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Excerpt from Dublin Street Names, Dated and Explained This History, very full as far as it goes, is (as is well known) incomplete. It does not touch upon the north side of our City, nor does it at all exhaust the history of the south side. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ...and Mellifont-la. derive their names. (See Drogheda-str., --and cf. Meath-str.) Morgan-ct. (Copper-al.) 1838. From a Mr. Morgan, --manager of the theatre in Fishamblestr. (Hughes's S. John's, 135.) Morgan-la. (Summer-hill.) 1798. Whitelavv. Morgan-pl. 1. (King's Inns-qu.) 1797. Was this named from Richard Morgan, who (by will dated 1773) left to the Lord Chancellor and others certain property, from the produce of which Morgan's School for boys was erected at Castleknock? 2. (Phibsborough.) 1837. Moss str. (Townsend-str.) 1728.-la. 1756, This name seems to have no connection with that of Dr. Bartholomew Mosse (1712-59), founder of the Lying-in Hospital, --opened in S. George's-lane 24 and 25 Sth. Gr. Geo.-str.j in 1745, and subsequently at the Rotunda in 1757-Moss-/a. is now included in S. Mark-str. and in Brunswick-str. Was there a Mosse-ct. behind 24 and 25 Sth. Gr. Geo.-str.? Mount-barry. (Stonybatter.) 1766. Harris. Mount-brown. (S. James's-str.) 1756. Mount-eccles. (Great Britain-str.) 1770. From Sir John Eccles, L.M., 1710, who had property here, and who built, for his tenantry, S. George's Chapel, Temple-str. lr., opened in June, 1719. (Cf. Eccles-str., 1772.) Mount-str. (Merrion-sq.) 1789.-up. lr. 179a Haliday, 170, suggests that this name is derived from Gallows-hill (1756) between Baggot-str. lr. (Gallowsroad) and Mount-str., --and that the name Rock-la. is to be derived from the same ' rocky gallows mount.' Mountjoy-sq. (Gardiner-str.) 1792.-str. 1807. From the Rt. Hon. Luke Gardiner (1745-98), --cr. Baron Mountjoy, 1789, and Viscount Mountjoy, 1795. (See Gardiner's-row.)' Mountrath-str. (Charles-str. W.) 1756. From Sir Charles Coote, 2nd bart..--cr. (1660) Earl of Mountrath. d. 1661, and bur. in Christ Ch. Cath., Dublin. (See Life...
In 'Dublin Street Names', Paul Clerkin lists over 300 streets - mainly in central Dublin - and explains how they got their names. Everyone knows that O'Connell Street is named for Daniel O'Connell, but who was the Nassau in Nassau Street, or the Grafton in Grafton Street?
