WHERE WAS?	LOCATION	WHAT'S THERE NOW?
The Workhouse	Kilkenny Road	Austin Waldron Regional Technical College
Slater’s Cinema	Burrin Street	Post Office
Moore's Garage	Burrin Street	Opposite above on Kennedy Ave.
County Club	Dublin Street	St. Brigids Hospital
Tynan's Hotel	Tullow Street	former Ritz Cinema
Military Barracks	Barrack Street	former Sacred Heart Home
Gas Works	Montgomery St.	Brennan’s Bacon Factory
Power Station	Ballymanus Tce.	Vacant lot
Canal Stores	Barrow Track	Rowing Club
Fever Hospital	Green Lane	Youth Centre
County Infirmary	Dublin Road	new Sacred Heart Home
Yellow Lion Inn	Burrin Street	Credit Union
Green Dragon	Kilkenny Road	Opposite Otter Holt
M & L Bank	Tullow Street	Allied Irish Bank
National Bank	Dublin Street	St. Anthony’s Chapel
Provincial Bank	Dublin Street	I.C.S. Building Society office
Deighton Hall	Burrin Street	Still there today

WHERE IS OR WAS?	LOCATION
Accommodation Rd	from Green Lane to Pollerton Road - parallel to railway line
Bachelors Walk	from the bridge up west bank of River Barrow
Barrow Street	from Maryborough Street to River Barrow
Barrow Track	Sometime ago was referred to as The Trackway. Source: Mike Purcell 2023.
Bernard's Lane	off Dublin Road
Brewery Lane	from Bridewell Lane to River Burrin. "Brewery Lane got its name from Sam Carpenter's brewery which was established here in 1696. He was one of the signatories of a petition to King William III in 1702. Sam also owned the White Horse Inn on Castle Street". Brewery Lane was also sometimes referred to as Slaters Cottages Lane which was a pet name simply because Frank Slater bought them all in the 1920s. Source Mike Purcell 2023.
Bridewell Lane	from Burrin Street to Potato Market -behind PO. Bridewell Lane also had the nickname of 'Dardenelles' and formerly known as Somer's Lane and Hanover.
Bridge Street	from Pollerton Road to Staplestown Road
Brown Street	was once known as Cuckoo Lane, later Moysless Lane and later again Hunt Street. Source: Carloviana 1957.
Castle Quay	Castle Quay is on the East Bank of the Barrow River, North of Graiguecullen Bridge and on the same side as the the Rowing Club opposite
Castle View	Castle View is on the west side of the Barrow River opposite the old Carlow Boat Club and alongside the Corcoran & Co Ltd Motor Garage & Stores on the East sibe of the Barrow on the South side of Graiguecullen bridge.
Chaff Street	from Chapel Street to Leighlin Road: Source Mike Purcell 2023.
Chapel Lane	College Street
Charlotte Street	Originall known as Hanlons Lane (Source: Griffiths Valuation.) and runs from Tullow Street past the old Ritz Ballroom to Browns Street.
Coal Market	was renamed Kennedy Street on 3rd December 1963
College Street	from Tullow Street past the Cathedral to Court Place
Connaught Lane	As above and further upstream (Also known as Well Lane in the 1930's)
Cockpit Lane	In Carlow, Cockpit Lane ran from Potato Market and cockfights continued there behind Jimmy Kings pub. Cockfighting was finally declared illegal in 1835.
Cox's Lane	formally known as Northcote Avenue
Fairgreen	formally known as Fair Field
Fairy Lane	Fairy Lane according to Mick Purcell, is in Graiguecullen between Yeats house & Barrow Mills.
Garret Lane	Unable to locate
Governey Place	formally known as Wellington Square
Granby row	formaly known as Beggar's Row Source: Griffiths Valuation.
Grave Lane	Now called Park Lane connecting Athy Road with Old Graves and Shaw Park.
Gurleys Lane	The Laneway adjoining O’Brien Travel, runs to Goods of Tullow St. was originally known as Gurleys Lane.
High Street	off Sleaty Street near P and P Course
Labour-in-vain Lane	Now known as Centaur Street, which was widened about sixty years- ago.
Lawry's (Lowry's) Lane	Starts at 87 Tullow Street
Mass House Lane	College Street
Morrin's Lane	from Church Street to Marlboro Street
M'Kennys Lane	Unable to locate
Mosley's Lane	Somewhere off the North side of Tullow Street
New Street	Green Road - adjoining Co. Council yard entrance. runs from Granby Row towards Green Road
Newmarket	Unable to locaate
Paupish Lane	from Little Barrack Street
Rutland Place	Athy Road
Scraggs Alley	This is located from 12 Tullow St, Carlow
Skinners Lane	at Corcorans Mineral Waters, under arch to River Barrow
Seven Springs Lane	This lane is off Staplestown Road. Source: Griffiths Valuation.
Somer's Lane	Bridewell Lane so called because it led to the prison, formerly bore the name of Somer's Lane
The Clash	Staplestown Road. Source: Griffiths Valuation.
The Quay	Also know as Cornwall Quay on the East side of the Barrow River and North of Graiguecullen Bridge and on the same side as the Carlow Rowing Club.
The Strand	Water Lane from Burrin Street to Coalmarket. Today The Strand is now known as Kennedy Street.
Vegetable Market	Marlboro Street - immediately over bridge
Walsh Lane	from Chaff Street to River Barrow. Today its known as Kennedy Street.
Wash Lane	Unknown location

