Belgard Road

Belgard Road opened in Dublin in 1981, a straightforward civic gift named through the usual county council ceremony. Barry Desmond, chairman then, likely stood beside chief engineer B. Murphy while officials cut a ribbon or pressed a button, giving the street its formal birth. The road itself may have arrived late, paved and lamp-lit after years of debate, but its name entered the city that day like a small medal struck for ordinary use.