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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Wexford => Topic started by: M A Foley on Saturday 08 June 24 10:09 BST (UK)
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Does anyone know when Duke Street formally changed to Thomas Clarke Place? Did it become Thomas Clarke Street first?
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based on the name I would suggest sometime after 1916, maybe after 1921
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In the newspapers of 1920, there was a range of suggested name changes to streets - Duke St. was proposed to be changed to Thomas Clarke St. However, it is now called Thomas Clarke Place, so I am wondering when it was formally changed and why did 'St.' change to 'Place'?
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The change in street names was initially proposed by the Mayor at the WBC meeting on 01/09/1920 & unanimously carried. The minutes state that "One great advantage of the proposed change was to substitute the names of Irish Martyrs for those of English notabilities" !!
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According to the Council minutes in June 1932 only 4 of the name changes were subsequently voted through by the residents - and didn't include the Duke St/Thomas Clarke Street change:
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Excellent, thanks for the Council minutes. Looks like the Duke St. change was sometime after 1932.
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Looks like the Duke St. change was sometime after 1932.
See this thread - reply #20
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=527516.18
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Previous post prompted me to have a look through Council minutes.
It would appear the name 'Thomas Clarke Villas' was agreed in 1967, but 'Thomas Clarke Place' came into use in 1968