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The named roundabouts of Galway City

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  • 03-04-2010 5:37pm
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    bonzodog2
    Registered Users Posts: 6,220 ✭✭✭


    Does anybody actually use the names? I can't remember which one is which, and would always describe them by their location. Personally I think all the signage, and the process to decide their names, was just a waste of money and time.

    Your views ?


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    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    Send a letter to all the councillors and to the city manager.


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    blond45
    Registered Users Posts: 537 ✭✭✭blond45


    same as you, why name them,,is there a name on the one at headford shopping centre?


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    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    blond45 wrote: »
    same as you, why name them,,is there a name on the one at headford shopping centre?

    I call it Keith.


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    I never ever refer to them by their names, it's the Magic RB, Bohermore RB, Tuam Road RB, Ballybane RB, Menlo Hotel RB and so on...


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    alwaysadub
    Registered Users Posts: 11,554 ✭✭✭✭alwaysadub


    biko wrote: »
    I never ever refer to them by their names, it's the Magic RB, Bohermore RB, Tuam Road RB, Ballybane RB, Menlo Hotel RB and so on...

    Do you see Dougal and Zebedee in the middle of it?? :pac:

    The only one i ever remember is the Morris Roundabout,cos it's near where i work. And my bosses name. Even at that,i don't call it by it's name if i'm giving directions or anything


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    bonzodog2
    Registered Users Posts: 6,220 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    blond45 wrote: »
    same as you, why name them,,is there a name on the one at headford shopping centre?

    I think there is, but don't ask me what it is.

    Lads, are we united ? Lets get the pitchforks ready and march on City Hall !
    Enough is enough !


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    alwaysadub
    Registered Users Posts: 11,554 ✭✭✭✭alwaysadub


    bonzodog2 wrote: »
    I think there is, but don't ask me what it is.

    Lads, are we united ? Lets get the pitchforks ready and march on City Hall !
    Enough is enough !

    It's the Bodkin Roundabout.
    Here's a full list of them(not that you'll ever hear them being used day to day!)
    Roundabouts in Galway
    Tribe
    Roads radiating from roundabout
    Martin
    Eastern Approach Road (N6), Dublin Road, [Galway Clinic]
    Lynch
    Eastern Approach Road (N6), Monivea Road [Briarhill]
    Morris
    Eastern Approach Roundabout, Bóthar na dTreabh, Ballybane Road, [Ballybane]
    Font
    Bóthar na dTreabh, Tuam Road (N17)
    Kirwan
    Bóthar na dTreabh, Headford Road, Sandy Road
    Bodkin
    Quincentennial Bridge, Headford Road, Sean Mulvoy Road, [Galway Shopping Centre]
    Browne
    Seamus Quirke Road, Thomas Hynes Road, Bóthar na dTreabh, University College Hospital Back Entrance
    Deane
    Bishop O'Donnell Road, Western Distributor Road
    Athy
    Western Distributor Road, Clybaun Road
    Blake
    Western Distributor Road, Ballymoneen Road
    D'Arcy
    Lower Salthill Road, Upper Salthill Road, [Salthill town centre]
    Joyce
    Bohermore, Sean Mulvoy Road, Tuam Road, Moneenageisha Road [Cemetry Cross]
    Ffrench
    Moneenageisha Road, Monivea Road, Dublin Road, College Road, [G Hotel]
    Skerritt
    Dublin Road, Ballybane Road, [Galway/Mayo Institute of Technology & Corrib Great Southern Hotel]


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    Malice
    Registered Users Posts: 15,065 ✭✭✭✭Malice


    bonzodog2 wrote: »
    Does anybody actually use the names? I can't remember which one is which, and would always describe them by their location. Personally I think all the signage, and the process to decide their names, was just a waste of money and time.

    Your views ?
    I think it's a waste of resources. In my experience most natives (myself included) would refer to them as e.g. the cemetary cross roundabout, the Galway Clinic roundabout or the (now departed) Huntsman roundabout rather than the new designated names.

