placenamesDominick Street
Sráid Dhoiminic
Archaeological work beneath Dominick Street has revealed earlier road surfaces, household debris and remains associated with its former swing bridge.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Sráid Dhoiminic · Irish · main form · validated name
- Dominick Street · English · main form
Place & story
Under the street
Monitoring during Galway’s sewerage works in 2011–12 uncovered a stone culvert and metalled surfaces beneath Dominick Street. Archaeologist Finn Delaney interpreted the surfaces as probable remains of the late medieval street. A dark deposit below the modern road contained pottery and clay-pipe fragments, suggesting household refuse accumulated during earlier centuries. [2]
The bridge mechanism
The same work exposed curving iron rails set into a dressed limestone plinth. Delaney identified these as probable parts of the mechanism that turned the Eglinton Canal’s swivel bridge. The bridge was replaced by a fixed concrete structure around 1954. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dominick Street. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- 2011:259 – Galway: Dominick Street and other sewerage-scheme sites · Finn Delaney, Eachtra Archaeological Projects
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2012-10-16. How this page was prepared.