Partick Cross is a major road junction in

Partick Partick (, Scottish Gaelic: ''Partaig'') is an area of Glasgow on the north bank of the River Clyde, just across from Govan. To the west lies Whiteinch, to the east Yorkhill and Kelvingrove Park (across the River Kelvin), and to the north Broo ...

, in the west end of the city of

Glasgow Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom ...

, Scotland. The junction is the meeting point of Dumbarton Road,

Byres Road Byres Road is a street in Hillhead, Glasgow, Scotland. It is the central artery of the city's West End. Location and history Byres Road is a mixed commercial, shopping and upmarket residential area consisting largely of traditional sandston ...

, Partick Bridge Street and Coopers Well Street.

History

Riots took place on the centenary of

Daniel O'Connell Daniel(I) O’Connell (; 6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847), hailed in his time as The Liberator, was the acknowledged political leader of Ireland's Roman Catholic majority in the first half of the 19th century. His mobilisation of Catholic Irelan ...

's birth on 6 August 1875. The Irish immigrants decided to celebrate with a march and the locals rose up in protest. The centre of what was said to be a major civil disturbance was at Partick Cross. Thirty locals had to be sworn in as special constables including

Rachel Hamilton Rachel Molly Hamilton, also known as Big Rachel, (1829–1899) was an Irish-born woman who was a special constable during the Partick Riots in Glasgow in 1875. Early life Hamilton was born in Ireland, later living in Partick, Glasgow in Scot ...

and they drove the rioters back.

Description

Near to the Cross are some of the city's best known

tourist Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity on ...

destinations including: *The

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is a museum and art gallery in Glasgow, Scotland, managed by Glasgow Museums. The building is located in Kelvingrove Park in the West End of the city, adjacent to Argyle Street. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Mu ...

Kelvingrove Park Kelvingrove Park is a public park located on the River Kelvin in the West End of the city of Glasgow, Scotland, containing the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. History Kelvingrove Park was originally created as the West End Park in 1852, a ...

*The

University of Glasgow The University of Glasgow (abbreviated as ''Glas.'' in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals; ) is a Public university, public research university in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded by papal bull in , it is the List of oldest universities in continuous ...

Also nearby, in an alleyway off Dumbarton Road, is the

Kelvinhall subway station Kelvinhall ('' Partick Cross'' until 1977) is an underground station on the Glasgow Subway, renamed after the nearby Kelvin Hall. It is located in the West End of Glasgow, Scotland, near to many of the city's best known tourist destinations i ...

– previously known as 'Partick Cross' until 1977 when modernisation work took place.

References

External links

* {{Transport in Glasgow Road junctions in Glasgow Partick