Mabbot to Myrtle explained and dated.

Mabbot-str. (Talbot-str.) 1728. -la. 1798.

From Gilbert *Mabbot, - who, *shortly before 1674, built a water-mill here, which was still standing in 1715.

(Haliday, cxix. 212, 235.)* *His ground, - with mill and mill-pond, - extended back from Talbot-str. to Montgomery-str. (Irish Builder, 1 May, 1883.)

Macartney**-br. See Bridges (Grand Canal). **

MacGillamocholmog’s**-str; See Gillamocholmog’s-str. **

Mackerell’s**-wharf- (South-wall.) 1766.

‘Near *Mackarell’s wharf *on the South Wall, near Ringsend.’ (Haliday, cxxii.)

From Alderman John Macarrell, - Sherift 1722, L.M. 1738, of the firm of Macarrell and Mitchell, bankers. **

Macquay**-br. See Bridges (Grand Canal). **

Madras**-pl. (Blaquiere-br., N. C. R.) 1849.

Previously known as Daniel-pl., 1834. **

Mahon’s**-al. (Church-str.) 1766. **

Maiden**-la.

E. (6-7 Golden-la.) 1728. Now known as Arthur’s-la.
W.*** ***(S. Thomas-str.) 1766. It disappears after 1792. **

Main**-str. (= High-str.) 1240. [Dep. Keep Rep., xxiii. 80.] ‘Land in the main str. of Dublin, opposite S. Michael’s Ch.’ **

Mall**, the. (Sackville-str. up.) 1756-80.

So a walk in the middle of Sackville-str. up. was designated. (There is a somewhat similar walk in the middle of the present O’Connell-, late Carlisle-, bridge.) A *mall is *a public walk where the game of pall-mall (= ball-mallet) may be played, like the modern croquet. [Skeat’s Dict.]

(Cf. Charlemont-mall. There is a mall in Lucan, Parsonstown, Waterford, Cork, etc.)**

Clarence Mangan**-sq. See above under the letter C **

Malpas**-str. (New-str.) 1756.

Robert Malpas, of Dublin, merchant, - son of Walter Malpas of Dundalk, gent., - was buried at S. Audoen’s in 1617. [Tomb Stone.] Alderman Patrick Malpas was buried in the same place in 1635. [Funeral Entries] (Cf. Mt. Malpas, Killiney, and the name Malpas on the Obelisk there.) **

Manor**-str. (Stonybatter.) 1781. [-pl. 1821.] Previously it was included in Stonybatter. **

Manypenny**-yd. (Boot-la.) 1776. **

Margaret**-pl.

(Royal Circus.) 1795.

This disappears from the Directory after 18166.

Russell-str., N. C. R.) 1818. **

Market**-str. (Roberts-str.) 1813. **

Mark’s**-al. CS. Francis-str.) 1728.

Can this name be derived, by association of ideas from the neighbouring S. Luke’s Church? (Similarly we find S. Luke-str. near S. Mark’s Church) Or has it an connection with Sir *Mark *Rainsford, - L.M. 1700 (see Rainsford-str.)? Or, with Jenico Marks, L.M. 14866? **

Mark (S.)**-str. See S. Mark-str. **

Marlborough** Bowling-green. (Talbot-str.) 1756. **

Marlborough**-str. (Eden-qu.) 1728.

Then called *Great *Marlborough-str., - from the *Great *Duke of *Marlborough *(1650-1722). **

Marrowbone**-la. (Cork-str.) 1743. [= S. Mary-le-bone?] **

Marshal**-la. (S. Thomas-str.) 1798.

Called Mash-la., 1756, - and*, *since 1825 (though not invariably), Marshalsea-la. **

Marshall’s**-all (New-str.) 1766. **

Marshalsea**-al. (Fishamble-str.) 1766.

From the *Marshalsea, *which was removed hither - from S. Werburgh-str.-about 1678.

Also called Fleece-al., q.v. (Hughes’s S. John’s, 135.) **

Marshalsea**-la. (S. Thomas-str.) 1825.

From the *Marshalsea, *which was removed hither - from Merchants’-qu. - in 1805. [Dublin Annals, - which appear to give Island-str. in error for Bonham-str.]

Called Mash-la., 1756, - and Marshal-la., 1810. **

Martin’s**-ct.

(S. Werburgh-str.) See S. Martin’s-ct.
(Blind-qu.) 1766.
(Pimlico.) 1766. **

Martin’s**-la

Great. 1756.

Called Mecklenburgh-str. up. and lr. 1765, - and now, since 1887, Tyrone-str. up. and lr.

Little. 1756.

