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.
This street, off Bolton Street, was originally called Cross Lane, and is shown with that name on Rocque. (There was another Bolton Parade, off Dorset Street, I think.) In 1894, some of the local ratepayers applied to the Corporation to have the name changed to “European Place’. According to the memorialists, the street had ‘for…
Originally named Dispensary Lane, the street was renamed Dorset Avenue in 1902 at the request of the owner of the properties on the lane, Robert White, 1 North Frederick Street. It seems that Dispensary Lane had ‘acquired a very undesirable reputation, in consequence of which it is found impossible to induce a good class of…
A laneway running to the rere of the houses on the north side of Eccles Street, this street was listed as ‘Eccles Lane’ by Whitelaw in 1798. As reported by M’Cready, the name comes from John Eccles, Lord Mayor in 1710, who owned property here. Although it appears as ‘Stable Lane’ on Campbell’s Map of…
For a small, residential street in Dublin 1, Railway Street has had more names than most streets in the city. Mecklenburgh Street Originally know as Martin’s Lane or Great Martin’s Lane,1 the street originally consisted of two stretches, the ‘upper’ part from Marlborough Street to Gardiner Street, and the ‘lower’ part from from there to…
This street, running off St Mary’s Place, Dorset Street, was originally called Walsh’s Row. The street appears on a Wide Streets Commission map of 1827, and first appears in the street directory for 1833. The houses on the street were certainly occupied by 1837. In 1884 the Paving and Lighting Committee of the Corporation was…
The original name of Hill Street, it was renamed in 1886 at the request of the residents, as it had gained a ‘disreputable character’. The street dates to the 1770s,1 and appears named on the Rocque/Scalé map of 1773.2 The name comes (presumably) from the eponymous property developer.3 M’Cready gives no derivation. I’ve seen suggestions…
A former name of Saint Mary’s Terrace, renamed in 1884.