OLD PLACE NAMES REMEMBERED  OLD NAMES, OLD PLACES, WHO REMEMBERS? WHO FORGETS? By Annie C  Byrne  (Carloviana 1995/1996. page 13.)

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CLOSH-CLAIS:- Located in the Askea area of Carlow; it means water-channel, hole or cutting. The stream that ran across the road to Askea Bridge, near Carlow Motors, is probably where the name came from.

CLOSH PUMP: was on the corner of Browneshill Road and Tullow Road, where the people met every-day to get their water and have their "chats".

GRANGE HOUSE: was across the road and was the home of the Reddy family. Nearby, a sandpit, owned by the Reddy's, was the main supplier of materials used to repair many a road around Carlow and Killeshin in years gone by. During the 1920's the military put a curfew on Carlow Town. One night, near Askea Bridge, a young man named Owen Rice, was returning to his home, minding his own business, when he was shot and fatally wounded by the Black and Tans. Why? Because he was out after curfew.

ROPE WALK: where Peter Jones lived, was between Reddy's and  St. Killian's Crescent. At one time there was a Rope Factory in this area.

THE PLOTS: were owned by people including Whelan's and  Nannie Nolan, Tullow street. They are now part of St. Killian’s Crescent.

THE MILKING FIELDS: were used by people who owned cows and grazed them there. They paid a fee to the landowner, Major Browne-Clayton. Part of St. Killian's Crescent, Springdale and New Oak Estate are built on these fields.

BALLYFULLARD: now called Pollerton, derived from the family named Pollard.

THE CUTTINGS & THE TWELVE HOUSES: were on the left hand side under Pollerton Bridge. A handball alley, famous for its matches, and a dancing board gave great entertainment to the local people during the long summer days and nights. There were no T. V.'s or radios in those days but that didn't stop people enjoying themselves.

THE YELLOW LOCH: was a pond formed by the Askea Stream and is now part of the grounds of the Presentation College, Askea.

TEMPLE CRONEY: is the site of the present Town Hall and Carlow County Museum. St. Crone, a 5th century recluse, daughter of Sedna MacErca, great grandson of Niall of the Nine Hostages, is believed to have lived in the area, where there was also a church or temple at one time. The name changed in 1914 to Haymarket.

BUTTERFIELD MARKET: The Town Hall car park, where a weekly market is now held every Monday.

COAL-MARKET & WATER LANE: is now Kennedy Street.

POTATO MARKET: still retains its own name.

The Paddock: At the back of Doyle's was an area known as “The Paddock”: where football and hurling matches were played, travelling shows and circuses also used to set up here, after parading from the railway station through the streets of Carlow. It was here under a tree known as “The Jobbers tree”, that local women used to gather for hire as potato pickers and corn binders.

Many old buildings, old streets, old names, are gone from Carlow Town and County. I hope the memories of these are never wiped from Carlow peoples minds. Encourage your children and grandchildren to listen to our stories and read as much as they can about our heritage. Let them visit our Museum and join the Old Carlow Society. Keep alive in the minds of the younger generation the old names and the old places because tomorrow "they" will belong to "the older".

Hopefully, another day will come, when more memories of old Carlow that are gone but not forgotten, will come to be printed.

Special thanks to "Carloman"

By Annie C  Byrne  (Carloviana 1995/1996)

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An article in The Nationalist and Leinster Times. 23 April 1914.

It was decided at Carlow Urban Council Meeting to rename Haymarket, Templecroney Square, and Wellington Square, Governey Square.

Source: Carloviana No. 42, 1994/95 p.10.

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