Street Names

Chazz Michael Michaels

I was once told that Magazine Road is so named because many years ago a factory was there that made magazine cartridges for rifles.

Share your heard such stories regarding Corks street names here.

yenom

Grafton is named after some Lord that defended the city. Marlboro invaded the City. Hanover is named after George who was King of Hanover.

Balmed Out

robbing this from a post by KCAccidental

in Cork City I can think of the following streets named after Irish heroes...

Connolly Road
Pearse Road
Kent Road
McDonagh Road
Joe Murphy Road
Clarkes Road
Charles Daly Road
Plunkett Road
Oliver Plunkett St
Wolfe Tone St
William O'Brien St
Parnell Place
Emmett Place
Michael Collins Bridge
Eamonn DeValera Bridge (yes, we even honoured him!)
Brian Boru Street
Griffith Bridge
Thomas Davis Bridge

and there are plenty more around, those were just the one's I know

Just because you visited Cork once and saw a few dead noblemen's names on street signs doesn't mean that we haven't honoured those who fought for freedom from British rule.

Also one of our main streets, Washington Street, was changed from Great George's street (after the King) to Washington Street after the Man who led the fight to free another country from British Colonialism (you may have heard of him). They did this in 1918... before independence to mainly annoy the British

Chazz Michael Michaels

98 street, near college road. What's that about?

FanMahBrow

The 1798 rebellion.

Wyldwood

Chazz Michael Michaels wrote: »

98 street, near college road. What's that about?

The disastrous Irish Rebellion of 1798

http://www.irelandinpicture.net/2010/03/vinegar-hill-enniscorthy-who-fears-to.html

Wyldwood

Another street that had a name change is Oliver Plunkett Street, originally George's Street.

Model Farm Road so named because of the Munster Institute agricultural training centre which was known locally as the Model Farm. Remember being sent for eggs as a young child.

Markcheese

so one of our main streets, Washington Street, was changed from Great George's street (after the King) to Washington Street after the Man who led the fight to free another country from British Colonialism (you may have heard of him). They did this in 1918... before independence to mainly annoy the British

It was only great georges street as
bearla, in Irish it was sraid an capall ban, after the horse that George's statue used to sit on...

whisky_galore

Markcheese wrote: »

It was only great georges street as
bearla, in Irish it was sraid an capall ban, after the horse that George's statue used to sit on...

Wasn't that actually what Grand Parade was (and still is) called..Sraid an Capall Bui?

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/history-heritage/architecture/the-cork-camera-club-(pre/statues-and-fountains/

Wyldwood

Some interesting info on the City Library site

http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/places/placenames/

whisky_galore

Wyldwood wrote: »

Some interesting info on the City Library site

http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/places/placenames/

Would love to know how Sober Lane (the lane, not the pub) got its name, noted as the very un-pc Blackamoore's Lane.

Pity Falkiner's Lane wasn't sexy enough for the Opera Lane developer.:rolleyes: Don't think they even have 'Late Falkiner's Lane' on the signage.

The_Banker

McCurtain St was also known as King St before Independence.

The Old RIC Barracks on King St was where the RIC/Tans set out from to shoot Tomas McCurtain dead in Blackpool. So the street was named in his honour after Independence.

The officer who led the attack in Blackpool (Swansey or something like that) was moved to Belfast afterwards to protect him but he was tracked down and shot with McCurtains revolver.

evilivor

whisky_galore wrote: »

Would love to know how Sober Lane (the lane, not the pub) got its name, noted as the very un-pc Blackamoore's Lane.

Pity Falkiner's Lane wasn't sexy enough for the Opera Lane developer.:rolleyes: Don't think they even have 'Late Falkiner's Lane' on the signage.

Opera Lane, formerly Faulkner's Lane

whisky_galore

evilivor wrote: »

Opera Lane, formerly Faulkner's Lane

Didn't spot that, mind you I don't go down the whole length of it all that often.