Bachelor to Byrne explained and dated

Bachelor’s-walk. 1728. -lane, -quay, 1766.

From an owner of property here named Batchelor. (Cf. Cook’s-walk, Lord Galway’s-walk.)

[This derivation seems more probable than that which would describe the quay as a promenade for bachelors. Cf. Beaux-walk, Beaux-lane.]

Back-la. (Corn-market.) 1610.

From its position at the back of the High-str. (Cf. Back-quay, - also the Hind- or Behind-str, formerly at the rear of the Skinners’-row.)

It was called in 1281 Rochel-str.,-and later Rochel-la.

Back-quay. 1756. From its position at the back of the Quay. Now Essex-str. W., q.v.

Badger’s-la. (Duke-str.) 1756. Now Duke-la.

Baggot-str. 1773. -up. 1819. -lr. 1839. -ct. -la.

From Robert; Lord Bagod, to whom the Manor of the Rath, outside Dublin, was granted about 1280. (The Battle of Baggotrath was fought in 1649.)

It was called in 1756, The Road to Ball’s-br. In 1800 Baggot-str. up. is called Blackrock-rd.

Bagnio-la, -slip. (Wellington-qu.) 1559.

‘The watering slip of the lane called the Bagnio.’ (Gilb. Hist. Dubl., i. 370.) Now Fownes-str. lr.

Bailey’s-row. (Summer-hill.) 1816.

Baldwin’s-ct. (Winetavern-str.) 1766.

Ball’s-la. (Anne-str. N.) 1 756.

Ball-yd. (S. John’s-la.) 1756.

From the Tennis ball court here. Cf. Tennis-ct.-lane.

Ball-yd (Church-str.) 1756.

Ballybough-br. See under Bridges (Tolka).

Ballybough-la. 1735. -road. 1854.

Banfield-la. (City-qu.) 1833.

Bank-str. 1821-1835.

From its proximity to the Bank of Ireland (1731 to 1800 the Irish Padiament Ho.), to which building the Bank removed from S. Mary’s-abbey, where it had been founded in 1783.

Now called College-str., q.v.

Barley-fields. 1773.

A name given to the district through which Frederick-st. N was subsequently made.

Barrack-br. See under Bridges (Liffey, - Victoria-br.).

Barrack-str. (Queen’s-str.) 1728.

From its proximity to the Royal Barracks (erected in 1704).

In 1890 the street appears as Benburb-str., q.v.

Barrow-str. (Grand Canal-str.) 1795.

From the river Barrow, the navigation of which is connected with the Grand Canal.

(The river Barrow is mentioned in a statute of 1537.)

Basin-la. (S. James’s-str.) From the City Basin, constructed (near S. James’s-str.) about 1728 to supply the city with water.

Basin-view (N. C. R.) 1887.

From its view of the Basin at Blessington-str.

Bass-la. 1822. -pl. (Denzille-str.) 1835.

Bath-la. (Temple-str. lr.) 1840.

From the medicated Baths opened here in 1820 by Sir Arthur Clarke (1803-1887), - and continued by Sir Jas. Murray, the patentee of the Fluid Magnesia.

Bayview-ave. (North-strand.) 1840. -parade.

From the view of Dublin Bay, which could then be had from this place.

Beaumont-ter. (N.C.R.) 1890.

Beaux-la. 1756.

Since corrupted into Bow-la., and now called Digges-la.

Beaux-walk. 1756.

The north side of S. Stephen’s-green (q.v.) was so called from its being a favourite promenade. (Cf. Bachelor’swalk, -but?)

Beaver-str. (Mecklenburgh-str. lr.) 1811

[Beaver-row, Donnybrook, quite a different place, was probably so called from Mr. Wright’s Hat Factory there.]

Beck’s-la. (Mount.brown.) 1756.

Bedford-row. (Crampton-qu.) -str. (Church-str.) 1766.

From the 4th Duke of Bedford, L.L. 1757-61.

Beef-row. (Ormond-market.) 1833.

Behind-str. Called also Sutor-str., q.v.

From its position behind the Skinners’-row. Cf. Back-la.

Belfast-ter. (N. C. R.) 1865. From Belfast the capital of Ulster.

Belgrave. (N.C.R.) 1890.

