Have you heard of the five lamps?

Gerry81

go hang your bollocks off it.


does anybody know the origins of this saying? I know the five lamps is a pub on amiens street in dublin thats recently closed down and that the saying refers to the pub but thats it........

BraziliaNZ

i thought it referred to the actual lamps

Gerry81

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

i thought it referred to the actual lamps

which actual lamps?

MaybeLogic

The Five Lamps,in the middle of the junction at Amiens St./Portland Row.
They haven't gone away,you know.

IITYWYBMAD

You're obviously not a Dub:

topper75

And this is obviously After Hours and not the Dublin City forum.

Dizzyblonde

http://www.csn.ul.ie/~dan/war/images/090607013.jpg

The 'hang your knickers/whatever on them' was just a smart reply when anyone asked for directions around Dublin

Gerry81

IITYWYBMAD wrote: »

You're obviously not a Dub:

thanks for that, never realised there were 5 lamps. I am a dub, but from the southside(so not a real one) now living on the northside.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Lol wut?

zonEEE

Saige Stocky Tenseness wrote: »

Lol wut?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX3aYZWThog

Gerry81

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

http://www.csn.ul.ie/~dan/war/images/090607013.jpg

The 'hang your knickers/whatever on them' was just a smart reply when anyone asked for directions around Dublin

thanks, assumed it was just some smart arse comment but was hoing there might have been more to it.

Gerry81

MaybeLogic wrote: »

The Five Lamps,in the middle of the junction at Amiens St./Portland Row.
They haven't gone away,you know.

haha, I must live in a bubble, I'll have a look out the window of the bus on my way home

git_ireland

THE Five Lamps, a famous landmark in the North Inner City, commemorates five major battles
fought in India during the days of the British Empire

Latchy

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

The 'hang your knickers/whatever on them' was just a smart reply when anyone asked for directions around Dublin

one of the older smart Dubliner replys to

MaybeLogic

git_ireland wrote: »

THE Five Lamps, a famous landmark in the North Inner City, commemorates five major battles
fought in India during the days of the British Empire

What better way to stick it to the Indians than building a lampost in a Dublin slum?

judas1369

As far as I know the original structure was erected to commemorate five major battles fought by Britain in India during the Age of Empire.
It had fallen in to a state of disrepair and only had two or three lamps for quite a while and was refurbished to its present state I think as a project for the Dublin Millenium.
Just going on memory here, I am open to correction!

git_ireland

MaybeLogic wrote: »

What better way to stick it to the Indians than building a lampost in a Dublin slum?

Eh..... we were ruled by the British Empire.

This article from 1987 sheds some light on the restoration
It's the only working gas street lamp left in Dublin.

It’s said that you’re not a real Dub if you were born beyond the Five Lamps….

Cheap Thrills!

Someone asks you where somewhere is, you say 'Yeh, dya know the 5 lamps' and they go 'Yeh' and then you go 'Well, hang your b0ll0x on it'

You can't mention the five lamps without being told to hang your b0ll0x on it.

baalthor

Mentioned in "Rat Pack" by the Boomtown Rats

scotchy

Excuse me. Can you tell me where the Stags head is?

Yeah bud, It's about 5ft from his arse....



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funkyjebus

git_ireland wrote: »

Eh..... we were ruled by the British Empire.

This article from 1987 sheds some light on the restoration
It's the only working gas street lamp left in Dublin.

It’s said that you’re not a real Dub if you were born beyond the Five Lamps….

Are the lamps in the Phoenix Park not still gas? They look it.

mink_man

i really shouldnt be here....

Kipperhell

MaybeLogic wrote: »

What better way to stick it to the Indians than building a lampost in a Dublin slum?

When it was constructed the area was actually quite well off and more popular than the Southside. The "accidental" bombing in North Strand destroyed a fair amount of building that would have shown the wealth at the time of construction. The route to Clontarf would have looked more like Ballsbridge than going through the corpo flats that it has now. There were tax issues that lead to a lot of Southside development and allowed grand houses become tenements in the city having a bigger effect on the Northside.

I am always surprised at how little Southsiders actually know about Dublin as a whole but the Northside in particular.

scotchy

Kipperhell wrote: »

When it was constructed the area was actually quite well off and more popular than the Southside. The "accidental" bombing in North Strand destroyed a fair amount of building that would have shown the wealth at the time of construction. The route to Clontarf would have looked more like Ballsbridge than going through the corpo flats that it has now. There were tax issues that lead to a lot of Southside development and allowed grand houses become tenements in the city having a bigger effect on the Northside.

I am always surprised at how little Southsiders actually know about Dublin as a whole but the Northside in particular.

I knew that.....and I'm a Southsider....:)


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IvySlayer

THERE ARE FOUR LAMPS!

MaybeLogic

IvySlayer wrote: »

THERE ARE FOUR LAMPS!

There used to be Five.
It's da Northside,what do you expect?

IvySlayer

MaybeLogic wrote: »

There used to be Five.
It's da Northside,what do you expect?

It's a joke that only cool people will understand :cool:

MaybeLogic

I don't get it.

Coriolanus

git_ireland wrote: »

THE Five Lamps, a famous landmark in the North Inner City, commemorates five major battles
fought in India during the days of the British Empire

Surprised it hasn't been cunningly renamed traitors lamps or something, following grand irish tradition. :rolleyes:

TPD

I've heard of the Four Lanterns. :cool:

mattblacktiger

MaybeLogic wrote: »

I don't get it.

I get it:D

Thomas828

baalthor wrote: »

Mentioned in "Rat Pack" by the Boomtown Rats

Correct. "Just down past the meat factory door, The Five Lamp boys were coming on strong."

biko

I've never heard about it so must be a Dublin thing.
AH/DC

bnt

git_ireland wrote: »

THE Five Lamps, a famous landmark in the North Inner City, commemorates five major battles
fought in India during the days of the British Empire

The Indian connection is interesting, since there is a Hindu tradition of lighting five lamps or candles for luck, especially at Diwali. The five lamps represent the five elements: earth, water, fire, air, and space. The V&A Museum in London has an ancient example, while a modern decorative diya looks like this.

When I worked for an IT company, a few years ago, I visited their offices in Bangalore to give training. There was a little ceremony to open the new department, and I was asked to light one of the five wicks on a diya lamp, for good luck. (Then we had slices of Winnie-the-Pooh cake, on paper plates with swastikas on the bottom!)

BostonB

Havent heard the 5 lamps thing in years.