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.
A former 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 former name of Hughes’ Avenue, it’s listed first in Thom’s in 1855, as having eighteen cottages.1 The last entry is in 1875.2
The original name of Bolton Parade, changed in 1894.
A previous name of Dorset Lane.
The former name of Castleforbes Road, renamed in 1924..
The original name of Aston Place, changed in 1884.
A former name of 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.
A former name of Donore Avenue, one several streets bore the name Love Lane at various times.
The original name of what is now Railway Street.
One of several former names for Railway Street. In 1761/2 the street was named ‘Mecklenburgh Street’, in honour, as M’Cready says, of Princess Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz,2 who in 1761 married King George III. She went on to become the United Kingdom’s longest serving Queen Consort, and to be played by Helen Mirren. (The gone-but-not-forgotten Charlotte…
The original name of Beresford Lane. M’Cready gives, what he admits is, an uncertain explanation for the name,1 but we can be confident that it derives from the owners of the land. In 1721 the Corporation leased land on the nearby Mabbot Street from John Moland.2 In 1780 a Richard Moland was in possession of…
A previous name of Sarsfield Quay, renamed in 1885. Pembroke Quay is shown, unnamed, on Rocque’s map, but appears in Harris’s History and Antiquities2 and in Scalé’s 1773 revision of Rocque.2 M’Cready suggests, plausibly, that the name was from Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, who was Lord Lieutenant (1707-8).3
The original name of Balfe Street. Named for William Pitt the Younger, son of the first Earl of Chatham, from whom comes Chatham Street. Pitt, as Prime Minister, was the chief architect of the the Act of Union (1801).
A previous name for Cathedral Street, and also for the adjoining Thomas Lane.
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 for the part of Railway Street that runs from Marlborough Street to Gardiner Street.
A former name of Saint Mary’s Terrace, renamed in 1884.
The original name of St Mary’s Terrace.
No longer in existence, Waterford Street was the last name given to the street running from Marlborough Street to Gardiner Street. See the entry for Railway Street for the history.
