Fingal Place, Stonnybatter, was built in 1900/01. The street was named, on the recommendation of the City Surveyor, by the Corporation on 1 April 1901. The name presumably derives from the area being associated with the Vikings, ‘Fingal’, or ‘Fine Gall’, meaning ‘fair strangers’. (See, for example, Olaf Road.) The street was taken in charge…
Halliday Road is one of several streets laid out in 1906/07 on the northern end of the Mount Temple Estate lands, in Stonybatter.1 The streets were developed by the Dublin Artisans’ Dwelling Company who, in 1907, submitted proposed names for the streets to the Corporation’s Paving Committee. The name proposed for this street was ‘Plantation…
One of several streets built by the Dublin Artisans’ Dwellings Company in Stonybatter, on land purchased from Lady Mount Temple, hence the name. Lady Mount Temple died in October 1901, so the purchase must have taken place earlier that year. The name of this road, along with that of Olaf Road and Norseman Place, was…
One of several streets in Stonybatter built by the Dublin Artisans’ Dwellings Company in the early 1900s (see the entry for Mount Temple Road). The name was proposed by the Company, and derives from the Norse/Viking history of the locality. The name of this road, along with that of Mount Temple Road and Olaf Road,…
One of several streets in Stonybatter built by the Dublin Artisans’ Dwellings Company in the early 1900s (see the entry for Mount Temple Road). The name was proposed by the Company and derives from the Norse/Viking history of the locality. The name of this road, along with that of Mount Temple Road and Norseman Place,…
