Paddy's Market

This article is about the historic Glasgow market. For the Australian business, see Paddy's Markets.

Paddy's Market was a historic market on Shipbank Lane in Glasgow, Scotland.^[1] It had been in existence at a variety of locations throughout the city for almost 200 years.^[2][3] It was mentioned in newspapers in Britain^[4] and Australia in 1849, when a gust of wind blew away clothes at the market.^[5]

Paddy's Market in 2008 – from geograph.org.uk

In its final years, the market had been criticised as being a focus for crime and illegal activity including drug dealing (and the associated crime in stolen goods). However, many traders expressed contempt for the addicts who congregated there and who felt had dragged down the market's reputation.^[2]

Paddy's Market was closed by Glasgow City Council on 15 May 2009, when they took over the lease on the current site from Network Rail.^[3] The move had been fiercely criticised by many traders who had a procession to the City Chambers.^[6]

A proposal was made to reopen the market in 2016,^[7] but in 2020 the area was still fenced off and advertised for leasing.^[8]

Name

The market's name originated with the large numbers of Irish immigrants who came to Scotland in the early 19th century.^[3]

The Liverpool Echo claimed that the Paddy's Market in Banastre Street, Liverpool, originated as St Patrick’s Bazaar, for a similar reason and also in the early 19th century.^[9]

The name was being used in Melbourne by 1859^[10] and in Wellington by 1867.^[11] It was also used in Ipswich,^[12] remains in use in Sydney,^[13] where Paddy's Market was running by 1909,^[14] was in widespread use in New Zealand for many years^[15] and was used in Akaroa in 2021.^[16]

References

1. "Looking back at Paddy's Market 12 years on from its very last sale". 14 August 2021.
2. Scotland on Sunday - Spectrum magazine supplement - pages 11 to 15 - (online version at [1])10 May 2009
3. Evening Times website - Article dated: 14 March 2008, Retrieved 10 May 2009.
4. "Guardian Newspaper Archives, Jul 11, 1849, p. 11". NewspaperArchive.com. 11 July 1849. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
5. "ENGLISH NEWS". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 9 November 1849. p. 2. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
6. Demise of the 'people's market', BBC News website, 15 May 2009
7. Balasundaram, Nemesha (13 January 2016). "Glasgow's notorious 'Paddy's Market' site could be revived". The Irish Post. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
8. "52 A8 Glasgow". Google Maps. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
9. Shennan, Paddy (23 June 2012). "As change looms for North Liverpool, we take a look back at the story of the city's markets". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
10. "number". Melbourne Punch (Vic. : 1855 - 1900). 28 July 1859. p. 3. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
11. "WELLINGTON INDEPENDENT". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 4 July 1867. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
12. "Flour Mill". Queensland Government. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
13. "Paddy's Markets". Retrieved 3 June 2021.
14. "Assessment of Historical and Archaeological Resources of the Paddy's Market Site" (PDF). 2003.
15. "Search ARTICLES For these words Paddy's Market". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
16. "Paddy's Market". www.visitakaroa.com. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.