RootsWeb.com Mailing Lists
Total: 1/1
    1. Re: [MAYO] McDermott Street
    2. _http://www.irelandcalls.com/.59af49ce_ (http://www.irelandcalls.com/.59af49ce) It's most unusual that all the street names in an Irish Town would change over a 100 years,but this is what happand to Ballina. Charles St. is now. Walsh St.,Dillons Row is now Dillons Terrace, Brook St,Ballina is now Humbert St, James St and Victoria Place is now Emmett St. Konx St now Pearse St,King St now O'Rahilly St, Mill St and Shamble St, now Barrett St,Castle Road,near Rope walk Lane ,now Nally St,Arthur St Now Teeling St,Bridge st,now Tolan St,Arran St,Now Tone St,Garden St,Now Mc Dermott St and further up New Garden St is now Convent Hill,John St,now Casement ST,Piper HIll now James Connolly St. Frances St, Now Kevin Barry St,New Bridge now ham Bridge,Dixons Lane Now Helly's lane, Gallaghers Lane ,now Clarks Lane.Lloyd's Lane now Moy Lane,Church Road in Ardnaree now Plunkett Road. Chapel St in Ardnaree, now Clare St [Howley St]. Abbey St,stops at Sheridans Lane and after this lane.Healy Terrace is the new name for the continuation of old Abbey St. While the 1916 Rising was commemorated by calling most of the streets after Brave men who died for Irelands Independence.The street names were changed to commemorate James Connolly, Padraig Pearse, Sean Mc Dermott,Roger Casement,Joe Plunkett,Kevin Barry,and The O'Rahilly,Shamble Street was the old English word for the Abattoir area. **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)

    01/01/2008 11:37:01