Where was this chapel? It may and probably was on the site of the present church - but the late Mary Phelan, who lived at No.62 opposite the present hairdresser’s establishment, used to say that her late uncle and aunt with whom she lived claimed that their cottage was once “a mass house”.

It could have been used temporarily as such while the 1823 chapel was being built. We shall probably never know for certain. The 1823 church was more often refered to as “a chapel” than a church.

Nobody would now wish that we should revert to Chapel Street in this instance or that we should revive Rat’s Row (8) for that lower part of Hoar Rock that meets The Square (9) - nor Jem Hynes’ Street. But at least the last named was called a street - not a lane. We’ve had, and indeed still have, far too many lanes in Skerries.

Little Strand Street in my young days was Barrack Lane and before that Rooney's Lane (11).  We still have Convent Lane (10) - formerly Gowan's Lane - McLoughlin's Lane (14), Collooney's Lane (12), Friar's Lane (13), Weldon's Lane (16) and Brookville Lane (15).

As we proceed up Lummox's Hill aforementioned, on our left is the Gooseacre.  Much of it has suffered from erosion but happily in recent years the sea hasn't been making the same inroads as formerly.  Gooseacre, to me at any rate, is a nice evocative word - a word with a touch of poetry and I think it should be preserved.

The old name for what is now the Rugby grounds is Roch Coill Eochach - the rath of yew wood.

Who now remembers The Crack?  It is at the northen end of Strand Street just beyond Ruigrok's House and runs in an arc in the direction of the harbour.  It was probably so called because it broke the alignment of the houses of the street.

You can imagine it as a crack in the wall of the street.   It was a postal address that I'm sure the residents didn't like. Fancy "The Crack, Skerries, Oct 9th" as your letterhead!   That would surely tickle the risibilities of the recipient.  It is now officially called Sand Banks , appropriately enough for there used to be sand dunes galore on the strand side of it.