Ha. to Hutton's explained and dated

Ha. (East of Montpelier-hill.) 1728. [= Barrack Hay-yd., 1756?]

Hacket’s-ct. (Westmoreland.str.-opp. College-str.) 1766.

Haddington-rd. (S. C. R.) 1838.

From the Earl of Haddinton, L.L. 1834-35.

Called Cottage-ter. 1821.

Halfstone-str. (S. Mary’s-la.) 1766.

Same as Halston-str.?

Halpin’s-pool. (North-wall.)

Halston-str. (King-str. N.) 1776.

From Halfstone-str.?

Thoroughfare (without name) shown in map of 1756.

Hamilton-ct. (Strand-sir. lit.) 1833.

Hamilton-row. (Denzille-str.) 1769.

Called Hamilton-street, 1803-10.

Hamilton-str.

(Denzille-str.) 1803-10.

Called Hamilton-row, 1773-1802, and from 1811 to the present time.

(Love-lane, W.) 1882.

From Mr. Andrew Hamilton (d. 1886), sexton S. Catherine’s Church, who built houses here.

Hammond-la. (Church-str.) 1698. A corruption of Hangman-la., q.v.

Hanbury-la. (Meath-str.) 1731. [S. Audoen’s Par. Reg.]

Handkerchief-al. (S. Francis-str.) 1798. [Whitelaw’s Essay, 1805.]

Hangman-la.

(Church-str.) 1454. [‘Hongemon.’ G. C. D., i. 282.]

Also written Hamon-la., and now Hammond-la., q.v.

So the road from Dolphin’s-barn to Harold’s-cross is called in Rocque’s Environs of Dublin, 1773.

Hanover-la. (S. Francis-str.) 1728.

From our Geo. I., 2nd Elector of Hanover (1714-27).

Hanover-qu. (Grand Canal Docks.) 1800.

Hanover-sq.

E. (Lime-str.) 1863.
W (Hanover-la.) 1873.

Hanover-str.

E. (Coombe.) 1728.
W (George’s-qu.) 1766.

Harberton-Lr. See Bridges (Grand Canal).

Harbour-la. (Eden-qu.) 1824. = -ct. 1834.

From Dublin Harbour.

Harcourt-br. See Bridges (Grand Canal).

Harcourt-pl. (Westland-row.) 1776. -str. (S. Stephen’s-gr.) 1784. -rd. (S. C. R.) 1819. -ter (S. C. R) 1833.

From the 1st Earl Harcourt, L.L. 1772-76.

Hardwicke-pl. (Dorset-str. up.) 1807. -stn 1807.

From the 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, L.L. 1801-1806.

Harmony-row. (Wentworth-pl.) 1806.

Harrington-str. (S. C. R.) 1818.

Not from the 1st Earl ilarringion, L.L. 1747-51?

Harry-str. (Grafton-str.) 1756.

In 1756 Harry-str. included Pitt-str.

Harty-pl. (Plunket-str. area.) 1887.

From Mr. Spencer Harty, C.E. So called by A. D. C.

Harvey’s-la. (Townsend-str. S.) 1716.

Hatch-str. (Leeson-str. lr.) 1800.)

From John Hatck, called to the Bar in 1749, - and, in 1791, Seneschal of S. Sepulchre’s, director of the Royal Ca Co., and resident in Harcourt-str.

Hawkins-str. (Burgh-qu.) 1728. -qu. 1766.

From Alderman William Hawkins (d. 1680, and bur. at S. Werburgh’s), - who in 1662 built near the Long Stone (about where the Crampton monument now stands) a great Wall, called after him, carrying the shore of the Liffey further towards the centre of the river. (Haliday, 147. Hughes’s S. Werburgh’s, 122.) He bad a grant of the site of this street, which was accordingly named after him. (See, in the Irish Builder of 1 Sept. 1891, a memoir of the family, by the Rev.Wm. Reynell, B.D.)

Haymarket. (Smithfield.) 1728.

Hell. (Christ Church-la.) 1735. [Par. Reg., S. Nicholas Within.]

