Page to Pye explained and dated.

Page’s (or Paget’s)-al. (N. side of Corn-market. [Par. Reg.]

Probably from Edward *Page, *churchwarden of S. Audeon’s 1664, - or from John Page, churchwarden, 1713, L.M. 1709.

Palace**-row. (North side of Rutland-sq.) 1769. From the *palatial *residence, Charlemont House (General Register Office) - erected in 175- by Jas. Caulfield (1728-99), 1st. Earl of Charlemont, K.P.

Similarly, the east side of the square was called Cavendish-row q.v., - and the west side, Granby-row, q.v. **

Palace**-str. (Dame-str.) 1769.

From its leading to the *palatial *residence of the Viceroy, - Dublin Castle. In 1756 it is called Castle-la. **

Palmerston**-pl. (Dominick-str., up.) 1842.

From Henry John Temple (1784-1865), 3rd Visc. Palmerston, - Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1830-41, ***etc. *(Cf. the neighbouring Temple buildings built by the A. D. C.) **

Parade**. (Blackhall-str.) 1795. [Whitelaw.]

Subsequently Called Blackhall-parade. **

Paradise**-row. (Dorset-str. up.) 1769.

Called Wellington-str. since 1845.

[We meet (not here, however) with a cellar called Paradise in 1379 (D. K. R., xxiii. 123), - and with an orchard called *Paradise *in 1485 (D. K. R., xx. 99).] **

Park**-pl.

1. (Leinster-stn) 1773.

From the neighbouring College-park. Called in 1776, Park-str., q.v.

2. (Townsend-str. 5.) 1792.

From the neighbouring College-park, - before the western end of Great Brunswick-str. was opened.

It was also called Carter’s-al. (1756), - which is represented by the lane behind the College Printing-office. [Cf. Whitelaw.] **

Park**-str.

1. E. (Leinster-str.) 1766. [Harris.]

From the neighbouring College-park.

In 1756, it is called S. Patrick’s-la., - in 1773, Park-pl., - in 1776, Park-str., - and, since 1862 (on account of previous bad repute), Lincoln-pl. (Cf. Hill-str., and Mercer-str. up.)

2. W. (Ash-str. - Coombe.) 1766. [Harris.] **

Park**-View. (Westland-row.) 1856.

From its view of the neighbouring College-park. **

Parkgate**-str. (Phoenix-park.) 1791.

From its leading to the gate of the Phoenix-park. q.v. Thoroughfare shown, and ‘Park-gate’ marked, 1756. **

Parliament**-row. (Fleet-str.) 1775.

From its proximity to the old House of *Parliament.

*Formerly called Turnstile-al., q.v. Now popularly called ‘the back of the Bank.’ **

Parliament**-str. (Dame-str.) 1766. [Harris.]

From the fact that a Statute of Parliament, of 1757, granted **£12,000, to purchase, for the making of this street, the houses that then lay between Dame-str. and Essex-str. (Cf. Gilb. Hist. Dubl., ii. 25.)

Until 1887, the northern end of the *street *(viz., that portion between Essex-str. and the river) was called *Essex-bridge, *and is marked (without a name) in Rocque’s map of 1756. It is now (since 1887) included in parliament-str. **

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

Parnell**-pl. (Grand Canal-bank, Harold’s-cross-road.) 1837.

-ter. (S, C. R.), 1844.

From the neighbouring Parnell-br., - so named, in 1791, from Sir John Parnell, 2nd bart. *(d. *1801), - Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Ireland, 1787. See Bridges (Grand Canal). **

Parnell**-ter. (S. Ignatius.rd.) 1890.

From Chas. Stewart *Parnell, *M.P., b. 1846. (Cf- Avondale-rd.) **

Patrick’s (S.)**-close, -la., -str., -well-lane. See S. Patrick’s, etc.

Patten’s**-al (Copper-al.) 1766. [=la. 1766?]

From Robert Patten - of the Bull’s-head tavern, - 55 - 55 Fishamble-str. (Hughes’s S. John’s, 135.)

