Running west from Annesley Bridge Road, this cul-de-sac, like the nearby Addison Road, was developed between 1897 and 1902 on a plot of land to the north of the Vitriol Works, at Ballybough. I can find no direct evidence for the origin of the name, but I’m assuming it comes from George Henry Cadogan (1840–1915),…
Capel Street runs south from Bolton Street to the quays. Capel Street, and the surrounding area, was developed by Humphrey Jervis, a Cromwellian immigrant, who, along with some others, bought twenty acres of land from the Corporation in 1676. One of Jervis’s supporters was Arthur Capel, Earl of Essex, who served as Lord Lieutenant from…
Ormond Quay was named for James Butler (1610-88), 1st Duke of Ormond, who served as Lord Lieutenant from 1677–84. For the background to the naming, see the entry for Capel Street.
