Clonakilty Old/New Street Names

A certain amount of confusion may be caused to readers owing to the use of the old names of the streets. In copying from old books, e.g. Pigott's Directory the names as there given, have been used. Older residents of the town have adhered to the old names, although they have been officially changed for forty years of more, and ironically enough the same people refuse to recognise the old townland names: Maulnuskehy, Carriganookery, Grilleagh, etc. In an effort to satisfy all tastes I list hereunder the official names of the streets and the old names.

Pearse Street	Sovereign Street
Ashe Street	Mill Street
Wolfe Tone Street	Strand Road
Rossa Street	Main Street
Connolly Street	George's Street
McCurtin Hill	Barrack Hill
Lamb Street	Lamb Street
Oliver Plunket Street	Western Road
Emmet Square	Shannon Square
Astna Square	Boyle Square
Astna Street	Boyle Street
Old Chapel Lane	Old Chapel Lane
Patrick Street	Patrick Street
Clarkle Street	Jerymn Street and Mill Lane
Casement Street	Oliver Street
Kent Street	Bank Street
O'Rahilly Street	School Street
	Seymour Street

Clonakilty District Past & Present  - A Tourist guide to the area -[158 pages, forward dated 1959] The guide was published by the Southern Star Ltd for the Clonakilty C.Y.M.S.

My thanks to Henry McFadden for providing this information.