Fownes Street

Fownes Street is a street in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland that runs from Wellington Quay in the north to Dame Street in the south. It is crossed by Temple Bar in the north and joined by Cecilia Street on its western side and Cope Street on its eastern side. It is divided into Fownes Street Lower (northern end) and Fownes Street Upper (southern end).
The Women's Liberation Movement was based in Fownes Street in the 1970s and published from there the "Fownes Street Journal" (1972). 
Fownes Street was also the site of the Hirschfeld Centre, first gay and lesbian community centre in Dublin. Named after the gay rights reformer, Dr Magnus Hirschfeld, the centre opened on St Patrick's Day (17 March) 1979 and was the first venue of its kind in Ireland. It included a café, a small cinema and a disco called ‘Flikkers’, and was credited with the revitalisation of the Temple Bar area as it became the hub for the gay community in the city. A plaque to commemorate the centre was unveiled on 20 June 2019 by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Cllr Paul McAuliffe, along with Irish LGBT campaigner Senator David Norris, and Eddie McGuinness, Director of the Dublin Pride Festival. 
Cultural references.
Fownes Street receives a lengthy description in James Joyce's "Ulysses" (1922, set in 1904).
The references are to Commercial Buildings, a 1799 building on Dame Street, formerly the site of the Dublin Stock Exchange; and to an equestrian statue of King William III on Dame Street, removed in 1929.