Now Beaver-str., q.v., - since 1811.

(Montgomery-str.) 1798. [Whitelaw.] **

Martin**-str. (Lennox-str.) 1883.

From Sir Richard *Martin (b. *1831), - cr. bart. 1885, - Sheriff, 1886.

So named by the A. D. C., - of which he is Chairman. **

Mary’s (S.)**-abbey, -str., -la. See S. Mary’s-abbey, -str., la. **

Mash**-la. (S. Thomas-str.) 1756.

Called Marshal-la., 1810, - and Marshalsea-la., 1825. **

Mason’s**-ct. (Pill-la.) 1766. **

Mass**-la.

N. (King’s-inns-qu.) 1756.

From a small chapel, which the Jesuits had here.

Called Chancery-pl., 1825. (Was it Lucy’s-la. 1776?)

[See Irwin’s *Presbyterianism in Dublin, *215.]

W. (Bridgefoot-str.) 1756.

From a Roman Catholic chapel, formerly here.

E. (Cook-str.) 1766.

From a Roman Catholic chapel, formerly here.

S. (S. Thomas.-str.) 1766.

From a Roman Catholic chapel, formerly here. **

May**-la. (Church-str.) 1756. [Rocque’s map.]

A Charles May m.(169-) Lady Theodora, *dau. *of the 2nd Earl of Barrymore. [Hughes’s S. John’s, 87.] **

Mayor**-str. (North-lots.) 1773. [Rocque’s revised map.]

Cf. the neighbouring Sheriff-str., - and see Lots, North. **

M’Cambly’s**-yd. (Pill-la.) 1769. [?=Mackenlin’s-yd. 1766.] **

M’Clean’s**-la. (Mount-str. lr.) 1798. [Whitelaw.] **

M’Cormick’s**-ct. (Bridgefoot-str.) 1798. [Whitelaw.] **

M’Cracken’s**-yd. (New-row.) 1766. [Harris.] **

M’Cullagh’s**-al. (High-str.) 1743. - ct. 1746.

From Mr. James M’Cullagh, - mentioned (in 1702) in Par. Reg. of S. Nicholas Within.

In 1730, it was called Plow-al. *[Irish Builder, *1 Aug. 1891.] **

M’Donnell’s**-la. 1757. **

M’Mahon**-str. (Arnott-str., S. C. R.) 1874.

From Edward *M’Mahon, *Esq., T.C., - who, with Sir John Arnott and Mr. Jas. F. Lombard, purchased property here, where three streets were called after their several names. **

M’Manus’s**-la. (Bolton-str.) 1797. = -ct. **

Meath**-str. (S. Thomas-str.) 1728. -mkt. 1784. -row. 1792.

From the Earl of *Meath, cr. *1627, - who had property here. Cf. Reginald-, Brabazon-, Ardee-, Chambre-, and Earl-streets, - all called from this family. [Cf. also Drogheda-str., q.v.] **

Meath**-pl., -sq. (Coombe-area.) 1882.

From the Earl of Meath, - see* ***above. So named by the A. D. C.

Mecklenburgh-str. (Marlborough-str.) 1765. -la. 1798.

From Charlotte Sophia, Princess of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz*, *who (in 1761) m. Geo. III.

Formerly called Great Martin’s-la., 1756, - and now, since 1887, Tyrone-str., up. and lr. **

Meeting-house**-la. (S. Mary’s-abbey.) 1756.

From the *Meetinh-house *of the Presbyterian congregation which assembled here from 1667 to 1864, - when they removed to Rutland-square. [Irwin’s *Dublin Presbyterianism, *263, 276.]

[The old meeting-house is now occupied by Boland’s Bakery Co.] **

Meeting-house**-yd. (Usher’s-qu.) 1756.

From the *Meeting-house *of the Presbyterian congregation which assembled here from 1707 to 1847, - when they removed to Ormond- quay. [Irwin’s *Dublin Presbyterianism, *254, 260.]

[The old meeting-ho. is now occupied by Messrs. Lyons and Sons’ rag store]

It is also called (in derision?) *Croker’s-al. *1798. [White-law.]

With New-row, west, and Usher’s-ct., - Meeting-ho.-yd. is now, since 1890, included in the new S. Augustine-str. **

Mellifont**-la. (Sackville-stn lr.) 1777. [Map.] (In Dir. 1792, for the last time.)

From *Mellifont *Abbey, near Drogheda, - last occupied by the 5th Earl of Drogheda. [See K. F Balfour’s *Mellifont Abbey, *35.] (Cf. Drogheda-str., - and Elephant-la ,q.v.)