In this Register we find the following entry of a burial:-

1735, May 20, ‘Sarah Read, from Hell.’ This was close to the old Law Courts. (Cf. G. H. D., i. 142-145.)

A curious parallel is furnished in the case of the Law Courts at Westminster, where, in 1755, when alterations were being made, the corner of S. Margaret’s-la., in Palace-yd., called Hell was pulled down in order to widen the passage. [Sat Rev., 1876, Nov. 4, p. 563, a.] (Cf. Paradise-row, - but not Eden-qu.)

Hendrick-str. (Queen-str,) 1756. -la. 1834. -p1. 1843.

R. Hendrick, Sheriff in 1707, and Chas. Hendrick in 1718.

This str. and the neighbouring Blackhall-pl. are often popularly called Gravel-walk, - although this latter name is given in 1756 to the thoroughfare subsequently known as Tighe-str., and now included in Benburb-str.

Henrietta-stn (Bolton-str.) 1724. -p1. 1797.

Probably from Henrietta, - dau. of Charles, Marquis of Worcester, and wife of Charles, 2nd Duke of Grafton, L.L. 1721-24. (A less probable derivation, from Henrietta Cantillon, is given by Mr. J. P. Prendergast, in his article on ‘Primate’s Hill’ in the Irish Times of 30 Dec. 1885.)

Henry-str. (Sackville-str.) 1724. [Proclamation, D .K.R., 23:62.] From Henry Moore, 3rd Viscount Moore, and Baron Moore of Mellefont, cr. in 1661 Earl of Drogheda, - whence also Moore-str., Earl-str., Drogheda-str., and Mellifont-la.

Herbert-pl. (Grand-canal-) 1832. -str. (Mount-str. up.) 1835.

From the Rt. Hon. Sidney Herbert (1810-61), - cr. 1861. Lord Herbert of Lea, owner of the Fitzwilliam estate. He was the 2nd s. of the 11th Earl of Pembroke, to whom the principal portion of the property of Richard, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam, of Merrion (d. unm. 1816), passed by will. [See Blacker’s Booterstown and Donnybrook, 109-114, 243.] (Cf. Fitzwilliam-sq., Merrion-sq., Pembroke-str., -rd., and township,-and Sidney-parade.)

The eldest s. (b. 1850) of the 1st Lord Herbert of Lea is now the 13th Earl of Pembroke.

Heytesbury-str. (S.C. R.) 1846. [Thoroughfare shown, 1816.]

From the 1st Baron Heytesbury (1779-1860), L.L. 1844-46.

In a map of 1816, it is called ‘intended street to Portobello Harbour.

High Cross. 1511. [Dep. Keep. Rep., xx. 110.]

It was erected where High-str., S. Nicholas-str., Christ-ch. -p1., and S. Michael’s-hill now intersect each other.

High-str., the. (Corn-market.) 1307. [D. K. R., xxiii. 89.]

From its elevated and chief position in the old city, - the ‘altus vicus’ of the Anglo-Norman records. [Gilb. Hist. Dulb., i. 208.]

Apparently called Main-str., q.v., in 1240. [D. K. R., xxiii. 80.]

Hill-str. (Great Britain-str.) 1887.

From its being on a hill.

Formerly called ‘Temple-str. lr., q.v., - but, on account of bad repute, re-named Hill-str. by the Corporation (who, indeed, through pique, passed a resolution, which they rescinded, naming it Chatterton-str., - from the Rt. Hon. Hedges Eyre Chatterton, Vice-Chancellor, who had refused to allow the name of Sackville-str. to be altered to O’Connell-str.). [Cf. French-str., now Mercer-str. up., - and Park-str. E., now Lincoin-pI.]

Hind-str. (Kennedy’s-la.) 1766. [Harris.]

This was another name for *Behind-*str., 1452, - also called Sutor’s (or Shoemaker’s)-Ia., or str., 1190. [Dep. Keep. Rep., xxiii 77.] It was behind Skinner’s-row (now Christ Church-pl.) Cf. Back-la. and Back-qu.

It extended from Kennedy’s-la. to S. Werburgh’s-str., - and does not now exist.

[An excellent map of this very ancient street is given in the Irish Builder of 15 July, 1889.]