It appears in the Directory of 1792, but not in that of 1795. **

Pattrell’s**-sq. (Elbow-la. grt.) 1864 (1838?) [Ordnance Map] **

Peel’s**-la. (169-170 Townsend-str.) 1886. **

Pell’s**-yd. (Boot-la.) 1776. **

Pembroke**-ct. (Castle-str.) 1686. [Hughes’s S. Werb., 145.**]

**From Thos. Herbert, 8th Earl of *Pembroke, *L.L., 1707-1709.

(Cf. Gilb. Hist. Dubl., i. 27.)

This is the only passage which (in part) intersects Lord Edward-str. **

Pembroke**-qu. 1756. See Quays. **

Pembroke**-str. (Fitzwilliam-sq.) 1796. -rd. 1834.

From the 11th Earl of *Pembroke, - *to whom the principal portion of the property of the 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam *(d. *1816) passed by his will dated 1815. (See Merrion-str.)

Pembroke-rd. is called Black-rock-rd., in map of 1800. **

Percy**-pl. (Northumberland-rd.) 1832.

From *Percy, *the family name of the Duke of Northumberland, from whom the neighbouring Northumberland-rd. is named. **

Peter’s**-al. (Near Smithfield.) 1667. [Statute.] **

Peter**-pl. (Charlemont-str.) 1821. [Cooke’s map.]

From a family named *Peter, *resident here, - of whom the Rev. M. D. Peter lived here (at Janeville) from 1832 to 1842. **

Peter’s (S.)** -str., -row. See *S. *Peter’s-str., -row. **

Peterson’s**-la. (City-qu.) 1830.

The thoroughfare is shown in a map of 1773, - and it is included in Lombard-str., in maps, 1800-1842.

** 

Petticoat**-la. (S. Mary’s-la.) 1756. [Rocque’s map.] **

Petty-canons**-al. (S. Patrick’s-close, N.) 1754.

From the *petty-canons, *- or minor-canons, - of S. Patrick’s Cathedral. We read of ‘the house of the Petty-canons of S. Patrick’s, Dublin.’ 1609. [D. K. R., xx, 121.]

Since 1784, it has been called Canon-str., q.v. **

Phibsborough**. (Broadstone.) 1792. [Spelled Phippsborough.]

From Edward *Phipps *(will, 1629), 4th s. of Richard Phipps (of Kilmainham), who *d. *1629, and was *bur. *at S. James’s. [Pedigree of Phipps or Phibbs family, - Sligo, 1890.] **

Phoenix**-park. 1756. -str. (Arran-str. W.) 1756.

‘The word “Phoenix” (as applied to our park) is a corruption of *fionn-uisg *[feenisk], which means clear or limpid water. It was originally the name of the beautiful and perfectly transparent spring-well near the Phoenix pillar, situated just outside the wall of the Viceregal Grounds, behind the gate-lodge, -and which is the head of the stream that supplies the ponds near the Zoological Gardens. To complete the illusion, the Earl of Chesterfield, in the year 1745, erected a pillar near the well, with the figure of a phoenix rising from its ashes on the top of it, - and most Dublin people now believe that the park received its name from the pillar.’ (Joyce, i. 42.) **

Phrapper**-la. (King-str. N.) 1577. [Gilb. Cal. Dubl., ii. 548.] Also spelled Frapper-la. Now Beresford-str., q.v. **

Pickwick**-pl. (Strand-str. gr.) 1839.

From ‘The Posthumous Papers of the *Pickwick *Club,’ by Chas. Dickens (1812-70),-published in 1837. Cf. Nickleby (Mecklenburgh-str. lr.). **

Picot’s**-la. 1250. [G. C. D., i. 85.]*

*‘The tower beyond the gate of S. Audoen, - with the easement of stone, extending from the tower as far as *the lane anciently called the lane of Peter Picot’

*In 1340, it is described as being in S. Michael’s parish. [D. K. R., xxiii. 105.]

Written as Pycott’s-la. in 1371. *(Ibid., *119.) **

Pig**-al. (New-row.) 1766. [Harris.] **

Pig**-la. (Mount-brown) 1756. ?= Pig-town. 1798. **

Pig**-town. (Basin-la.) 1798. -Ia. 1834.

