Street of Saint Patrick (Saint Patrick street – the main shopping street in the Irish city of cork. Locals affectionately refer to as the street of Saint Patrick "pan" and this is one of the favorite places for both locals and visitors to Cork. The street received its name in honor of the patron Saint of Ireland – Saint Patrick.

Cork city centre is built at the mouth of the river Lee split channels marshy Islands. Some of these channels in the second half of the 18th century were especially tight to form the main streets of the modern city. One of these streets was street and St. Patrick, which initially had the names of new street. It differed significantly from the narrow alleys of medieval Cork, and was very well suited for new commercial centre of rapidly developing city. In no small measure contributed to the opening in 1789, the St. Patrick's bridge, providing a connection with the Northern suburbs.

The last large-scale reconstruction of St. Patrick's street was carried out in 2004, after which she has twice been awarded the "best shopping street in Ireland. It is ideal for fans of outdoor shopping. On St. Patrick are such well-known retail chains as "Brown Thomas & Company Limited", "Marks and Spencer", "Dunnes Stores", "Penneys"(Primark), Debenhams (formerly Roches Stores), as well as many small branded shops. However, you will also find here a lot of cafes and pubs where you can relax and have a snack.

Seamlessly repeating curves flowing under it Li river, the St. Patrick street stretches from Aberystwyth promenade to square daunt where it abuts the street to the Grand parade. At the Northern end of the street right in front of St. Patrick's bridge you will see the monument revered in Ireland religious figure of the reformer-teetotalist (advocate of temperance) - Theobald Matthew (Matthew's father), by the famous Irish sculptor John Foley (1864).