Alma Street
Battle of the Alma River, 20th September 1854, during the Crimean War.
Aughrim Street
Battle of Aughrim, fought in Galway on 12th July 1691.
Balaclava Street
Battle of Balaclava, part of the siege of Sevastopol, 25th October 1854.
Boyne Street
Battle of the Boyne fought on 1st July 1690, on the banks of the River Boyne, near Drogheda.
Charlemont Street
James Caulfield, 1st Earl of Charlemont, Commander-in-Chief of the Irish Volunteers in the 1780’s.
Crimea Street
Crimean War October 1853 to February 1856, between the allied armies of France, Britain and the Ottoman Empire against Russia.
Fashoda Street
The Fashoda Incident, an imperial territorial dispute between France and Britain in 1898 over land in East Africa.
Frere Street
Sir Henry Bartle Frere, British colonial administrator and Governor of Bombay.
Havelock Square
Sir Henry Havelock, British general famous for the recapture of Cawnpore during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Inkerman Street
Battle of Inkerman fought on 5th November 1854, during the Crimean War.
Magdala Street
Battle of Magdala, fought between British and Abyssinian Forces, April 1868.
Montrose Street
James Graham, Ist Marquess of Montrose. He fought for Charles I in the
English Civil War and in the Scottish Civil War, on the side of the king.
Napier Street
Sir Robert Cornelis Napier, British General who fought during the 1st and 2nd Anglo-Sikh Wars and at the Battle of Magdala.
Nelson Street Admiral Lord Nelson of the British Royal Navy, famous for his naval victories and who died at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
Outram Street
Sir James Outram, British army officer, who fought in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Raglan Street
Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, commander of the British troops sent to the Crimean War in 1854.
Varna Street
Varna, a town in Bulgaria, was used as the headquarters of the French and British troops during the Crimean War.
Wellington Place
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Commander of the British army during the Napoleonic Wars.
York Street
Prince Frederick, Duke of York, second son of George III and general during the Napoleonic Wars.
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