Kingsland sounds like the name of a Chinese restaurant but Kingsland Terrace is a very attractive street in Portobello off Portobello Road. However, I Monelli is located at the canal end of the street but unfortunately I have yet to eat there.

"Head Chef and owner of I Monelli, Ivano is a passionate and truly Italian chef with many years of international experience. Before settling here in Dublin Ivano worked in various Michelin star restaurants and 5-star hotels around the world​, preparing exquisite recipes in Italian, French, Spanish, African and Irish cuisines."

Most of the area was developed in the latter half of the 19th century, the houses along the South Circular Road being built between 1850 and 1870, although the smaller houses off Lennox Street were built by the Dublin Artisans' Dwellings Company some time later, from 1885 (just in time, in fact, for the increasing number of immigrants looking for houses in the area). This company also built houses on that part of Portobello Basin that was filled in 1883.

In 1868, a new street was opened to connect Harold's Cross with Lower Clanbrassil Street. The Lord Mayor, the Aldermen and Frederick Stokes, who had purchased the land and led the project, attended the opening. The street was to be called Kingsland Street, but in fact, that name was never used, and it became Upper Clanbrassil Street.