Skiup wrote: » Not people but Cromwell in Nz has most of its streets named after Irish counties. Ironic!
eire4 wrote: » Skiup wrote: » Not people but Cromwell in Nz has most of its streets named after Irish counties. Ironic! That is crazy. I wonder do the locals get the irony?
Gandhi wrote: » I pass through Upper Dublin, Pennsylvania, on the way to work every day.
pawrick wrote: » O'Reilly Street, Havana, Cuba link to someones elses flicker with a pic of a plaque and further infohttp://www.flickr.com/photos/kevp/344526811/
dave2pvd wrote: » Good list here. Pennsylvania and Michigan seem to have an awful lot of Irish county names. I can tell you that Dublin, GA is absolutely nothing like Dublin, Ireland. They have a large parade every year sometime in March. Mexican independence or something. Lots of green.
Eazos1 wrote: » Also Bernardo O'Higgins (son of a Sligoman). Chilean independence leader and one of the founding fathers. Main street in the Chilean capital Santiago is Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins. There is also a Chilean research centre in Antartica named after him.
eire4 wrote: » That list is interesting. My favourite one was that there is an island called New Ireland in the pacific with a population of about 120,000
greendom wrote: » There's a Calle O'Donnell (and metro station) in Madrid. I think he was a Spanish statesman with Irish descendants...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopoldo_O'Donnell,_1st_Duke_of_Tetuan
After Japan opened her doors to the world in 1854, people with great ambition landed in Yokohama. Samuel Cocking, who came to Japan from his native Ireland in 1869 at the age of 28, was one of them. But different from other outsiders, he first headed to Ishinomaki, Miyagi, where foreigners were well treated. At that time, exclusionists still existed here and there in Yokohama and more than a few violent incidents against “the hated foreigners” occurred. Cocking wanted to avoid these dangers. In Ishinomaki, he established good relationships with former daimyos and he developed an eye for curios. He then succeeded as a curio dealer between the United Kingdom and Japan, making full use of his fine knowledge of antiques. In 1870, with a strategy in place for his safety, he targeted business success in Yokohama and moved into the foreign settlement there. In 1872, Cocking married a Japanese woman, Riki Miyata, when he was 31. His business had been doing well and he made an enormous fortune. He knew Enoshima was a beautiful spot that could be turned into a huge garden, and he long had a desire for purchasing land there. Finally, in his wife’s name, his long-cherished hope was attained in 1880. He lived and worked in Yokohama and spent his spare time in Enoshima, where he built a villa and then constructed three ponds, a flower garden, and greenhouse with a steam heating system. Later in life, misfortune suddenly struck him. The British bank he dealt with went bankrupt. He had to reduce his business and then he retired. He died in 1914 of a heart attack. Riki took care of Cocking until the very end of his life and he was buried in Riki’s family grave in Yokohama.
shansf wrote: » There is a Gerry Adams Way in Oakland, Ca - named after .... you guessed it the man himself - not exactly in the best part of town either :cool:
Snickers Man wrote: » Oakland, CA has a "best part of town"? :eek:
