Mary Lavin is to become the first female Irish writer to have a public space named after her, with a new square in Dublin to take her name after a ceremony on Friday. The quarter-acre Mary Lavin Place at Wilton Park in Dublin 2 is part of a major redevelopment of the area by developer IPUT, which will include the European headquarters of LinkedIn.
Last week, Trinity College announced that the main library in its city centre campus has been renamed after Irish poet Eavan Boland. But there are few places, buildings or streets named after woman around the State. It has been estimated just under 30 of Dublin’s city centre almost 1,000 streets are named after women.
We would like to hear your view any Irish streets, buildings, places or structures that should be named, or renamed, after women. Which women do you think they should be honoured or recognised in this way?
Please submit your views using the form below. You may attach photographs if you wish.
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A selection of responses may be published in The Irish Times.
