Quays explained and dated.

**Quays:

**1. On The Liffey:-

(A.) North Side (proceeding from the mouth)-

1. North-wall. 1756.

From its being on the north side of the river.

Ii was built in 1729. [Dublin Annals, in the Directory of 1792. Haliday, cxix.]

2.* *Custom-house-qu.

Opposite the Custom-house, - opened in 1791.

The former Custom-house, 1621-1791, stood on Wellington-qu., on the site of Mr. Dollard’s Printinghouse.

3. Eden-qu. 1796. [Statute.]

From the Right Hon. Wm. Eden, Chief Secretary, 1780-82, cr. Baron Auckland, 1789. In a letter from him, dated 27 Oct., 1782, addressed to the Rt. Hon. John Beresford, he writes - ‘If our great plans should ever go into execution for the improvement of Dublin, I beg that you will contrive to edge my name into some street or into some square, opening to a bridge, the bank, or the four courts.’ (Correspondence of the Rt. Hon. John Beresford, London, 1854, i. 233.).

It includes the Iron-qu., - which appears in 1756.

4. Batchelor’s-walk. 1728.

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.]

5. Ormond-qu. 1728. -lr-. 1742.

From James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond, - L.L. 1643-49, 1660-69.

It includes Jervis-qu.,-which appears in 1766.

6. Ormond-qu. 1728. -up. 1742.

See the foregoing.

It includes the ‘pill,’ - which appears in Pill-la., q.v.

7. (King’s) Inns- qu. 1743.

From the Inns of Court, which stood here, on the site now occupied by the Four Courts.

8. Arran-qu. 1728.

From Charles Butler, cr., 1693, Earl of Arran, - brother of James, 2nd Duke of Ormond, L.L. 1703-7, 1711-13. He d. 1758.

It includes Arran-la.,-which appears in 1756.

9. Ellis’s-qu. 1766.

From Sir John and Sir Wm. Ellis, - through whom the Agar-Ellises, Viscounts Clifden, derived a valuable leasehold interest from the Corporation of Dublin along Arran-quay and westward to the Phoenix-park. Some of the leases date from 1662, and have maps of parts of the Liffey as forming the boundary of the demised premises. (Haliday, xxi., xxii.)

It includes what was formerly and Gravel-walk-slip (1756).

10. Pembroke-qu. 1756.

? From Thos. Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, - L.L. 1707-1709. (Cf. Pembroke-ct.)

[A Ralph Pembroke was L.M., 1435, 1442.]

It seems to have included Sand-qu. (cf. the neighbouring Gravel-walk),-and it is now called Sarsfield-qu. (1887).

11. Albert-qu. 1871 ?

From Albert (1819-61), - Prince-consort of England.

(B.) South Side(proceeding from King’s-br.)

1. Victoria-qu. 1871 ?

From Queen Victoria (b. 1819), - queen, 1837.

Cf. Victoria and Albert Bridge, ‘86’.

2. Usher’s-island. 1562. [Gilb. Cal. Dubl., ii. 22.] From an island, formed by a branch of the river Camac (see Rivers), which divided at the northern end of Watling-str., - one portion emptying itself into the Liffey at what was then Bloody-br., where it turned (as now) a mill, - the other continuing its course eastward in a direction parallel with the river Liffey to the rear of the site of Mr. Usher’s house at the Bridge-foot, where it emptied itself into an inlet of the Liffey known as Usher’s Pill, which is shown (without a name) in Speed’s map of 1610.

In 1683, on the opening of Bridgefoot-str., and the erection of Arran-br., - the whole of this branch of the Camac being made to empty itself into the Liffey at Bloody-br., - the hitherto insulated piece of ground was rendered fit for building purposes, and the former name of Usher’s-island was thereupon (as still) retained. [Irish Builder, 1 July, 1886.] See Pill-la.

3. Usher’s-qu. 1728.

From its proximity to the residence (at, or near, the rear of, the present Brazen-head Hotel) of John Usher, to whom the Corporation leased this ground in 1597. (Cf. Wright’s Ussher Memoirs, 121, 145, 290.)

4. Merchant’s-qu. 1565.

From its being largely occupied by merchants, for whose use slips were provided, before the present wall was built.

It included Bridge-str. -qu. 1571. [G.C.D., ii. 69.]

5. Wood-qu. 1451. [Dep. Keep. Rep., xxiii. 150.] Probably from its being formerly made of wood. This is the most ancient of our quay-names.

