COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN, NEWCASTLE, RATHCOOLE, SAGGART AND BRITTAS AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

MOTION NO.3

MOTION: Councillor F. Timmons

That this Area Committee supports Clondalkin Mens Shed's request for street signage to be placed at Brideswell Lane , adjoining St Brigids Well at Brideswell Commnons , Boot Road Clondalkin! Can the Director of Land use and planning explain when this name change to Brideswell Lane occurred or indeed if ever it was renamed?

REPORT:

The official name on the section of road from St. Bridgets well to Smiths house, a length of 213m, is called "St. Bridgets Well Lane".  (See extact from the roads schedule)  

To complicate matters there are houses with eircode addresses which are called Lilliput Lane and Google maps calls this lane "Brideswell Lane".  These versions are contrary to the roads schedule which is the definitive catelogue of road names in the South Dublin County Council local authority area.  

The official name currently is "St. Bridgets Well Lane" coming from the roads schedule.  In the current situation, any directional signage that SDCC may put up has to agree with the Roads schedule name.

Should this name not be acceptable, any official name change would need to go through a Corporate Section plebiscite process to change to an agreed name.  This will be complicated as curently there are at least three separate names for this location, with house addresses and businesses called different versions of these names.