Local authority
Dublin City Council
Local authorities are responsible for the provision of the correct Irish and English forms of the streetnames in each area.
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Cromwell's Quarters
(English)
Other names
Local authority
Dublin City Council
Local authorities are responsible for the provision of the correct Irish and English forms of the streetnames in each area.
Historical references
| 1603 |
the Murdring Lane
"...and over that highe waye northward to a blind and a stype [.i. 'steep'] lane betwixt the closes, called by some of the elders ther the Murdring Lane, and downe that lane to the water of Camocke..." -- Riding of the Dublin Franchises
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CARD Leathanach: i, 195
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| 1756 |
Murdering Lane
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| 1844 |
Murdering L.
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SO 6" Leathanach: E1, 18
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| 1892 |
Cromwell's-quarter
s.n. Murdering-la.: "In 1876, this ancient name [Murdering-la.] was altered by the Corporation to Cromwell's-quarter."
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McCready, Dublin Street Names Leathanach: 72
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| 1892 |
Cromwell's-quarters
"This name was substituted for Murdering-la. by the Corporation."
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McCready, Dublin Street Names Leathanach: 27
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| 1994 |
Cromwell's Quarters/Billéad Chromaill
Bardas Bhaile Átha Cliath
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| 2001 |
Cromwell's Quarters
"Like the nearby Roundhead Row, this was renamed by the Corporation in 1876 ... While Cromwell did stop over in Dublin with a large garrison in 1649, he lodged at the corner of Werburgh Street and Castle Street and there does not seem to be any particular link with this area."
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Dublin Street Names; Paul Clerkin, 2001 Leathanach: 48
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