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Hillarious Street Names

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    #32
    olly_mac
    Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭olly_mac


    Fumbally Lane, near St Patricks is a corruption of Bum Baliffe Lane...


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    #33
    Toby Take a Bow
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    Blood Stoney Road, just around the corner from Misery Hill. You gotta love the docklands. I think there's a place called Cromwell's Quarters or something around Kilmainham. I'm not sure if it's a new or old name (either way it's pretty odd).


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    #34
    HeidiHeidi
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    Middle Third out in Raheny (there might be other Thirds as well, but I'm not sure). Would love to know the reason behind that name!

    Misery Hill would have been where the Grand Canal Theatre is now, or thereabouts - it backed onto the old gasometer site.


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    #35
    HeidiHeidi
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    Toby Take a Bow wrote: »
    Blood Stoney Road, just around the corner from Misery Hill. You gotta love the docklands. I think there's a place called Cromwell's Quarters or something around Kilmainham. I'm not sure if it's a new or old name (either way it's pretty odd).

    Cromwell's Quarter is a set of steps leading from Mount Brown down to Kilmainhman Lane/Bow Street.

    Blood Stoney was a person - can't remember where I saw that, but see it I did, only recently.


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    #36
    Toby Take a Bow
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    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    Cromwell's Quarter is a set of steps leading from Mount Brown down to Kilmainhman Lane/Bow Street.

    Blood Stoney was a person - can't remember where I saw that, but see it I did, only recently.

    What a name! Do you know anything about the story behind Cromwell's Quarter? It seems an odd name for anything at all in Ireland, but maybe it wasn't named after that Cromwell?


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    #37
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 29,369 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Toby Take a Bow wrote: »
    What a name! Do you know anything about the story behind Cromwell's Quarter? It seems an odd name for anything at all in Ireland, but maybe it wasn't named after that Cromwell?

    Hah! A quick google hasn't answered the question of where Cromwell's Quarter came from - but apparently it used to be called Murdering Lane - even better!

    http://comeheretome.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/a-follow-up-on-cromwells-quarters/

    In the comments below there's one explanation of how it and Cutthroat Lane got renamed.

    http://comeheretome.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/the-murdring-lane-how-apt/


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    #38
    Hermy
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    At the back of the airport there's Passifyoucan.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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    #39
    Hesh's Umpire
    Registered Users Posts: 730 ✭✭✭Hesh's Umpire


    Thundercut Alley was off Smithfield until relatively recently. Was a very narrow passage.


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    #40
    [Jackass]
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    There's a "prince of wales terrace" in Sandymount which is kind of odd that the name lasted.

    "Ballsbridge - Erected in 17xx" sign always makes me smile. :pac:

    Also cames across this....(old name.....current name)


    Elbow lane .................... now ... Bow Lane
    Cuckold's Row ................. " ... Brabazon Street.
    Dirty Lane ..................... " ... Bridgefoot Street.
    Cutthrroat Lane ............. " ... Brookfield Road.
    Hangmans Lane ............ " ... Hammond Lane.
    Watery Lane ................ " ... Lansdown Road.
    Gallows Road ................. " ... Lower Baggot St.
    The Old Rope Walk ........ " ... Lwr. Gardner St.
    Gibbet Meadow .............. " ... Mespil Road.
    Murdering Lane .............. " ... Old Kilmaimham
    Artichoke Road ................ " ... Shelbourne Road.
    Macgillamocholmog's St. ... " ... St. Michaels Lane.
    Monks Walk....................... " ... St.Stephens green east
    Dog & Duck yard .............. " ... Usher's Lane


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    #41
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,995 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    Blood Stoney was a person - can't remember where I saw that, but see it I did, only recently.
    Bindon Blood Stoney was an engineer with Dublin Port in the 1700s. He was responsible for much work in the area including building the quay walls.


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    #42
    BeerNut
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    Hesh's Umpire wrote: »
    Thundercut Alley was off Smithfield until relatively recently.
    It was rebuilt and is still there, as a modern pedestrian street running just south of Fresh.

    Thunder was one of the old Dublin brewing families and they had a brewery around there, which was later absorbed into Jameson's brewery (who did beer as well as whiskey). I've often wondered if Thundercut Alley is connected to Thunder's brewery.