Hoey’s-ave. (North-strand.) 1878.

Hoey’s-ct.

E. (S. Werburgh’s-str.) 1722.

From Sir John Hoey, Serjeant-at-Arms (d. 1664, and bur. at S. Audoen’s), M.P. for Naas. He came from England in 1599 with Lord Mountjoy. He built the houses in this court, which his descendants owned for 150 years. [Funeral Entries, - and Hughes’s S. John’s, 136, and S. WerLurgh’s, 95, 96.]

W. (115 Townsend-str. S.) 1872. [Ordnance Map.]

Hoggen Butts. (Near Hoggen-, q.v., or College-green.)

Corrupted in 1662 into Hogg and Butts.’ (Haliday, 197.)

Hoggen-green. (Dame-str.) 1541. [Dep. Keep. Rep., xxiii. 152.]

From the nunnery of the B.V.M. del Hogges (1347, ibid., xxiii. 108), built in 1146 by Dermot M’Morrogh, King of Leinster. [S. Mary del Hogges means - either (1) S. Mary of the Virgins (Harris), - or (2) S. Mary of the Mount (Haliday), close to which (thiugmount, tumulus, or ‘how’) the nunnery stood. See the matter discussed in Haliday, 191-198.]

In 1615 it is found as Hog’s-green, - in 1764, as Hogan’s-green, - and it is now known as College-green, q.v.

Hogges-la. (= Temple-la.) 1577. [Gilb. Cal. Dubl., ii. 548.]

From the nunnery of the B.V.M. del Hogges. See above.

In 1728, it appears as Dirty-la., - and in 1756 as Temple-la.

Hog-hill. 1728.

From the nunnery of the B.V.M. del Hogges. See Hoggen-green, and reff.

So in 1728 the western end of S. Andrew-str. is called. - and in 1756, the whole of that street.

Holles-str. (Merrion-sq.) 1773. -row, 1798.

From the family of John Holles, - cr. (1624) Earl of Clare, whose mother Ann was dau. and co-heiress of John Denzill, of Denzill in Cornwall. Arabella, dau. of Lord Clare, m. Thos. Wentworth, cr. (1628) Earl of Strafford (1593-1641), - and Eleanor, another dau., m. (as his 2nd wife) Oliver, 2nd Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion, cr. (1663) Earl of Tyrconnel, who d. s. p.1667. (Cf. Clare-str., Denzille-str., Wentworth-pl., Fitzwilliam-sq., and Merrion-sq.) [Cf. Denzill-, Holles-, and Clare-strs., London, 1682.]

Holy Trinity-la. (S-Michael’s Parish.) 1190. [D.K. R., xxiii. 76.]

From the adjoining Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, commonly called Christ Church Cathedral.

It is described as being ‘on the north side of S. Michael’s Church.’

Hope’s-yd. (25-26 Cook-str.) 1798. [Whitelaw’s Essay.]

Now known as Chapel-la. [Irish Builder, 15 May, 1886.]

Horne-la. (near Little-green.) 1620. [Ir. Build., 15 May, 1889.]

‘Which extends on the east, from the river called Bradoge, to Cuckoo-la. on the west, - and from Home-la. on the north,’ etc.

Horse-market. 1579. [Gilb. Cal. Dubl., ii. 140.]

Huband-br. See Bridges (Grand Canal).

Hume-str. (S. Stephen’s-gr.) 1768. [Stone.] -row. 1773.

From the family of Sir Gustavus Hume, bart., - whose eldest dau. and heiress Mary m. (1736) Nicholas Loftus, cr. (17—) 2nd Viscount and 1st Earl of Ely. Cf. Ely-pi., q.v. (formerly Hume-row), where No. 5 was built in 1770, by Gustavus Hume, M.D

Hun’ts-al. [Hunt’s-al.? KF.] (Brabazon-str.) 1756. [Cf. Hunt Chambré, and Chambré or Chamber-str.]

Hunt’s-yd. (Capel-str.) 1766.

Hutton’s-la. (Summer-hill.) 1833.

From Messrs. John Hutton and Sons, coach-builders, Summer-hill.

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