Wexford road ‘that has no name’ to be afforded a new title by the council

By Simon Bourke, Wexford People

Such is the rate of development in Wexford town that the local council has not had the opportunity to assign a name to one of its newly-constructed roads. The unnamed road connects to Coolcotts Lane and runs parallel to the Garran Beithe and Cois Carraige estates beside Wexford Racecourse.

Raising the plight of the road and calling for it to be given a new title, Councillor Leonard Kelly said this was a rapidly growing part of the town and those living in the area deserved better.

“This road is at the top of Coolcotts Lane, could we get a name for it?” he asked at the monthly meeting of the Wexford Borough District. “How do we even go about getting names for roads? There’s a lot of esates up there, it’s a vibrant community, and that road will be joining up with the estate at the top of Clonard Road.”

Having only assumed the role of district engineer earlier this year, Lar Lett was unfamiliar with the “road that has no name” but said he would talk with the senior engineer and “see what mechanisms are available” to give the road a name.

Speaking after the meeting, Cllr Kelly had a proposal which he felt would meet with positive public sentiment.

“There’s a 12-year-old boy buried in The Pauper’s Graveyard called John Brien, he died in December 1904 from whooping cough and tuberculosis having spent his whole life in the workhouse,” said Cllr Kelly. “I think it would be a fitting tribute to John if we named the road in his honour and I will be proposing we do this at the next district meeting.”