An alternative 12 Pubs of Christmas! Join Cathy Scuffil as she takes us through the history of some of Dublin's most fascinating pub names.
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Local history can manifest itself in many forms and is all around us. The pub names of Dublin present images of history and other events unique to Ireland and Irish life.
The oldest pub in Ireland is now known as the Brazen Head a name it has held since 1690 relating to the unfortunate death of a red headed ‘lady’ by cannonball during the Siege of Limerick. There has, however been a public house on this site since 1198, when it was known as the Black Dog Tavern. Of interest is the name The Stoneboat, a public house in Sundrive, Kimmage. It commemorates a structure in the River Poddle, placed there in 1244 to divert 1/3 or the river in an artificial watercourse into the medieval city of Dublin as a public water supply.
The Eleanora on the Drimnagh Road refers to the love story of the Lady who was a maid, a bride and a widow in one day. Her ill-fated marriage to the Lord de Barnwall of Drimnagh ended when the other love interest, the rebel Hugh Byrne of Wicklow attacked the wedding party resulting in his, and her new husband’s death. The Lady Eleanora was found some time later, dead on Hugh’s grave in Glenasmole.
A number of Dublin pubs were originally coaching inns, located on key travel routes out of the city such as the Mullingar House in Chapelizod, The Black Lion and the Black Horse, Inchicore. Others were the Halfway House, Walkinstown and the Cuckoo’s Nest on the Greenhills Road. The Bird Flanagan in Rialto and the Long Mile Inn in Walkinstown are links with William Flanagan, the famous practical joker and gentleman, who lived in Walkinstown House. His sister, Louisa married WT Cosgrave, whose stepfather was the owner of Kenny’s Public House in James’s Street.
The Templeogue Inn is known as – and currently called – ‘The Morgue’. The explanation for this unusual name will be revealed during the presentation!
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