Street Names Old & New of Clonmel
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A listing of Clonmel Town Centre streets, and their previous names.
CURRENT NAME
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PREVIOUS NAME(S)
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O’Neill Street | New Street (1843) |
Mary Street |
Our Ladye Streete (c. 1603-41) Church Lane (1700’s |
O’Connell Street
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Main Street (1843) High Street |
Wolfe Tone Street
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Gordon Street (1843 |
Sarsfield Street
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Boate StreetDuncan Street (1843) to commemorate the victory over the Dutch fleet of Admiral Duncan, Lord Camperdown |
Queen St | Dispensary Street (1843) |
Gladstone Street
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Lough StreetBreech Street (the top end where the Cromwellian breach of the walls happened).
Jail Street (The jail was opposite Peter & Paul’s Church). Johnson Street named in 1798 (to 1886), in compliment to Sir Henry Johnson, Colonel of the 5th Foot, who ‘defeated the insurgents at Ross’. |
Market Street | Moreton Street Martyr Lane Fruitmarket (1843) Meeting House Lane |
Mitchel Street | Dublin Street (1843) Sheelane Street Hawke Street, after British admiral, Edward Hawke |
Parnell Street
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Bagwell Street (1843-1886) |
Jervis Place |
Named after an admiral, not so much for his military prowess, as for his support for Catholic Emancipation. |
Emmet Street
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Gaol Street (1843) |
Emmet Street (top part) | New Jail Street Richmond Street (later Place) on the visit of the duke of that name to the town in 1808 |
Kickham Street (oldest part)
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Penitentiary Street (1843) |
Kickham Street ( along by both schools)
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Blind Street (1843) |
Kickham Street (cinema – Gladstone St)
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Charles Street (1843) |
Albert Street (O’Neill Street – St Marys Place) | Borheens (1843) |
Albert Street (St. Mary’s Place – Cantwell Street) | Caher Street (1843) |
Dillon Street/Thomas Street | Barrack Street (1843) Stephen Street |
College Avenue | Duckett Street (1843) & later, lower part was renamed Rivers St |
Dr. Croke Place
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Wellington Street (part of, in 1843) Regent’s TerracePrince Edward’s Place |
Waterford Road (road to Gashouse Bridge) | Northumberland Street (1843) |
Abbey Street | Warren Street (1843) |
“Dry” Bridge at Old Bridge | Goaten Bridge (1843) – the island was then known as Goat Island |
Wellington Street | Named after the Duke of Wellington, supposedly for his support for Catholic Emancipation rather than his military prowess. |
Grattan Place
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Had been part of New Street, in 1843. Also named Coronation Row. |
Nelson Street
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no previous name |
Anglesea Street | Banfield’s Buildings Named Anglesea Street for the Battle of Anglesey |
Davis Row/Road/Avenue | Named for Thomas Davis |
Morton Street | In 1795, the firm of Thomas and Samuel Morton began the erectionof a brewery and stores in Morton Street (long known as Brewery Lane) on a scal e equal to the Cork and Dublin breweries. |
Bolton Street
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Weavers Row. Weavers had been brought in from England, and had a thriving business in Clonmel. |
Catherine Street | |
William Street | |
Peter Street | Blind Street, because it led to the west wall of the town, but had no exit to the outside. |
Emmet Street | New Jail Street Richmond Street (after a visit by Duke of Richmond, in 1808). |
Duckett Street | Named after William Duckett, solicitor, in 1813. He built the street. |
Rivers Street | After Patrick Rivers, who had owned the land on which the street was built. |
Colville Road | After William Colville, a Corn Merchant, originally from Dublin. |
Staunton Row | Always part of Upper Gladstone Street, even though named after Thomas Staunton. The street dates from around 1820. |
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Where would Johnson street have been? or Johnston street?
Johnson Street is now Gladstone Street
Why is Queen Street so named and also King Street?
Possibly after Edward Cantwell, Mayor 1873, 74, 81, 82, 87, 95
What is the origin of the street name Cantwell Street, Clonmel?