Also called Ewingstown, 1840. **

Pigeon-house**-rd.

See Quays (South-wall). **

Pill**-la. (Church-str.) 1728.

From its being a lane leading to a little ‘pill’ or small river-inlet, that branched off here from the Liffey, before the river was confined (as now) by quay-walls. (Joyce, ii. 263.) [A false derivation (from the ‘Pale’), given by Thos. de Burgo (1762), may be seen in Haliday, 211.]

In 1424, we meet with mention of a garden, etc., opposite the ‘Pole water, near Oxmangreen, in the parish of S. Michan, situate between land of S. Mary’s-abbey on the east, and the high-way on the west. (Dep. Keep. Rep., xxiii. 142.)

In 1641, Chas. I. granted to the city, by charter, the ground called ‘the Pill’ (16i7), - near the little harbour of S. Mary’s-abbey, where the Bradoge-river (q.v.) entered the Liffey.

In 1684, the ground lying on ‘the Pill’ appears laid out for Ormond-market. (See Haliday, lxxvi., 211, 212.)

In Speed’s map of 1610, the ‘Pill’ (without a name) may be seen, - and further up, on the opposite side of the river, on the same map, the ‘Pill,’ subsequently known as Usher’s Pill (i6—), may also be seen. [Cf. Peel, in the Isle of Man, - and elsewhere. Cf. also pool (Welsh pwll), foyle, and hole. Joyce, i. 435.]

The name, ‘the Pill,’ was applied not merely to the harbour itself, but also to the district surrounding it. **

Pimlico**. (Coombe.) 1728.

Pimlico, in London, is said to be derived from Ben Pimlico - the road to whose tea-gardens near Hoxton was called Pimlico-path. [Brewer’s Phrase and Fable, 638.] **

Pim**-str. (Bond-str.) 1813.

? From John Pim, merchant (Pim & Goodbody), - at 115 S. James’-str., from 1798, onwards. **

Pipe**-str. (Cook-str.) 1605. [Gilb. Cat. Dubl., ii. 446.]

So the western-end of Cook-str. (i.e-, from Bridge-str. to Swan-al. was called during the 17th century, probably from some pipes, newly laid down for the supply of water to the citizens. *(Cf. Irish Builder, *15 May, 1886, - and the name, ‘the back of the pipes,’ given popularly to a walk, along a branch of the Poddle, leading from the southern-end of Dolphin’s-barn-lane to the City Basin at S. James’-str.) **

Pipe-office**-yd. (Barrack-st r.) 1756. **

Piphoe’s**-park. (Near S. Mary’s-abbey.) 1681. [Wright’s Usshers, 226.]

From Robert *Piphoe, *who held this property (including Anchorite’s or Ankester’s-park) before 1611. *(Cf. *Pat. 8, Jas. I. 184.)

See Dominick-street (where, for ‘Family of Ball’ read Ussher Memoirs ’). **

Pitt**-str. (Chatham-str.) 1800. [Map.] 1803. [Dir.]

From Wm. Pitt (1759-1806), son of the 1st Earl of Chatham.

(Cf. the adjoining *Chatham-str.)

*In 1756, this thoroughfare is included in Harry-str. **

Platt’s**-ct. (Phrapper-la. = Beresford-str.) 1776. **

Pleasants’**-str. (Camden-str.) 1821.

From Thomas *Pleasants *(1728-1818), philanthropist, - who gave away, in a long life of acts of benevolence, £100,000. His Asylum for female orphans, in Camden-str., was opened in 1818.

This street, situated close to the Asylum, was suitably named after its founder. (See a notice of his life in Webb’s Irish Biography, - and cf. Tenter-fields and -lane.) **

Plow**-ct. See M’Cullagh’s-ct. **

Plowman’s**-ct. (S. John’s-la., Fishamble-str.) 1798. [Whitelaw.] **

Plummer’s**-ct. (Old Castle-market.) 1770. **

Plunket**-str. (S. Francis-str.) 1715. [S. Audoen’s Par. Reg.]

