Skibbereen Drive in the suburb of Halswell, Christchurch

Skibbereen Drive in Halswell and the street is too new to be on the library website. Information from the council website – The town in Ireland where Ellen Murphy (wife of Conailus) came from. Road names have been requested by Alan Ye for roads at the Cloverden subdivision on the corner of Halswell Junction Road and Murphys Road. The road names have been chosen in accordance with the theme of a historic connection to the Murphy family who landed in New Zealand in 1866 and farmed the property until recently. This street is so new that it hasn’t finished being built and part of it was blocked off by workmen. Part of the street is next to the cool looking playground. I had to be very discreet in looking for a nearby geocache because of the workmen. Because the houses are so new they just didn’t have any character. Skibbereen means little boat harbour and the area is also well known for it’s famine history.