Campaign to rename Cork streets after Irish heroes

A campaign will be launched tonight to rename some of Cork City’s best-known streets which commemorate British “aristocrats and war criminals” after Irish heroes.

Political and Irish language activist Diarmaid Ó Cadhla invited people to attend a public meeting on the issue tonight with a view to forming a committee to drive the campaign forward.

Mr Ó Cadhla said he can’t understand why certain streets are named after people like the Duke of Marlborough (Marlboro St), who in 1690 led 9,000 soldiers of the Williamite army as they laid siege to Cork City.