By Dan Walsh at Cúirt Dhiarmada Uí Shúilleabháin, Gorey
Last Thursday I was privileged as a member of the Press to be part of a delegation from Gorey Kilmuckridge District and Wexford County Council to visit housing developments in Gorey and I am happy to say that there is progress on many schemes and housing in Gorey is best described “as progressive and impressive and reflects a growing community where people want to live, rest, work and play.”
One site I visited was the 22-unit Cleary-Doyle development at Creagh, which is ultra-modern and representatives of the developers explained what was happening and brought us on a tour of the site, including some sneak views of the indoors of some of the homes and offered an insight into modern day housing construction and the way the industry is evolving.
However, I was astonished when I heard the name of the estate, expected to be ready for occupation in Quarter Two 2025; Cúirt Dhiarmada Uí Shúilleabháin,
It must be the longest address (29 letters) in any housing estate in… in the world? I pity the postal staff and the residents getting the spelling correct; not forgetting the property market writers when properties come on the sales market, so getting the Eircode correct is fundamental to deliveries!
Cllr Fionntán Ó Súileabháin is delighted; “I’m also delighted to have eventually succeeded in getting a piece of Gorey infrastructure named in his honour, almost 40 yrs since his untimely passing.”
Gorey-based Diarmaid Ó Súilleabháin was world-renowned writer who worked as a teacher in the local Christian Brothers School prior to his passing in 1985.
“I know the new estate at Wexford St on the site of the old CBS where he used to teach, has already been named but there was a suggestion previously by councillors that an estate could be named after Diarmaid Ó Súilleabháin,” concluded Cllr Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin.
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