 The street gives its name to Tara Street railway station, which is around the corner on Georges Quay, near the northern end of Tara Street.Home to Philomena Bernadette O’Neill, mother to Fiona Avril and Jonathan James, a State Registered Nurse.It was developed as a completely new street in 1885 replacing Shoe Lane (part of which was called Stocking Lane) and George's Street.