Previously called Tucker’s-row (or -la.) in 1756, - and now, since 1836, Sackville-pl. **

Menson’s**-fields. (S. Stephen’s-green.) 1618.

From the nunnery of S. Mary del Hogges,-which was a nunnery of *‘mynechens’ *or elderly nuns of a superior class. The ground on which the nunnery stood was called, in 1618, *‘Mynechens ’ mantle,’ *and its possessions ’ *Mynechens’ fields.’ *In 1735 we find Joseph Leeson’s garden as part of ‘Minchin’s mantle’ near S. Stephen’s-green. And in 1871 we find, in a rental of an estate to be sold in that year, *Menson’s fields, *as part of Kildare-str. and Kildare-pl. near S. Stephen’s-green. [Haliday, lxxv. and 193.] **

Mercer**-str. (York-str.) 1773.

From its proximity to the hospital, for sick poor; erected by Mrs. Mary *Mercer, *spinster (will, 1733), opened in 1734, incorporated 1750, - on the site of an ancient S. Stephen’s Church and Church-yard, and a still more ancient leper hospital. (See S. Stephen-str.)

In 1728, the present Mercer-str. (up. and lr.) had been called Love-la.

In 1860, the name Mercer-str. *up. *was given to French-str., q.v. **

Merchants’**-qu. See Quays. **

Meredyth**-pl. (Buckingham-str. up.) 1798. [Whitelaw.]

Previously included in Belle-str. **

Merrion**-str. 1723. [Statute.] -sq. 1769. -row. 1776.

From the family of the 2nd Viscount Fitzwilliam, of *Merrion *(where his ancestor Philip lived in 1442), - who *m. *2ndly Eleanor Holles, eldest *dau. *of the 1st Earl of Clare (in Suffolk, - cr. 1624), sister of (1) Arabella, who m. Sir Thos. Wentworth, and of (2) Denzil Holles (1597-1681). [Cf. the neighbouring Fitzwilliam-sq., Holles-str., Clare-str., Wentworth-pl., and Denzille-str.]

The principal portion of the property of Richard, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam (who *d. unm. *1816), passed to the 11th Earl of Pembroke, - and from him to his 2nd son, the Rt. Hon. Sidney Herbert *(cr. *Lord Herbert of Lea, 1861, *d. *i861), - whose eldest s., the 13th Earl of Pembroke, is now the owner of the estate. [Cf. Pembroke-str. and township, - and Sidney-parade and Herbert-str.]

In Brooking’s map of 1728, Merrion-str., up. and lr., are called Merrion-la. In Rocque’s map of 1756, they (with Merrion-sq. W.) appear as Merrion-str. The division into up. and lr. appears in 1776. Only the W. and N. sides of Merrion-sq. exist in Rocque’s map of 1773. The square was enclosed under a Statute of 1791.

[Myryong is mentioned in 1379. (D. K. R., xxiii. 123.] **

Mespil**. (Grand Canal-bank, Leeson-str. up.) 1821. [Map.]

-par. -pl. 1839. -rd. 1840. **

Metal**-br. See Bridges (Liffey, - Wellington). **

Metcalf’s**-ct. (Fishamble-str. - west side.) 1776. From John *Metcalf, *barber, - who lived there in 1710.

It was situated between S. John’s Church and the Deanery House. (Hughes’s S. John’s, 89, 135.) **

Michael (S.)-a-Pole**-ct. See *S. *Michael-a-pole. **

Michael’s (S.)**-hill, -la. See *S. *Michael’s-hill, -la. **

Middleton’s**-ct. (Bull-al.) 1766. [Harris.] **

Midgett**-ct. (Fishamble-str.) 1791. [Map, *Irish. Builder, *15 July, 1891.]

Apparently an error, in the 1791 map, for Metcalf’s-ct., q.v. **

Military**-rd. (King’s-br.) 1849.

From its leading to the Royal Hospital and to the *military *barracks at Island Bridge. **

Mill**-str. (Ardee-str.) 1728. -la. 1792.

From certain *mills *which were here. In Rocque’s map of 1756, is marked, behind Mill-str., the pond (Busby’s) where the two portions of the Poddle-river are reunited, having been separated by the ‘Tongue’ at Kimmage.

(Cf. the name Mullinahack, q.v.) **

Mill**-yd. (S. Bride’s-al.) 1842.

The *place *is marked in 1756.

Millers’-al.

(Temple-bar.) 1766. [Harris.]
(S. Thomas-ct.) 1766. [Harris.] **

Minchin’s**-mantle. See Menson’s-fields. **

Minor’s**-al.

(S. Patrick’s-close, N.) 1756.

