Carlow Nationalist, June 1920.
Change in Street names:
The secretary of the Carlow Trades Council transmitted the following
resolution passed at a meeting held on the 7th instant: -
That the name Market Cross be changed to Connolly's Cross and that
Tullow Street be changed to O'Hanrahan Street.
On the motion of Mr. Comerford, seconded by Mr Purcell, the Urban
Council adapted the resolution of the Trades Council and decided
that it take effect immediately.
[Note added 2011. James Connolly, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
He established the Irish Socialist Republican Party and became one
of the leaders of the Labour movement in Ireland. He was sentenced
to death for his role in the 1916 Rising, He was carried on a
stretcher , tied to a chair and executed by a British firing squad
on the 12th May 1916 in Kilmainham Jail.
Michael O' Hanrahan, a native of New Ross, Wexford, lived on Tullow
Street, Carlow, for a number of years, where he worked with his
father in the family cork-cutting business. He was a member of the
Irish Republican Brotherhood and acted as an officer in the Irish
Volunteers. He was executed on 4th May 1916 for his role in the 1916
Rising.
Tullow Street and Market Cross remain named Tullow Street and Market
Cross to the present day]
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- Transcribed by M. Purcell c2011.
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