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franc 91 · **Posted:** Tue 02 Apr 2019 1:19 pm

I've had a look at the pdf file - Sráidainmneacha Bhaile Átha Cliath - but I can't find the part of Dublin called Islandbridge. I'm not whether it should be - Droichead na hInse - or the other way round - Inse an Droichid. Does anyone know ?

Labhrás · **Joined:** Sat 03 May 2014 4:01 pm **Posts:** 1973

franc 91 wrote:

I've had a look at the pdf file - Sráidainmneacha Bhaile Átha Cliath - but I can't find the part of Dublin called Islandbridge. I'm not whether it should be - Droichead na hInse - or the other way round - Inse an Droichid. Does anyone know ?

https://www.logainm.ie/en/127058?s=Islandbridge
Droichead na hInse

franc 91 · **Posted:** Tue 02 Apr 2019 2:07 pm

Go raibh maith agat. I suppose that if the original name was in Irish - inse - as used here in this context, would really have meant a water meadow rather than an island ?

Labhrás · **Joined:** Sat 03 May 2014 4:01 pm **Posts:** 1973

franc 91 wrote:

Go raibh maith agat. I suppose that if the original name was in Irish - inse - as used here in this context, would really have meant a water meadow rather than an island ?

The original name was certainly in English.
And the Irish name was "droithchead an iléain" in 1728 (acc. to logainm.ie -> "view text records")

An ea nach oileán iad Bellevue Blocks?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islandbridge :

Quote:

Island Bridge and the surrounding area are so named because of the island formed here by the creation of a mill race towards the right bank while the main current flows to the left.

franc 91 · **Posted:** Tue 02 Apr 2019 3:20 pm

Ceart go leor (the address in question is - Cé Uisce an Droichid - which is why I was asking)

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