From the *Minor *Canons of the neighbouring Cathedral? (Cf. the adjoining Petty-canon-al.)

Called, in a map of 1754, Glendalough-la., q.v., - or *Myler’s-al.

*2. (Bridge-str. lr.) 1783. Now called Bridge-str. cottages. **

Mitre**-al. (S. Patrick’s-close, S.) 1754.

From ideas associated with the neighbouring Cathedral. (Cf. Bishop-str., Dean-str., Vicar-str., *etc.)

*Called also Deanery-la., 1754, - and Chapter-pl., 187-. **

Mockenstown** (Brown-str. S.) 1840. **

Moggy’s**-al. (Temple-bar.) 1766. [Harris.] **

Moira**-pl. (Grand Canal-str.) 1316. -ct. 1840.

From some association, perhaps, with the family of the 2nd Earl of *Moira *(1754-1825, *cr. *(1816) Marquis of Hastings), - b. at Moira House, Usher’s-island.

In 1842, these names were changed to Albert-pl. and ct., q.v. **

Moland**-str. (Gardiner-str. lr.) 1795. -pl. (Talbot str.) 1846.

From some association, perhaps, with the family of John Moland, - secretary to Primate Marsh (who d. 1713.) - **churchwarden of S. Michan’s, 1730, - d. 1736. (A Wm. Moland was churchwarden of S. John’s in 1667. [Hughes, 122])

Moland-str. intersected lr. Gardiner-str., south of Trinity Ch., - it extended from the extinct Blenheim-str. to the foot of Mabbot-str.,-and (while it existed) it included the present Beresford-la. and Frenchman’s-la. The *street *disappears from the Directory after 1839, - but the *name *reappears in the existing Moland-pl. **

Molesworth**-str. (Dawson-str.) 1756. [-p1. 1831. On stone.] From the *Molesworth *family, -owners of the Molesworth fields in this neighbourhood, - to whom Robert, *cr. (1716) 1st Viscount Molesworth (1654-1725), and John, 2nd Viscount Molesworth (1679-1758) *belonged. A Statute, of 1725, enabled this family to grant leases of this property. [Cf. Gilb. Hist. Dubl., iii. 250, where the Statute appears to name the 1st Viscount erroneously as John. See also Molesworth-ct., below.] **

Molesworth**-ct. (44-45 Fishamble-stn) 1722.

From Robert *Molesworth *(the first of the family to settle on Dublin), who lived here and who was *bur. *in S. Audoen’s, 9 Sept. 1656. For his only child, Robert *(b. *7 Sept. 1654), *cr. *(1716) 1st Viscount Molesworth, see above. (Cf. Gilb. Hist. Dubl., i. 58, 59.) [Dr. Hughes, in his S. John’s, 106, 135, speaks of *Edward *Molesworth living here in 1650, and (apparently incorrectly) of his being ancestor of the 1st Viscount. See also *l.e. *85.] **

Molyneux**-yd. (S. Thomas-str.) 1766. [Thoroughfare, 1756,]

From the *Molyneux *family, - of whom Sir Thos. Molyneux, knt. *(d. *1596), the first of the family to settle in Ireland, lived in S. Thomas-ct. - as did also his son Daniel (d. 1632), Ulster King of Arms, whose *son *Samuel (d. 1693) built a mansion in New-row, - where were born his sons (1) William (1656-98), patriot and philosopher, and (2) Sir Thomas (1661-I733), who in 1711 **erected the mansion in S. Peter-str. (*Irish Builder, *1 Apr. 1887, and Webb’s Irish Biography.) **

Monk**-pl. (Phibsborough.) 1795. **

Monks’s**-walk (S. Stephen’s-green, E.) 1756.

See S. Stephen’s-green. **

Monks’s**-ct. (Sth. Gr. George’s-str.) 1833. **

Montague**-str. (Harcourt-str.) 1770. [Western end only.]

From Geo. *Montague, *last Earl of Halifax, L.L., 1761-63. Called *Great *Montague-str. in the *Dublin Journal *of Sept. 1773. [*Irish Builder, *1 Aug. 1887.] **

Montgomery**-str. (Mabbot-str.) 1776.

From Elizabeth (d. 1783), eldest *dau. *of Sir Wm. *Montgomery, *bart., - who m. (1773) the Rt. Hon. Luke Gardiner. (See Gardiner’s-row.)

Formerly (1756) World’s-end-la. **

Montpelier**-hill. (Arbour-hill.) 1728. [Brooking’s map.]

This name is given also to that one-of the Dublin Mountains on the summit of which is the ‘Haunted House.’

