Crossmaglen Streets

Annaghmare

The street names in the 1901 Census do not in all cases correspond with those used in earlier and all subsequent valuations as the following table shows. In 1901, Peter Gregory was listed as as a property holder on Carrick Street.

Crossmaglen Street Names 1864 to 1957

  1864 1901 1935 1957
         
Crossmaglen Dundalk St Dundalk St Dundalk St Dundalk St
  The Square The Square The Square The Square
  Carlingford St   Carlingford St Carlingford St
  Shamble Lane      
  Newry St   Newry St Newry St
  North St North St North St North St
  Lane off the Square      
  Castleblaney St   Castleblaney St Castleblaney St
  Carrick St Carrick St Carrick St Carrick St
    Dundalk Rd    
    Brown’s Lane    
    Newtownhamilton St    
    Creggan St    
      Mill Lane Mill lane
         
Rathkeelan (Town of C’maglen) Newtown Road Newtownhamilton St Newtownhamilton St Newtownhamilton St
  Castleblaney Rd North St Castleblaney St Castleblaney St
        Rathview Park


By a process of name comparison it can be deduced, with reasonable confidence that –

  • Creggan St is Newry St
  • Dundalk Road is part of the Townland of Crossmaglen
  • North St (Crossmaglen) is Castleblaney St (Crossmaglen)
  • Newtownhamilton St (Crossmaglen) is North St (Crossmaglen)
  • Newtownhamilton St (Rathkeelan) is the same as the 1864 Newtown Road (Rathkeelan)
  • North St (Rathkeelan) is Castleblaney St (Rathkeelan) (formerly Castleblaney Rd.)