College Green (Faiche an Choláiste in Irish), previously called Hoggen Green, is a three sided 'square' in the centre of Dublin. Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. On its northern side is a building known today as the Bank of Ireland which until 1800 was Ireland's Parliament House. The Bank of Ireland (Banc na hÉireann, officially known as the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland is a commercial Bank operation in Ireland The Irish Houses of Parliament (Tithe na Parlaiminte also known as the Irish Parliament House, today called the Bank of Ireland, College Green To its east, stands Trinity College Dublin, the only constituent college of the University of Dublin. Trinity College Dublin ( TCD; Irish Coláiste na Tríonóide Baile Átha Cliath; Latin: Collegium Sacrosanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae To its south stands a series of nineteenth century buildings that are mostly banks. A major street, called Dame Street, enters the square from the west. Dame Street ( is a large thoroughfare in Dublin, Ireland. The street is the location of many banks such as AIB, Ulster Bank and the Central

College Green has been used as an assembly point for major political rallies. In the mid 1990s, United States President Bill Clinton addressed a mass crowd, during his Irish visit. William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States

Three major public monuments stand in College Green. A nineteenth century statue of Henry Grattan, one of the leading members of the old Irish Parliament, stands facing Trinity College (though the statue is badly obscured by poorly placed trees). Henry Grattan (3 July 1746 &ndash 6 June 1821 was a member of the Irish House of Commons and a campaigner for legislative freedom for the Irish Parliament in the Further back stands what is generally perceived as a poor statue of patriot Thomas Davis; because of the deformed body shown and out of scale hands, the statue has occasionally been nicknamed 'Frankenstein'. Thomas Osborne Davis ( October 14, 1814 - September 16, 1845) was a revolutionary Irish writer who was the chief organizer Previously, that was the location of one of Dublin's finest equestrian statues, of King Billy' (William of Orange) on Horseback. William III or William of Orange (14 November 1650 &ndash 8 March 1702 He is informally known in Northern Ireland and Scotland as "King Billy" It was blown up by Irish republicans in the 1930s.

Freemen of the City of Dublin have the right to graze livestock on common ground, which includes College Green.

College Green is no longer a "Green" and now exists as a Street running from the front gates of Trinity College Dublin to pedestrian traffic lights close to The Central Bank in Dame Street at the junction of Trinity Street. The houses are numbered starting with 1 on the North side of the Street at Westmoreland Street and TCD and continuing across to the South side and back on the opposite side to TCD and the bottom of Grafton Street. Grafton Street redirects here For the street in London England see Grafton Street London, for the one in Milton Keynes England see V6 Grafton Street. Dubliners often incorrectly identify the street as Dame Street because it continues into Dame Street. College Street which runs from Pearse Street and Westmoreland Street passing railings on the Northern side of Trinity College Dublin is often thought to be College Green.

See also

• Irish statues and their nicknames

Dublin statues are a significant feature of the cityscape of Dublin and many have acquired nicknames

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