Montpellier (its University dates from 1289) is the capital of the French department of Hérault. **

Morney’s**-dock (South-wall.) 1716.

From a Mr. *Morney, *mentioned in Haliday, 235. **

Moore**-str. (Henry-str.) 1728. -la. 1773.

From henry *Moore, *3rd Viscount Moore, and Baron Moore of Mellefont, cr. in 1661 Earl of Drogheda, - from whom Henry-str., Moore-str., Earl -str., Off-la., Drogheda-str., and Mellifont-la. derive their names. (See Drogheda-str., - and cf. Meath-str.) **

Morgan**-ct. (Copper-al.) 1838.

From a Mr. Morgan, - manager of the theatre in Fishamble-str. (Hughes’s S. John’s, 135.) **

Morgan**-la. (Summer-hill.) 1798. [Whitelaw.] **

Morgan**-pl.

(King’s Inn’s-qu.) 1797.

Was this named from Richard Morgan, who (by will dated 1773) left to the Lord Chancellor and others certain property, from the produce of which Morgan’s School for boys was erected at Castleknock.

(Phibsborough.) 1837. **

Moss**-str. (Townsend-str.) 1728. -la. I 756.

This name seems to have no connection with Bartholomew Mosse (1712-59), founder of the Lying-in-Hospital, - opened in S. George’s-lane [24 and Gr. Geo.-str.] in 1745, and subsequently at the Rotunda in 1757.

Moss-la. is now included in S. Mark-str. and in Brunswick str. [Was there a *Mosse-ct. *behind 24 and 25 Sth. Gr. Geo.-str.?] **

Mount-barry**. (Stonybatter.) 1766. [Harris.] **

Mount-brown**. (S. James’s-str.) 1756. **

Mount-eccles**. (Great Britain-str.) 1770.

From Sir John *Eccles, *L .M., 1710, who had property here, and who built, for his tenantry, S. George’s Chapel, Temple-str. lr., opened in June, 1719. (Cf: Eccles-str., 1772.) **

Mount**-str. (Merrion-sq.) 1789. -up. lr. 1790.

Haliday, 170, suggests that this name is derived from Gallows-hill (1756) between Baggot-str. lr. (Gallows-road) and Mount-str., - and that the name Rock-la. is to be derived from the same ’ rocky gallows mount.’**

Mountjoy**-sq. (Gardiner-str.) 1792. -str. 1807.

From the Rt. Hon. Luke Gardiner (1745-98)*, - cr. *Baron Mountjoy, 1789, and Viscount Mountjoy, 1795. (See Gardiner’s-row.) **

Mountrath**-str. (Charles-str. W.) 1756.

From Sir Charles Coote, 2nd bart. - cr. (1660) Earl of Mountrath, d. 1661, and bur. in Christ Ch. Cath., Dublin. (See Life of himself and his father in Webb’s Irish Biography.) Cf. Charles-str.

This is now, perhaps, the shortest street in Dublin. **

Mud-island**. (North-strand.) 1821. [Cooke’s map.]

This was the name of a district situated between Ballybough-rd., Nottingham-str., the North-strand, and the Royal-canal. **

Mullican’s**-yd. (Engiuc-al.) 1756. [It disappears after 1792.] **

Mullinahack**. (Wormwood-gate.) 1756.

From the Irish Muileun-a’-chaca, an unclean mill (mullen = mill). [Cf. Joyce, ii. 166, who calls it a nickname.]

At the close of the 12th century, a mill stood here. (Gilb. Hist. Dubl., i. 351.) **

Munster**-str. (Phibsborough.) 1882. Here are also Leinster-str., and Connaught-str. **

Murdering**-la. (Mount-brown.) 1603 - [G. C. D., i. 195.]

‘Over the high way, leading from Kilmainham to Dublin, northward to a blind and steep lane betwixt the closes, called by some of the elders there the *Murdering lane, - *and down that lane to the water of Camocke, *etc.’ *(Riding of Dublin Franchises, *etc.)

*In 4876, this ancient name was altered by the Corporation to Cromwell’s-quarter. (Cf. the neighbouring Cutthroat-la.) **

Murray’s**-ct. (Strand-str.) 1798. [Whitelaw.] **

Mutton**-la. (Ardee-str.) 1728. [Brooking’s map.]

Cf. Sheep (Ship)-str., ‘vicus ovium.’ **

Myler’s**-al. (S. Patrick’s-close, N.) 1754. [Cathedral map.] Also called Glendalough-la., q.v., - and Minor’s-al., q.v. **

Myrtle**-str. (Wellington-str.) 1878.

Cf. Arbutus-pl. 1887, - and Primrose-str. 1878.

Street Name Index.