From the family of Wm. *Plunket, *- Custos Brevium, M.P. for Gorey, whose children were *bapt. *in S. John’s, 1622-34. [Hughes’s S. John’s, 82.] (Thos. Plunket was Mayor in 1607.)

Irwin’s *Presbyterianism in Dublin *(252) informs us that the Meeting-ho., situated here (taken down about 1882), was built in 1692 for a Presbyterian congregation which removed hither from Bull Alley.

Since 1886, the name of this street has disappeared and the northern end has been called John Dillon-str q v in connection with the improvement of the Plunket-str. area’ by the A. D. C **

Poddle**. (Coombe.) 1708. [5. Audoen’s Par. Reg.]

From the river *Poddle, *- named in a statute of 1493, and called Puddell in 1603, - an artificial water-course, partly fed by streams from the Green Hills, Co. Dublin, but chiefly derived from the river Dodder.

This short thoroughfare - which extends from the southern end of S. Francis-str. to the southern-end of S. Patrick-str.-has, since 1827, been called Dean-str. (q.v.), a name given to it by the Wide-Street Commissioners. **

Poolbeg**-str. (Hawkins-str.) 1728.

From its leading to the *Poolbeg (1473), *or *little pool, *- one of the two pools in the harbour of Dublin, where ships can find deep water, - the other and larger being the pool of Clontarf. (See the passage from Dr. Gerard Boate [1652], quoted in Joyce, i. 435.)

In 1560, we read of an official appointed to see that the bank on the south side of Poolbeg be well kept [Gilb. Cal. Dubl., ii 13 ]**

**In 1603, in the Riding of the Dublin Franchises we read ‘eastward by the water side to the Ringsend and from thence eastward to Clarade, otherwise called the Clear Road, and now called Poolbeg, etc [*Ibid *i. 191]

In 1608 we read of a ship riding at anchor at Poolbeg, near Dublin. [*Ibid., *ii. 198.]

The lighthouse was built, near this pool, in 1761-67. The road to the Pigeon-ho. was completed in 1735, - and the wall, from the Pigeon-ho. to the lighthouse, in 1790. [Haliday, 237, 238.] **

Poole**-str. (Braithwaite-str.) 1728. **

Porter’s**-row. (Aston’s-qu.) 1756.

? From its being opposite a *porterage *or ferry, - marked in Rocque’s map.

Called, since 1766, Bedford-row, q.v. **

Portland**-pl. (Donnybrook-rd.) 1795-1839.

*Where *was this thoroughfare? **

Portland**-str.

1. W. (Rainsford.str.) 1793.

From the 3rd Duke of *Portland, *L.L. 1782.

Called the Rope Walk in Rocque’s map of 1756.

2. E. (Donnybrook-rd.) 1795-1835.

*Where *was this thoroughfare? **

Portland**-row. (N. C. R.) 1809. **

Portobello**-br. See Bridges (Grand Canal, - La Touche Br.). **

Portobello**-harbour. (Richmond-str. S.)

From *Portobello, *- a suburb of Dublin, anterior to the making of the Canal in 1791. **

Post-Office**-yd.

1. W (Fishamble-str.) 1766.

About 1680, the Post Office was removed hither from High-str. (Gilb. Hist. Dubl., ii, 167)

2. E. (Sycamore-al.) 1766.

About 1709, the Post Office was removed hither from Fishamble-str. (Gilb. Hist. Dubl., ii. 167.)

In 1755, it was removed to Fownes’s-ct., - and, in 1818, to Sackville-str. **

Potter’s**-str. ‘Vicus figulorum.’ 1348. [Harris, 86.] **

Potter’s**-la. (Mount-brown.) 1756-92.

Subsequently included in the premises of the Foundling Hospital, - and, still later, in those of the South Dublin Union Workhouse. **

Potter’s**-al (Marlborough-str.) 1776. = la. **

Pound**-la. (Bolton-str.) 1766-1808.

Was there a Pound here?

In 1756, a Pound was situated on, or very near, the site of the terminus of the Great Northern Railway in Amiens-str. **

Power’s**-ct. (Mount-str. lr.) 1805. **

Power’s**-inns. (Exchange-str. up.) 1561. [Fiants.]