6. Essex-qu. 1756.

From Arthur Capel, Earl of Essex, - L.L. 1672-77.

7. Wellington-qu. 1817.

From Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852), Duke of Welliington, - who won the battle of Waterloo in 1815. (Cf. the neighbouring Wellington-br.)

Formerly called Custom-house-qu., - from the old Custom-ho., which stood here, 1621-1791.

8. Crampton-qu. 1766.

From Philip Crampton (1696-1792), - L.M. 1758, a wealthy bookseller, who acquired property and resided in the neighbouring Crampton-ct.

9. Aston’s-qu. 1708. [Haliday, 147.]

Probably from Henry Aston, merchant, - who appears in 1710 as one of the trustees of the will of Dr. Richard Steevens (founder of the hospital bearing his name).

In 1756, it included the present Burgh-qu., and extended as far as Hawkins’-str.

10. Burgh-qu. 1808.

From Elizabeth Burgh, wife of Anthony Foster, Chief Baron (1766-77) of the Exchequer, - whose

eldest son was the Rt. Hon. John Foster (1740-1828), the last Speaker of the Irish House of Commons.

11. George’s-qu. 1725.

From George I., - King, 1714-27.

It seems to have included White’s-qu.

12. City-qu. 1766. [Harris.]

‘Between Sir John Rogerson s wall, and the place called Mercer’s-dock, near George’s-quay, there was a gap in the line unbuilt, of 606 feet in length. In the year 1715 the City began to build this wall, - and hence, probably, the name of City-quay.’ (Haliday, cxviii., cxix.)

The name is not in Brooking’s map of 1728, - nor in Rocque’s of 1756.

13. Sir John Rogerson’s-qu. 1728.

From Sir John Rogerson, - L.M. 1693; M.P. for Dublin, 1695; - father of the Rt. Hon. John Rogerson (d. 1741), Chief Justice of the King’s Bench, 1727. In 1713, a lease was made to John Rogerson, esq., of the strand between Lazy-hill [= Townsend-str.] and Ringsend, - he informing the city that he intended speedily to take in the strand.

In 1744, an advertisement announced, for sale, that part of the South Strand in the city of Dublin, which lies eastward of the arch on the high-road from Dublin to Ringsend, containing 133 acres, plantation measure, the estate of the late Rt. Hon. Chief Justice Rogerson whereof 2A. 2R. are bounded by Rogerson S quay, and laid out for building [Haliday cxviii 237, 238 ]

Abr. Creighton, 1st Lord Erne m. (1729) Elizabeth eldest dau.* ***of Sir John Rogerson and acquired this property. (Cf. Creighton str., and Erne str.)

14. South-wall. 1766. [Newsoaoers ex. in Haliday, cxxii.]

From its position at the south of the entrance to the river Liffey

It has also been called Ballast-office-wall, - Pigeon-ho.-wall, - Lighthouse-wall, -mall, -mole or -jettie. (Haliday, 296 )

The wall from Ringsend to the Pigeon ho. fort was completed in 1735. The Poolbeg (q v) Light-ho. was completed in 1767 and the wall connecting it with the Pigeon ho. was completed in 1790. (Haliday, 237, 238)

The Pigeon-ho.-rd or -wall, is so called from the Pigeon-ho. there - which at first a house for storing wreck, became subsequently a hotel (1790) for persons crossing to or from England, and finally (1798) a fort or magazine a barrack, and a military port. In 1814 the Government paid the Harbour-board £100,183, for the basin and premises. The name was probably derived from one John Pigeon, employed there in 1786 (Haliday, 231 Cf Dub. Pen. Jour, ii 99 )

The western end of the Pigeon-house-rd. is called York-rd., - probably so called from York-ter. (1863). [See Blacker’s Booterstown, etc., 54.]

II. On the Grand Canal Docks:-

1. Charlotte-qu. 1795.

From Charlotte (1744-1818), - queen (m. 1761) of Geo. III.

2. Grand-Canal-qu. 1791.

From the Grand-canal - opened here in 1791.

3. Hanover-qu. 1800. [Map.]

From the neighbouring Hanover-str.,-of which it is a continuation.

4. Great Britain-qu. 1795.

From Great Britain. See Great Britain-str. This is not what is usually meant by a quay, - but it is an ordinary road, connecting Ringsend-br. with Beggar’s-bush.

It is now called Lots-rd., q.v. [See Blacker’s Booterstown, etc., 332.]

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