Bell-alley. (Golden-la.) 1766.

Bella-str. (Buckingham-str.) 1872.

Belle-str. (Rutland-str. lr.) 1798.

Bell’s-la. (Ely-pl.) 1832.

Bell-villa. (Camden-row.) 1845.

Belmont-pl. 1834. (Gardiner-str. mid.) -ter. (N.C.R.) 1889.

Belton-ten (S. C. R.) 1889.

Belvidere-pl. (Mountjoy-sq.) 1794.

From the Earl of Belvidere (cr. 1756, ext. 1814), - whose residence, Belvidere House (now the Jesuits’ College), in Great Denmark-str., faces North Gr. Geo.-str.

Belview. (Crane-str.) 1776.

Benburb-str. (Queen’s-str.) 1890.

From Benburb, in the Co. Armagh, the scene of a battle in 1646.

Formerly called Barrack-str., q.v.

Bennington-la. (Moore-str.) 1776. See Bunting-la.

Benson-str. (Sir John Rogerson’s-qu.) 1795.

Beresford-pl. 1791.

From the Rt. Hon. John Beresford (1738-1805), M.P. for Co. Waterford, Chief Commissioner of the Revenue (1780-1802). The neighbouring Custom Ho. was built in 1791 by his advice. [See his Correspondence in 2 vols., 1854. Cf. Eden-qu.]

Beresford-str. (King-str. N.) 1774. [Dubl. Gazett4 24 Dec.] Formerly called (Frapper- or) Phrapper-la.

Berkeley-str. lr. up. 1825.

Berkeley-rd. (N.C.R.) 1871.

It passes through ground marked in a map of 1796 as Royal Circus.

Bermingham-la. (Moore-str.) 1792.

Bertram’s-ct. 1305. (Gilb. Hist. Dubl., i. 329.) Not now existing, - then near Corn-market.

Bessborough-ave. (North-strand.) -ter. 1848.

From the Earl of Bessborough, L.L. 1846-47

Bethel’s-ct.

Bethesda-la. (Dorset-str.) 1792.

From its proximity to the Bethesda Church, - first built in 1784, destroyed by fire 1839, - and rebuilt in 1840 (re-opened, 13 Dec.)

Binns-br. See under Bridges (Royal Canal).

Binns-ct. (S. Francis-str.) 1792.

Birchin-la. (Moore-str.) 1766.

Birmingham-alley. (Meath-str.) 1766.

Bishop-str. (Redmond’s-hill.) 1774. [Dublin Gazette, 24 Dec] from its proximity to S. Sepulchre’s, the residence (until about 1815) of the Archbishop of Dublin. (Cf. Dean-, Canon-, and Vicar-, streets, - Mitre-al., Chapter-ct., and Cathedral-la.)

Previously known as Boater-la., grt. or big, q.v.

Black-dog, New-hall-market (Corn-market). 1756.

Black-str. (Infirmary-rd.) 1886.

From the late Gibson Black, esq. (d. 3 Jan. 1889), -one of the directors of the A. D. C., who gave this name to a street of their own erection.

Blackhall-market, -row. 1787. -str. 1789. -pl. 1822. -par.

From Sir Thos. Blackhall, L.M. 1769.

Blackhall-market was formerly called the City-market. (See Arundel-ct.)

Blackhorse-la. 1756.

From a tavern with the sign of the Black Horse? (Cf. Whitehorse-yd. and Redcow-la.)

In a map of 1796, the sth.-east end appears as Aughrim-str., q.v.

Blackmore-yd. 1756.

From a tavern with the sign of a Black Moor?

This thoroughfare does not now exist (not in Directory since 1787). It led from Anglesea-str. to Foster-pl., through the site of the present Royal Bank, or a little north of that site.

Blackpits. (Ward’s-hill.) 1728.

Blackpost-yd. 1756.

Blaquiere-br. See under Bridges (Royal Canal)

Blenheim-str. (Talbot-str.) 1800.

The northern portion has been built on (carolin’s Buildings, 1810), - the southern portion is now known as Northumberland-sq., q.v.

Blessington-str. (Dorset-str. up.) 1795. -p1. 1818. -ct.

