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Galway place and road names

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    #32
    Viral Vector
    Registered Users Posts: 187 ✭✭Viral Vector


    This is a fascinating thread....i've been in Galway for 6 years and i've always wondered about some place names!

    Mervue -> Radharc na Mara -> Sea View


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    #33
    ErnieBert
    Registered Users Posts: 1,155 ✭✭✭ErnieBert


    Salthill - Bothar na Tra - Beach Road.

    There is a Salthill in south County Dublin - Cnoc Na Salann - Hill of Salt


    Shantalla - sean tallamh - old ground hence Old Ground Football Club


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    #34
    jkforde
    Registered Users Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭jkforde


    hadn't heard of Sickeen Lane and came across this while on the google... might be of interest...

    http://www.ria.ie/getmedia/8648f5dd-42da-4437-8d5d-5145d0ec8b58/Galway-gazetteer-IHTA-(2).pdf.aspx

    🌦️ 6.7kwp, 45°, SSW, mid-Galway 🌦️



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    #35
    ladhrann
    Registered Users Posts: 445 ✭✭ladhrann


    ErnieBert wrote: »
    Shantalla - sean tallamh - old ground hence Old Ground Football Club

    Whats less well known as well is that Shantalla and the Highfield Park/Maunsell's Road area were quarries and had their own narrow-gauge railway to bring stone to the docks.

    I believe its because of the hollowed out, 'amphitheatre' shape of the quarry that Daniel O'Connell's mass meeting was held there. The spot is marked by the 'Slaghdeán Rock' as its called in the middle of Shantalla. Anyone know the origin of ''Slaghdeán Rock''? I may have spelled it incorrectly.


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    #36
    yaledo
    Registered Users Posts: 249 ✭✭yaledo


    I've heard this rock in Shantalla called the 'sliding' rock by local kids. It doesn't seem to be marked on the 6" or the 25" maps [these are from about 1850 and 1910 respectively and can be viewed at http://maps.osi.ie]


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    #37
    39steps
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    Who is/was Seamus Quirke?


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    #38
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    I already asked that question and was kindly told by another poster. The answer you seek is buried in the SeamusQuirke megathread below


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    #39
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    Tis all about the Black & Tans.

    http://www.kennys.ie/News/OldGalway/30112006-BlackandTans/


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    #40
    Lapin
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    Who was Western Distributor?


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    #41
    Mrs OBumble
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    Lapin wrote: »
    Who was Western Distributor?

    Enn Seventeen's cousin.


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    #42
    Iwannahurl
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    Lapin wrote: »
    Who was Western Distributor?




    A robber baron who stole from the poor to give to the rich.


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    #43
    Paddyfield
    Registered Users Posts: 509 ✭✭✭Paddyfield


    Lapin wrote: »
    Who was Western Distributor?


    Didn't he have a business distributing DVDs of Westerns?


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    #44
    bethehokies
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭bethehokies


    JustMary wrote: »
    ErnieBert wrote: »
    I better not ask about Shop Street then.

    Or Quay St, Flood St, Merchants Rd, Bridge St, Nuns Island, Gaol Rd, Middle St ... :D
    Nuns island... the poor claire convent in behind the industrial eng building there...
    Bridge street... the bridge and the mills
    Gaol road... there was a gaol on the site of Galway Cathedral,
    Middle street.... well its in the middle....!!!

    To be honest - galway street names are fairly obvious in the context of the surrounds, or what may hve been there in the past


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    #45
    Mrs OBumble
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    bethehokies wrote: »
    To be honest - galway street names are fairly obvious in the context of the surrounds, or what may hve been there in the past

    Ahh, yeah ... well spotted. :pac:


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    #46
    snubbleste
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    Erm, still waiting for
    New Road


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    #47
    ciaranmac
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    dinneenp wrote: »
    When I moved to Galway first I heard it called LOUGH ITALIA. as in Italia 90.....

    I once saw it written as Lough Alitalia, like the airline.


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    #48
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    bethehokies wrote: »
    To be honest - galway street names are fairly obvious in the context of the surrounds, or what may hve been there in the past





    Cabbage Lane, Bohermore?


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    #49
    bethehokies
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭bethehokies


    Iwannahurl wrote: »
    bethehokies wrote: »
    To be honest - galway street names are fairly obvious in the context of the surrounds, or what may hve been there in the past





    Cabbage Lane, Bohermore?
    Bothar mor... the big road... it is quite long
    Where the hell is cabbage lane...????? Perhaps a bit of an auld cabbage head lived there... or there may have been allotments in it?


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    #50
    Paddyfield
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    How did Hidden Valley get it's name?

    I was trying to find it yesterday but couldn't. ;)


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    #51
    ladhrann
    Registered Users Posts: 445 ✭✭ladhrann


    bethehokies wrote: »
    Bothar mor... the big road... it is quite long
    Where the hell is cabbage lane...????? Perhaps a bit of an auld cabbage head lived there... or there may have been allotments in it?


    Bóthar Mór, comes from the width of the road as opposed to the length. It was also known as the King's Rd., in much earlier time. Both names were due to the fact that it was the main (and only) road east from the city walls.


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    #52
    bethehokies
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭bethehokies


    Paddyfield wrote: »
    How did Hidden Valley get it's name?

    I was trying to find it yesterday but couldn't. ;)
    Hidden Valley - Great spot to do hill starts during driving tests.... :mad:


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    #53
    Geuze
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    Parkavera

    Raven's terrace

    The Gantry

    Palymyra Place

    Montpellier terrace


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    #54
    piscesgirl1
    Registered Users Posts: 62 ✭✭piscesgirl1


    Dr colohan rd

    Fr Griffen rd

    Seamus Quirke rd???


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    #55
    Robbo
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    piscesgirl1 wrote: »
    Dr colohan rd

    Fr Griffen rd

    Seamus Quirke rd???
    Father Griffin was shot by De Brits, likewise Seamus Quirke.

    I think I might start a campaign for William Joyce Road...


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    #56
    antoobrien
    Registered Users Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭antoobrien


    bethehokies wrote: »
    Bothar mor... the big road... it is quite long
    Where the hell is cabbage lane...????? Perhaps a bit of an auld cabbage head lived there... or there may have been allotments in it?

    The allotments were in the plots now in woodquay.

    Cabbage lane - never heard of it. The west/salthill?


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    #57
    galwaycyclist
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    Robbo wrote: »
    Father Griffin was shot by De Brits, likewise Seamus Quirke.

    I think I might start a campaign for William Joyce Road...

    Haw haw


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    #58
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    Germany calling


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    #59
    ladhrann
    Registered Users Posts: 445 ✭✭ladhrann


    Geuze wrote: »
    Parkavera

    This translates as Páirc an Mhéara, the Mayor's Park.
    Geuze wrote: »
    The Gantry

    A gantry is a type of un/loading crane or rig. That open area was set aside for the traffic originally envisaged for the canal as far as I am aware.


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    #60
    piscesgirl1
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    antoobrien wrote: »
    The allotments were in the plots now in woodquay.

    Cabbage lane - never heard of it. The west/salthill?

    Cabbage lane is a very small lane near bens shop on bothermore road! can barely fit a car there! Know this because i viewed a rental property there:pac:


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    #61
    piscesgirl1
    Registered Users Posts: 62 ✭✭piscesgirl1


    antoobrien wrote: »
    The allotments were in the plots now in woodquay.

    Cabbage lane - never heard of it. The west/salthill?

    What about Dr Colahan???:p


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