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    #43
    ollaetta
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    Hesh's Umpire wrote: »
    Thundercut Alley was off Smithfield until relatively recently. Was a very narrow passage.

    Old pic:

    1_07_12_10_8_46_15.jpeg


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    #44
    Toby Take a Bow
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    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    Hah! A quick google hasn't answered the question of where Cromwell's Quarter came from - but apparently it used to be called Murdering Lane - even better!

    http://comeheretome.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/a-follow-up-on-cromwells-quarters/

    In the comments below there's one explanation of how it and Cutthroat Lane got renamed.

    http://comeheretome.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/the-murdring-lane-how-apt/

    Looks like a great blog. Thanks for that (although I suppose I could've just googled myself).


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    #45
    hXci
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    ollaetta wrote: »
    Old pic:

    attachment.php?attachmentid=92365&d=1330466835


    My personal favourite Dublin street name! Well, actually its joint first with Morning Star Avenue!


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    #46
    Dyr
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    There's a lazer lane down in docklands, presumably its a new addition


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    #47
    Dyr
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    the tonlegee road is pretty funny too, in either language.


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    #48
    LLU
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    Can't think of any good Irish ones but believe it or not there used to be at least one street named 'Gropecunt street' in London. Long since renamed, not too surprisingly.


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    #49
    KTRIC
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    Bambi wrote: »
    the tonlegee road is pretty funny too, in either language.

    I grew up just off it and I have no idea what it means. Can you shed some light on it ?


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    #50
    Dyr
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    KTRIC wrote: »
    I grew up just off it and I have no idea what it means. Can you shed some light on it ?

    Arse to the wind allegedly, tóin le gaoith


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    #51
    BeerNut
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    LLU wrote: »
    believe it or not there used to be at least one street named 'Gropecunt street' in London. Long since renamed, not too surprisingly.
    Lots of English cities had them. "Grope Lane" or "Grape Lane" are what they tend to have been bowdlerised to.

    Wiki article here. London had several, apparently.

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    #52
    ajjmk
    Registered Users Posts: 338 ✭✭ajjmk


    I live on Love Lane! I've heard many stories of how it got its name, ranging from how there used to be an STI clinic located there, to how there used to be a brothel!! If anyone has the real background story, please let me know!


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    #53
    WoollyRedHat
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    ajjmk wrote: »
    I live on Love Lane! I've heard many stories of how it got its name, ranging from how there used to be an STI clinic located there, to how there used to be a brothel!! If anyone has the real background story, please let me know!

    I always smile when I go past Love Lane on the bus, would be interesdted to hear the background too/


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    #54
    The Scientician
    Registered Users Posts: 1,724 ✭✭✭The Scientician


    Bambi wrote: »
    There's a lazer lane down in docklands, presumably its a new addition

    Apparently it's a shortening of Lazerus. Can anyone confirm that?

    Hermy wrote:
    At the back of the airport there's Passifyoucan.

    My brother looked this up, it seems that was the name of a tavern thereabouts at some stage in the past.


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    #55
    alastair
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    Louis Lane in Rathmines is nearly funny.


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    #56
    Lawrence1895
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    'Celtic Park Avenue' (Dublin 9). I never met any Ran**** supporters there :D


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    #57
    bullpost
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    I always liked Lea Road in Sandymount - someone made a balls of it.


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    #58
    spurious
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    The Scientician wrote: »
    Apparently it's a shortening of Lazerus. Can anyone confirm that?

    From W.T. McCready:
    'On this elevated ridge, about the year 1220, an hospital is said to have been founded for pilgrims intending to embark for the shrine of St. James of Compostella, the patron saint of lepers [or lazars, from Lazarus] from which the termination of Townsend street received the name of Lazar's hill.'


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    #59
    shar01
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    Loving the thread. V. interesting.

    But is the length of time between posts 30 and 31 a record!?!?!


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    #60
    Wishbone Ash
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    shar01 wrote: »
    But is the length of time between posts 30 and 31 a record!?!?!
    Jesus yes a bit of an exhumation alright - 6 years!!

    I have posted earlier in the thread but would never have thought that amount of time has passed. :eek:


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    #61
    admiralofthefleet
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    Bambi wrote: »
    Arse to the wind allegedly, tóin le gaoith

    back to the wind.

    its a mountain in wicklow


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