1938.
I knew of King’s County becoming Laois: Kingstown becoming Dun
Laoighaire: and, Queenstown becoming Cobh. But these changes took place shortly after the War of Independence.
I thought it odd that Ballydesmond waited another 16 years.
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Only when I stopped on the bridge on the western end of Ballydesmond and read the plaque that I realised that Ballydesmond was called Kingwilliamstown from 1833 when it was founded up until 1938. I knew of King’s County becoming Laois: Kingstown becoming Dun Laoighaire: and, Queenstown becoming Cobh. But these changes took place shortly after the War of Independence. I thought it odd that Ballydesmond waited another 16 years.
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