IMG 6407-001-Navigator Square

The pedestrianised area where the Archway gyratory used to be is now called Navigator Square in reference to the Irish navvies who lived in this area and worked to construct the roads, canals and railways in the 19th century. In later years, they constructed the Whittington Hospital, which as staffed with a large number of Irish nurses. islingtontribune.com/article/navigator-square-built-on-the-pluck-of-the-irish