrion Road Merrion Street Misery Hill Molesworth Street Morehampton Road Mount Street Lower Nassau Street Northumberland Road Newbridge Avenue New Bride Street Park Avenue Parliament Street Patrick Street Pearse Street Raglan Road Sandymount Avenue Shelbourne Road Ship Street Little Shrewsbury Road Sir John Rogerson's Quay South Circular Road South Great George's Street South William Street St Andrew's Street Steeven's Lane Stephen Street Sydney Parade Avenue Tara Street Thomas Street Tritonville Road Werburgh Street Westland Row Westmoreland Street Wexford Street Wicklow Street Winetavern Street Wood Quay York Street

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