Henry Moore, Earl of Drogheda (? – 1675) thought so much of himself that he used the six words of his title when naming six streets in Dublin’s North Inner city – “Henry Street”, “Moore Street”, “Earl Street” “Of Lane” (now Henry Place) and “Drogheda Street” (now O’Connell Street)
Henry Street was purchased by Moore in 1614 from James Fitzgerald, Earl of Desmond, to whom it had been granted when St. Mary’s Abbey was dismantled. It was later sold to Luke Gardiner (c.1690 – 1775) in the early 18th century as was Earl Street. Drogheda Street originally extended only from present day Parnell Street to Abbey Street. Luke Gardiner also purchased it in the mid 1770s, he demolished the houses on the west side and created a street 1,050 feet long and 150 feet wide. This was laid out with a central mall, fifty feet wide, decorated with obelisks and trees. (Information gathered from Paul Clerkin’s Dublin Street Names)
I certainly think Henry Moore certainly wins the prize of having the most street names in Dublin named after one person?
Drogheda St. c. 1750 (Picture Credit - GrahamH)
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Of Lane, was it? My mother told me it was Of Alley, which somehow sounds even more egocentric.