Dublin Street Names
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May 15, 2006 at 10:33 am #708625RichardsParticipant
Taken from todays Indo –
Capital’s quays ‘should be Irish’
DUBLIN’S quays should be named after famous Irish writers instead of English kings and queens, it was claimed yesterday.
Speaking on the inaugural DubsDay, Fine Gael MEP Gay Mitchell said the capital should do more to celebrate its unique literary tradition.
Dublin Tourism and Dublin City Council today joined forces to open up tourist and cultural venues and tours to encourage residents to explore their city.
During DubsDay, urban dwellers can choose from over 25 museums and galleries.
Mr Mitchell believes Georges Quay or Victoria Quay should be renamed Joyce Quay or Behan Quay. He said: “Since Elizabethan England there has not been a greater cradle of English literature than the city of Dublin.”
Indo 15/05/06
http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=9&si=1614054&issue_id=14041
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May 15, 2006 at 11:06 am #777731urbanistoParticipant
I hate this revsionism of street and place names. Leave well alone. Also why is it always famous writers…all the new bridges are being called after writers.
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May 15, 2006 at 12:07 pm #777732Bren88Participant
@StephenC wrote:
I hate this revsionism of street and place names. Leave well alone. Also why is it always famous writers…all the new bridges are being called after writers.
Can you suggest any other “famous” types to name tham after. The only other people used are the rebels, and they’re pretty much all used now.
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May 15, 2006 at 1:01 pm #777733DesmundParticipant
I hate that idea. I’m firmly with Stephen on this. Leave it alone. The names reflect our history. Sorry but this is a load of b**llox!
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May 15, 2006 at 2:57 pm #777734huttonParticipant
Developers to be pursued over “misleading†place names
A new initiative has been launched following the discovery that builders are “culturally cleansing†the real identity of locations by re-naming them when marketing developments for sale.
A spokesperson for “Po-Face”, Placenames Originality – Foreign Allocations Can be Eliminated, said that in some cases the practise is to be reported to Advertising Standards Agency as well as to the Tribunal on Good Taste.
“Take for example ‘Fairveiw Strand’; it is remarkable that some builder has been allowed to get away with changing the name of an entire area from ‘Tra Baile Bocht’ – which means the ‘Poor Town Beach’ – to ‘Fairveiw’, which completely misleads. Seeing as no permission was sought when this happened in the 18th century, we will be pursuing the developers descendants for appropriate amends.â€
Other instances where this has happened include Glasnevin Cemetery. Municipal surveys from the 1920’s indicate that the area was marked as having “Slutsend†as its name – yet this was changed when the graveyard was extended. “Obviously ‘Slutsend’ is a far more appropriate name for a north-siders graveyard†the spokesperson commented.
Similarly the new developments along Misery Hill in Dublins South Docks are to be monitored. “Given the price that the apartments there will cost, we feel it is wholly appropriate that young home-owners can use this address, and so reflect the misery of a having had to take out a 40 year mortgageâ€
Leopardstown is also on the list to be targeted, as “it is an abomination of ‘Lepers Town’, when their was a lepers colony there; we feel the good inhabitants of that leafy suburb will be pleased when we succeed in having the real name put back”.
It is expected that the group will raise the matter with the City Council next week. However already differences are emerging as part of the group wants O’Connell Street named “Sackville Streetâ€, while another part insists that only “Drogheda Street†will suffice.
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May 15, 2006 at 3:14 pm #777735MorlanParticipant
What?
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May 15, 2006 at 3:33 pm #777736
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May 15, 2006 at 3:36 pm #777737huttonParticipant
By the way all names featured are based on historical fact, although “Slutsend” was also known as “West Farm” at that time!
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May 15, 2006 at 4:46 pm #777738Bren88Participant
What about Kingsbridge station, shouldn’t that be returned to it’s former glory too,
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May 15, 2006 at 11:39 pm #777739ctesiphonParticipant
@Bren88 wrote:
Can you suggest any other “famous” types to name tham after. The only other people used are the rebels, and they’re pretty much all used now.
So all we’ve produced is writers and fighters?
I’d largely be in agreement with StephenC regarding historic revisionism, maybe with a couple of exceptions: as mentioned a few months back regarding Foster Place, (a) Mr Foster was a bad man, and (b) I think it’s a sin that Edward Lovett Pearce is not commemorated with a street name- (a) + (b) = …
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May 16, 2006 at 1:57 am #777740huttonParticipant
@ctesiphon wrote:
(a) + (b) = …
Oohh yes… …”Pearce Place”!
And do I win an extra-prize for nominating it to be mentioned in a thread entitled “How well do you know your future Dublin?” :p
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May 16, 2006 at 11:52 pm #777741GrahamHParticipant
🙂
One name change that has caused too much confusion to be healthy is Pearse Station – the amount of people that call it Pearse Street Station in unbelieveable. It’s a bit pointless as a result, as it has simply been moved from being named after one street to being named after another, rather than a person! (directly).
It’s a shame in a way as an equal amount of people now don’t appear to have the faintest idea as to the name of Westland Row.
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