Chapter Lane
See the entry for Chapter Place.
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Victoria Street
Originally named ‘Kingsland Park’, this street in Portobello was renamed by the Corporation in 1875. Kingsland Place was built on the grounds of Portobello Gardens. In 1866 the Corporation was asked by Mr Frederick Stokes to take in charge ‘the new streets called Kingsland park and Florence Street, near Portobello’. In October 1871 the Kingsland…
Ross Road
See the entry for Bull Alley Street.
Reuben Street
Running north from Cork Street, Dublin 8, Reuben Street was developed in the early 1900s. In 1903 the houses were advertised as ‘wonderful value’ at ‘£220 each’. The street was taken in charge by the Corporation on 12 December 1904. The name presumably derives from the location of the street close to ‘Little Jerusalem’, the…
Paul Street
Paul Street is named for the Anglican church of Saint Paul, on the grounds of which it was constructed in 1894/95. The church building is extant. The houses here were developed by the Corporation’s Artisans’ Dwellings Committee, the first plans being approved in 1891. The plans were subsequently revised: Paul Street is labeled ‘New Avenue’…
New Row Square
The ‘street’ dates from the late 1890s, when cottages were built there by the Dublin Artisans’ Dwellings Company. The company proposed the name, the cottages being located off New Row Street. The name was approved by the Corporation in July 1900.
Mitre Alley
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.