    With that said of course, people can be awkward about adopting the correct names for things. For example I still hear the Quincentennial Bridge referred to as the New bridge despite the fact it's been there since the mid eighties.


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    walshkvn
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    yep another complete waste of time and money by the city councilers


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    TheCosmicFrog
    Registered Users Posts: 1,380 ✭✭✭TheCosmicFrog


    The Browne Roundabout? Oh, you mean "The roundabout where John fell over and broke his tailbone after skullin' the crate of Corona".


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    spender.j
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    And just why didn't someone start this thread before last tuesday's table quiz at Lohans? would have helped...:D


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    GerardKeating
    Registered Users Posts: 7,661 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    alwaysadub wrote: »
    It's the Bodkin Roundabout.
    Here's a full list of them(not that you'll ever hear them being used day to day!)
    Roundabouts in Galway
    Tribe
    Roads radiating from roundabout
    Martin
    Eastern Approach Road (N6), Dublin Road, [Galway Clinic]
    Lynch
    Eastern Approach Road (N6), Monivea Road [Briarhill]
    Morris
    Eastern Approach Roundabout, Bóthar na dTreabh, Ballybane Road, [Ballybane]
    Font
    Bóthar na dTreabh, Tuam Road (N17)
    Kirwan
    Bóthar na dTreabh, Headford Road, Sandy Road
    Bodkin
    Quincentennial Bridge, Headford Road, Sean Mulvoy Road, [Galway Shopping Centre]
    Browne
    Seamus Quirke Road, Thomas Hynes Road, Bóthar na dTreabh, University College Hospital Back Entrance
    Deane
    Bishop O'Donnell Road, Western Distributor Road
    Athy
    Western Distributor Road, Clybaun Road
    Blake
    Western Distributor Road, Ballymoneen Road
    D'Arcy
    Lower Salthill Road, Upper Salthill Road, [Salthill town centre]
    Joyce
    Bohermore, Sean Mulvoy Road, Tuam Road, Moneenageisha Road [Cemetry Cross]
    Ffrench
    Moneenageisha Road, Monivea Road, Dublin Road, College Road, [G Hotel]
    Skerritt
    Dublin Road, Ballybane Road, [Galway/Mayo Institute of Technology & Corrib Great Southern Hotel]

    The Ffrench RB is no more... The (Mk II version) new junction seems to be working well now..


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    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users Posts: 25,966 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    At least they have names ... there's roads around that don't have 'em.

    I started putting RAB names (official and colloquial) into bus-route text descriptions, just in case anyone google'd them, but (relatively speaking) they're not popular terms.


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    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    Joyce
    Bohermore, Sean Mulvoy Road, Tuam Road, Moneenageisha Road [Cemetry Cross]

    Bet more people know it as Suicide Cross than Joyce :)


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    Dunjohn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,345 ✭✭✭Dunjohn


    I did try to memorise the names, but it's just more intuitive and logical to remember them by location. It was a cute but pointless exercise.

    The only one I can always remember is the Athy roundabout, outside the Clybaun Hotel, because I have relatives living in Athy, Co. Kildare and I wonder what'd happen if they get drunk some night when they visit and see it.


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    Mars Bar
    Registered Users Posts: 31,898 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    I know someone who was involved in a car crash at a roundabout with which they shared the same surname.

    He didn't appreciate the irony.


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    loser2old4board
    Registered Users Posts: 147 ✭✭loser2old4board


    I always refer to them by location as well. I can't remember the 'tribe' names. Interesting that the newest one at the start of the N/M 6 is named by location i.e Coolough (Cool Each). (Not sure about spelling)
    So maybe the council are listening or else they ran out of 'tribes'.


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    KevR
    Registered Users Posts: 3,110 ✭✭✭KevR


    All roundabouts and junctions on the the N18/R446/N6/R338 should be numbered and the route named as "Northern Ring Road".

    Never mind that shite about "Bothar Na dTreabh/Road of the Tribes" and all the tribal names on the rounabouts. I have nothing against the history of Galway but it's highly stupid to use tribal names for roundabouts and major cross-city routes.


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