Patrick Street Cork 1850s – Cork City Hitory

In the 1850s, Patrick Street was the main commercial artery of Cork city, forming the heart of trade and daily life along the River Lee. Rebuilt after major flooding in 1789, the street developed into a broad, elegant thoroughfare lined with Georgian and early Victorian shopfronts, banks, and businesses and during the 1850s a decade marked by the aftermath of the Great Famine Patrick Street reflected both resilience and change, as Cork adapted to shifting economic conditions while remaining one of Ireland’s most important urban centres and ports.

Cork City, Patrick Street, Cork, Ireland