Foster Street was the name given, until the 1890s, to different parts of Ballybough Road. M’Cready gives 1849 as the date, but it appears as early as 1832 in a newspaper report, applied to the houses to the north of Clarke Bridge, as far as to what is now Foster Terrace.1 The first entry in…
The original name of Balfe Street, for which see.
One of two previous names for James Joyce Street, renamed from Mabbot Street in 1911, the name derived from “Corporation Buildings”, which stood on the street,
One of two previous names for James Joyce Street. The name derived from Gilbert Mabbot, who built a mill at the location in the late 1600s.1
A previous name of Sackville Avenue, off Ballybough Road. Shown as Bradley’s Lane on a map of 1794,1 it was called Love Lane as early as 1828.2
A previous name for Sackville Avenue, it appears as Bradley’s Lane in a map of 1794.1 It was called ‘Love Lane’ as early as 18282 and the directory for 1834 says ‘Love Lane’, as does the first edition Ordnance Survey. The name derived from Joseph Love, under whose will Love’s Charity was established.
Also Faussaght lane: the original name of Connaught Street.
A former name for the part of Railway Street that runs from Marlborough Street to Gardiner Street.
One of several former names for Railway Street.
A previous name for St Mary’s Terrace, off Dorset Street.
A previous name for Cathedral Street.
A name ascribed to Eccles Place, off Dorset Street.
A previous name for Eccles Place.
The original name of Quarry Road, Cabra.
The original name of St Mary’s Terrace.
A previous name for Nicholas Avenue, Dublin 1. The name derives from John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, Lord Lieutenant from 1756-61, and Chancellor of the University of Dublin (Trinity) from 1765-71. See the entry for Nicholas Avenue for the references.
The original name of a terrace of houses on Adelaide Road, renamed Earlsfort Place in 1891.
Several streets bore the name Love Lane at various times: See Donore Avenue.
See the entry for Chapter Place.
A previous name for Hutton’s Place.
A previous name for Victoria Street, Portobello.
A previous name for Hughes’ Avenue.
A previous name for Cathedral Street.
A previous name for Lynch’s Lane, renamed in 1904.
A previous name for Aston Place.
A previous name for Chapter Street, it was renamed in 1869. ‘Mitre’, from a bishop’s hat and from an association with the nearby St Patrick’s Cathedral.
A previous (short-lived) name for Addison Road, Fairview.
A previous name for Annamoe Road and for Quarry Road.
A previous name for Cathedral Street, and also for the adjoining Thomas Lane.
A previous name of Dorset Lane.
The name of this street was changed to Parnell Street in 1911.
