Sundrive Road (Hangman's Lane / Dark Lane / Sundrive Avenue)
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Sundrive Road (previously Dark Lane and Hangman's Lane) is a residental road connectiing Crumlin Road to Kimmage Road Lower.
Bóthar Ghrianréime
Sundrive Road
12
Name Derivation
Named Hang Man Lane after Tom Galvin, the hangman responsible for executing many condemned United Irishmen in 1798. It then was renamed to Dark Lane, presumably as it was a narrow dark lane. In 1935, it was renamed Sundrive road it was widened and straightened as renamed in contrast to the dark lane it replaced.
Description“Sundrive Road” first appeared in the Crumlin section of Thom’s Directory in 1938, but in the Rathmines District section as “Sundrive-road, Larkfield” (8 houses) in the 1933 edition. This reflects the old Rathmines and Rathgar Urban District boundary.
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Related Buildings
![Brick Works with Kiln & Tanks [Sundrive]](https://www.crumlinwalkinstownhistory.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/buildings-brooklawn2-300x212.png)
![Dispensary [Sundrive Road]](https://www.crumlinwalkinstownhistory.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/buildings-blackwell3-300x212.png)
![Electricity Station [Sundrive]](https://www.crumlinwalkinstownhistory.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/buildings-sundriveesb-300x212.png)
Points of Interest
![Clay Pit [Sundrive]](https://www.crumlinwalkinstownhistory.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/poi-claypit2-300x212.png)
![Mill Pond [Larkfield]](https://www.crumlinwalkinstownhistory.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/poi-millpond-larkfield-300x212.png)
![Quarry [Eamon Ceannt Park]](https://www.crumlinwalkinstownhistory.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/poi-ecquarry-300x212.png)
![Quarry Old [Tonguefield]](https://www.crumlinwalkinstownhistory.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/poi-quarry-tonguefield-300x212.png)
Placename Details
| Irish Name: Bóthar Ghrianréime |
| Current Name: Sundrive Road |
| Type: Street |
| Postal Code: 12 |
| Area:
Crumlin |
| Year first mentioned: 1757<(Hangmans Lane) 1791< (Dark Lane) 1934c(Sundrive Road) |