‘A garden, called *Power’s-inns, *- within the gates, on the east of the city of Dublin, - parcel of the Queen’s ancient inheritance.’ (See Preston’s-la.)

‘A garden, in the city of Dublin, in the parish of the Dammes, called Power’s-inns.’ 1570. [Fiants.] **

Power’s**-sq. (Plunket-str. area.) 1886.

So named by the A. D. C., from Jas. Talbot *Power, *esq., D.L., - one of their directors. **

Prebend**-str. (Constitution-hill.) 1821. [Cooke’s map.]

Not in the Directory before 1849. **

Preston’s**-la. (Exchange str. up) 1451 [D K R **, **iii 150] From the *Preston *or Gormanstown family, who had property on the north-side of Copper al., that thoroughfare was formerly known by this name, - and with the ground between it and Castle-str. it was also known in the 16th century as Preston’s or Power’s Inns [Hughes’s S. John s 135. Gilb. Hist. Dubl., ii, 22 ] See Power s-inns **

Preston**-str. (Amiens-str.) 1817. **

Price’s**-la. (Aston’s-qu.) 1728. **

Primrose**-sir. (Wellington-sir.) 1878.

This name can have no association with Lord Beaconsfield, - as he died subsequently, in 1881. **

Prince of Wales’s**-ct. (7 8 Christ Church pl.) 1792 .

Formerly part of the site of Carrbrie house and subsequently of Richard Pue’s [*d *1758] or ’ Dick’s’ Coffee house (taken down in 1780), - and now (since 1864) included in the premises of Messrs Thos Henshaw & Co , ironmongers. (See *Irish Builder; *15 June and 1 July 1889, - and Gilb.Hist. Dubl. i, 171-175) **

Prince’s**-str.

1. S. (Sir John Rogerson’s-qu.) 1728.

2. N. (Sackville-str. lr.) 1 756. **

Prince William**-ter. (Grand Canal-str.) 1845. **

Proby’s**-yd. (Liffey-sir. up.) 1756. **

Proper**-la- See Phrapper- or Frapper-la. **

Protestant**-row (Wexford-str.)

A ‘Protestant’ was one who, in 1529, ‘protested’ against an Edict of Charles V. and the Diet of Spires. **

Prou(n)d**-la. (York-str.) 1788. [Thoroughfare shown, 1756.] **

Prussia**-str. (Manor-str.) 1765. [Map in Harris.]

From Frederick II. (1712-86), King (1740) of *Prussia, *surnamed the Great, - popularly known at this period (1765) as the ’ Protestant Hero.’

In 1756, Prussia-str. is called Cabragh-la., - and Aughrim-str. is called Blackhorse-la. **

Puckridge**-ct. 1766. = Buckridge’s-ct., q.v., 1756. **

Pudding**-la. (Arran-sir. W.) 1728. **

Pudding**-row. (Winetavern-str.) 1746. [S. Audoen’s P. R.] **

Pulle**-str. (S. Bride’s-parish.) 1180. [Dep. Keep. Rep., xx. 36.]

‘The land in We parish of S. Brigid, without the wall, in Pulle-street.’

From a very ancient church, S. Michael’s of the *Pool *(or marsh, de palude),

• built before the arrival of the Engish (1171).

An early name** **for Sheep [Ship-street. ‘De vico ovium, - alias de *polla, *- seu alias (non absque mysterio) de vico navium.’ Abp. Alan, 1532. [Carroll’s Succession of S. Bride’s Clergy, 7.] **

Purcell’s**-al. (Corn-market.) 1687. [Par. Reg.] = -ct.

From, perhaps Mr. Robert *Pursell, *who was married in S. Audoen’s, in 1677, to Margaret Pursell. **

Purdon**-str. (Mabbot-sir.) 1809. **

Purfictor**-al. (King’s-inns-qu.) 1776.? Arch-la. 1756. **

Pycot’s**-la. See Picot’s-la. **

Pye**-al. (Garden-la. S.) 1756. **

Pye-corner** (Trinity-str.) 1728. = S. Andrew’s-la. 1773.

Street Name Index.