School: Christian Bros., Drogheda (roll number 16718)
- Location:
- Drogheda, Co. Louth
- Teacher: E. Ó Siordáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0680, Page 018
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Christian Bros., Drogheda
- XML Page 018
- XML “Place Names”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- Place Names1. Fair Street is so called because big fairs used to be held there.
2. The Rope- walk is so called because a man name Hoey used make ropes there.
3. The Gallow's Lane is so called because people were hanged there.
4. Flea Lane is so called because priests and people used be fleayed there.
5. Grave's Lane is so called becuase the people who used by fleayed were buried there.
6. The Wind-Mill Lane is so called because in the olden times there used be wind-mills situated there.
7. Millmount is so called because there used be a windmill on the mount that is there.
8. The Bullring is so called because people used hold bull fights there.
9. Hardmans Garden is so called because Mr. Hardman used live there.
