Ormond Quay
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.
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Pembroke Quay
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
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Sarsfield Quay
Running from Liffey Street West to Arran Quay, Sarsfield Quay was originally called Pembroke Quay. It was renamed by the Corporation by a resolution on 2 November 1885.1 When the motion was proposed at the meeting, an amendment was put ‘to refer the proposal to the Paving and Lighting Committee to ascertain whether the proposed…