From the Earl of Blessington, cr. i8i6, ext. 1829. (He was the eldest s. of the Rt. Hon. Luke Gardiner (1745-98), cr. Baron Mountjoy, 1789, and Viscount Mountjoy, 1795.

Cf. the neighbouring Gardiner-str. and Mountjoy-sq.)

Blind-quay [not on the river]. 1639. -lr. 1674. -up. 1697. Now known as Exchange-str. lr. and up., q.v. (Cf. Great Britain-quay, a thoroughfare not on any river or canal.)

Bloody-br. See under Bridges (Liffey, - Victoria-br.).

Bloomfield-ave. (S. C. R.) 1839. -pk.

Blueboar-alley. (S. Werburgh-str.) 1766.

Bluehand-ct., -la., -yd. (Pill-la.) 1837.

Blythe’s-ave. (Church-road.) 1866.

Boater-la. grt. 1728. [Also spelled Booter and Butter]

From the Irish bothar, a road (dim. bohereen)? (Cf. Stoneybatter, Booterstown, and Cow-booter-la., Howth. See Joyce, i. 44-46.)

Now Bishop-str. (since 1774, Dublin Gazette, 24 Dec.), q.v.

Boater-la. lit. (Exchequer-str.) 1766.

Now Drury-str. (formerly Drury-la.), q.v.

Bobbet’s-la. (Constitution-hill.) 1833.

Bolton-ct. (Skinners’ -row.) 1784.

From Thos. Bolton, L.M. 1716, d. 1736.

Bolton-str. (Capel-str.) 1724.

From the Duke of Bolton, L.L. 1717-21.

Bond’s-la. (New-str.) 1728.

Bond-str. (Grand Canal Harbour). 1833.

From Sir Jas. Bond, a wealthy Anglo-Indian, who in the last century built S. James-str. harbour, and other places, including Clover Hill, Clondalkin.

Bonham-str. (Bridgefoot-str.) 1792.

From Alderman Bonham, a hide-merchant.

Bonny-la. (New-str.) 1795.

Boot-la. (The N. part of what is now Arran-str. E.) 1697.

From an inn, with the sign of the Boot.

Cf. Shoe-lane, - but in a different neighbourhood.

Bor’s-ct. (Schoolhouse-la.) 1756.

From John Bar, of German origin, who in 1674 leased (from the Corporation) the City Free School, situated in School-house-la., at the corner of this court.

The name is often corrupted into Borris-ct. and Burrowes-ct.

Bothe-str. 1305.

It was later called Skinners’-row, q.v., - and it is now called Christchurch-pl., q.v.

Bottle-house-yd. (Abbey-str.) 1840.

Bow-br. See under Bridges (Camac).

Bow-la.

1. N. (Church-str. new.) 1756.

Formerly known as Loughbuoy, q.v.

2. E. (Aungier-str.) 1766.

A corruption of Beaux-la., q.v.

3 W. (S. James’s-str.) 1756.

Bow-str. (King-str. N.) 1728.

Properly Bowes-str., - from John, Baron Bowes, Lord Chancellor (Sergeant, 1728; Lord Chancellor, 1761; d. 1767), who resided here in the house now known as the Night Asylum.

Bowes-la. (Marrowbone-la.) 1840.

Boyne-str. (Cumberland-str. S.) 1770.

Boyne-str. -grt. 1800. (Grand Canal Docks.)

This street appears laid out in a map of 1800, intersecting Barrow-str.,-but it has never been made.

Brabazon-str. (Coombe.) 1766. -row. 1775. -sq. 1882.

From Brabazon, the surname of the Earl of Meath. Cf..

Ardee-str., q.v.

Brabazon-str. was formerly called Truck-str., q.v.

Brabazon-sq. was so named by the A. D. C.

Bracken’s-la. (Townsend-stn) 1833.

Bradoge-la. (S. Mary’s-la.) 1756.

From the Bradoge river, which rises in upper Cabragh, and enters the Liffey at Arran-str. E. (Cf. Channel-row.)

Now called Littlegreen-str., q.v.

Brady’s-row. (Paradise-row.) 1832.

Braithwaite-str. (Pimlico.) 1756.

Brazill-ct. (Winetavern-str.) 17-.

From Richard Brazill plumber, living in 1763 at 12 Winetavern-str. (Hughes’s S. John, 135.)

