page_title: St. James's Gate
section_title: Medieval city gate
hierarchical_section_title: St. James's Gate / Medieval city gate
caption_attribution_description: View this map on the BL Georeferencer service. Image taken from: Dublin as published by John Speed in 1610 Reprint of 1896 Title: "Remains of St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin. Their explorations and researches, A.D. 1886" Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 10390.h.14.", "British Library HMNTS 4735.g.4." Page: 10 Place of Publishing: Dublin Date of Publishing: 1887 Publisher: Forster &amp; Co. Issuance: monographic Identifier: 002408931 "From JOHN SPEED'S ORIGINAL MAP, SURVEYED IN 1610." Explore: Find this item in the British Library catalogue, 'Explore'. Open the page in the British Library's itemViewer (page image 10) Download the PDF for this book Image found on book scan 10 (NB not a pagenumber)Download the OCR-derived text for this volume: (plain text) or (json) Click here to see all the illustrations in this book and click here to browse other illustrations published in books in the same year. Order a higher quality version from here.
context_page_description: St. James's Gate, located off the south quays of Dublin, on James's Street, was the western entrance to the city during the Middle Ages. During this time the gate was the traditional starting point for the Camino pilgrimage from Dublin to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Though the original medieval gate was demolished in 1734, the gate gave its name to the area in which it was located, and in particular to the St. James's Gate Brewery.
context_section_description: As a walled city, the main entrances to Dublin were protected by city gates. St. James's Gate was the city's western entrance, and was named for the 12th century church and parish of St. James. Also named for St. James, a holy well in the area was the location of a longstanding summer festival.
  Standing for up to 5 centuries, the gate was a toll point for goods entering the city. It is referenced in 13th century texts, is marked on John Speed's 17th century map of Dublin, and on Charles Brooking's early 18th century map of the city. Dilapidated by time, the medieval gate was demolished by the mid 18th century.
caption: St. James's Gate (#56) is the westernmost landmark on Speed's 1610 map of Dublin
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