Thanks for all of this information.
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Originally Posted by Curmudgeon
Sherbrook south of Notre Dame was originally named Mulligan,then later renamed Sherbrook when the streetcar line was installed in 1897. A remarkably tacky move by city council since Mulligan was the original landowner, resided on the property for over 40 years and even ran the ferry where the Maryland Bridge now stands. He died in 1891. I wonder how much the anti-Irish sentiments of the time had to do with that.
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I don't know if this would have been anti-Irish sentiment as much as it would have been part of an attempt at British Canadian-izing the city's street names, and make Winnipeg less particular and more world- (or Empire-) class. Similar to how Fonseca Street lost its name and became a part of Higgins Avenue. William Fonseca was quite well known as an important city father at the time, and the oldest resident of Point Douglas, but his name was odd-sounding and lost out to Higgins... I don't think that was anti-Portuguese as much as it was pro-homogeneity.