This is now the entrance to the Corporation yard.

Breffni-ter. (S.C.R.). 1890.

Brewery-yd. (Gloucester-str. lr.) 1840.

The houses were taken down in 1889, - and on their site, part of the Asylum for Female Penitents has been erected.

Brickfield-la. (Cork-str.) 1756. -str. 1766.

Bride’s (S.) -alley, str. See S. Bride’s-alley, -str.

Bridewell-br. See under Bridges (Liffey,-Queen’s-br.).

Bridewell-la. (Queen’s-str.) 1756.

From the Bridewell in Smithfield.

Bridge-str. (now Ir.) 1317. -up (Corn-market.) 1799.

From its proximity to the Old Bridge, - see above, under Bridges (Liffey, - Whitworth-br.)

Bridge-str. up. occupies the site of New-hall-market.

Bridgefoot-str. (Usher’s-qu.) 1732.

From the Bridge foot (the foot of the Old Bridge, - see above), the name of the residence of Sir Wm. Ussher, the younger (1610-1671), which was situated to the west of Bridge-str. lr., and which with its grounds occupied the space covered by usher’s-quay, Usher’s-island, &c. [See Wright’s Ussher Memoirs, pp. 139, 140.]

The upper or southern end of Bridgefoot-str. was called Dirty-la. (q.v.) in the early part of last century, - a name by which the whole street is still popularly known.

Britain-str. gr. See Great Britain-str. [From Great Britain?]

Britt’s-yd. (Cole-al. W., Meath-str.) 1766.

Broadstone. (Phibsborough-rd.) 1756.

(Cf. Longstone, sub Hawkins-str.,-and also Ehrenbreitsein, opposite Coblenz.)

The M. G. W. R. was opened in 1851.

Broad-str. (Oxmantown.) 1261. [Gilb. Cal. Dubl., i, 94.]

What existing street bore this name?

Brook-la. (Great Britain-str.) 1728.

Brown’s-al.

1. (S. Thomas-str.) 1756.

2. (Tighe-str.)

Brown-str. 1756.

1. S (Weavers’-sq.) 1756.

2. N. (King-st. N.) 1756.

Brunswick-str.

i. (N.) 1766.

Formerly called, as still popularly, Channel-row, q.v.

2. Gr. (Sth.) 1795.

Brush-row. (Arran.str. E.) 1776.

Bryan-al. (Arran-str. E) 1776.

Buckingham-str. (Summer-hill.) 1790.

From the Marquis of Buckingham, L.L. 1782-83, 1787-90.

Buckridge’s-ct. (Ship-stn grt.) 1773. [Map.]

It was closed in 1803, when the Quartermaster General’s House was built on its site.

Bull-al. (S. Patrick-str.) 1680. [Par. Reg., S. Nicholas Within.]

Bull-la. (Pill-la.) 1728.

Cf. (by association of ideas) the neighbouring Cow-la. [So, too, Greek-str., q.v., with Latin-ct. adjoining it.]

Bull-ring. 1564. [Fiants.]

‘An iron ring that sticketh in the Corn-market, to which the bulls that are yearly baited be usually tied.’ [Stanihurst, 1577, - in Gilb. Cal. Dubl., ii. 542.]

Bumbailiff’s-la. (New-str.) 1756.

Corrupted into Fumbally’s-la., since 1792.

Bunting-la. (Moore-str.) 1756.

Burges-la. (Hay-market.) 1756.

Burgh-quay. 1808. See Quays.

From Elizabeth Burgh, wife of Anthony Foster, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, whose eldest son was the Rt. Hon. John Foster (1740-1828), the last Speaker of the Irish House of Commons.

Burlington-pl. (Leeson-str. up.) 1848. -rd. 1849.

Burnell’s-la. (‘By the keye.’) 1573. [Gilb. Cal. Dubl., ii. 85.] From Henry Burnell recorder, 1573?

Butt-br. See Bridges (Liffey).

Butter-la. 1577. See Boater-la. [Gilb. Cal. DubI., ii. 119.]

Butter-market. 1713.

Cf. cattle-, corn-, egg-, fish-, fruit-, hay-, markets.

Byrne’s-hill. (Ardee-str.) 1792.

Byrne’s-la. (Swift’s-row.) 1756.

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