Pub Names

UKJon

One thing I didn't really think about till I visited Ireland is the fact most pubs are named after the people who run them. Whereas here in the UK, it seems there is a list about 100 pub names and every pub has one of these names.

Is there any examples pubs in the ROI having English style names?

Amirani

The Palace Bar and The Oval are the first to come to mind.

1ZRed

Not my pub. It's called puzzles

NegativeCreep

The Thirsty Bull and the Grand Central spring to mind but I know there's loads

Guill

Cat and bagpipes.

The Dolphin

Larianne

UKJon wrote: »

One thing I didn't really think about till I visited Ireland is the fact most pubs are named after the people who run them. Whereas here in the UK, it seems there is a list about 100 pub names and every pub has one of these names.

There's a pub in my town called The Cock Tavern. :pac:

The Duke, The Slaughtered Lamb. There's lots, which I can't think of at the moment.

Washington Irving

In my own town there's Major Tom's (owner isn't called Tom), The Stagger Inn and The Horse and Jockey. Then there's nine or ten pubs named after owner(s)

dodderangler

An busca fluck
( the wet box)
Excuse the spelling been a while since I spelt in Irish

Tombi!

Barcode? 21s?

LETHAL LADY

Knobs and Knockers but I would rather use it for my DIY shop.

minidazzler

The Bailey, The Courthouse Bar, The Washington Inn, An Bróg, The Old Oak, The Crane Lane, An Cruibin, An Bódhran, The Grafton, Door 51.

That's just a small few of the popular bars in Cork City.

Camden in London has a few bars that have original names. They'll generally be the music centric places. The Wheelbarrow, The Barfly (though that's a franchise bar), The Flower Pot. And outside of Camden places like Nambucca.

It's not hard to find lots of bars with different names.

ballsymchugh

there's the elephant and castle in dublin too, but you're not too likely to get names such as the crown and buccaneer or ye olde crusader outside the pale..

Lapin

This thread is too good an opportunity to pass up a blatant plug !

marshbaboon

Larianne wrote: »

There's a pub in my town called The Cock Tavern. :pac:

The Duke, The Slaughtered Lamb. There's lots, which I can't think of at the moment.

I think you might be from the same town as me...

The cock is a great spot. Lovely food. The chicken wings are boss!

DazMarz

The Stickett Inn

1ZRed

marshbaboon wrote: »

The cock is a great spot. Lovely.

So you're finally coming round to my way of thinking eh? :cool:

policarp

Black Horse,
Black Bull,
Bakers Corner. . .

StupidLikeAFox

The Kings Head is a famous pub in Galway

Wompa1

Tigh Ceoili, The Crane, The Anglers Rest, Bar 8, Bar 903, The Merry Fiddler. There's loads just in Galway alone.

MickeyShtyles

Granny's Attic

outnumbered82

The bleeding horse
The bloody Stream
The Oasis bar

UKJon

But generally speaking are there pub names that are repeated dozens of times across the country?

Like we most have 'The Queen's Heads' 'Rose and Crowns' and 'Red Lions' in most towns in the country.

marketty

UKJon wrote: »

But generally speaking are there pub names that are repeated dozens of times across the country?

Like we most have 'The Queen's Heads' 'Rose and Crowns' and 'Red Lions' in most towns in the country.

Aren't they all franchises that are owned by breweries though? I'm nearly sure red lion is anyway. We don't have that system in Ireland, although diageo have such a monopoly they may as well own practically every pub in Ireland

Spook_ie

Here's a few to be testing out


Aherne's
Altamont Gardens
Ambrose Magillicuddy's
An Casur
An Cruiscín Lán
An Currach
Anderson
Auld Dubliner
Baggott Inn
Ballybunnion
Ballygoan
Barney Brannigan's
Barry's
Béal Bocht
Beenbawn Strand
Beirne's
Biddy Mulligan's
Billy Kelly
Black Velvet Band
Bleeding Horse
Boar's Head
Bohan's
Brady's
Branagan's
Brendan the Navigator
Brennan's
Brian Ború
Briody's
Broderick's
Brogan's
Bruree Mill
Buck Whaley's
Buckley's
Bunratty Castle
Burke's
Busker's Holiday
Butler's
Byrne's
Caffrey's
Cahalane's
Caheny's
Cahill's
Callaghan's
Captain Boycott's
Carolan's
Carroll's
Cartlan's
Cassidy's
Castlemayr
Caulfield's
Cis Madden's
Clancy's
Clare Glens
Cleary's
Clery's Clock
Cliffs of Moher
Clifton Court
Clohessy's
Clontarf Castle
Coady's
Cobh Harbour
Connemara Ponies
Connaught Counties
Connolly's Folly
Conroy's
Conway's
Cooley Peninsula
Cooney's
Corcoran's
Corrigan's
Coughlan's
County Carlow
County Clare
Courtney
Coyne
Crag Cave
Cregan's
Croagh Patrick
Cross of Ages
Crowley's
Culligan's
Cullinan's
Cummin's
Cunningham's
Curran's
Daly's
Dame Alice
Dame Tavern
Danaher's
Daniel O'Connell
Danny Boy
Davy Byrne's
Delaney's
Delaney's Donkey
Dempsey's
Devil's Punch Bowl
Dicey Reilly's
Dingle Bay
Dingle Dolphin
Doheny & Nesbitt's
Dolan's
Dollymount House
Donal O'Flaherty's
Donegan's
Donleavy's
Donnybrook Fair
Donohue
Doyle's
Dromahair
Duckett's Grove
Duffy's
Dunphy's
Dún na nór
Durty Nellie's
Dwyer's
Dysert O'Dea
Eyre Square
Fahy's
Fallon's
Farrell's
Farrelly's
Feehan
Fields of Athenry
Finan's
Finn McCool's
Finnegan's
Flann O'Brien's
Flynn's
Fogarty's
Foggy Dew
Foley's
Four Green Fields
Gaffney's
Gallagher's
Galley Head
Gap of Dungloe
George Berkeley
George Bernard Shaw
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Gilroy's
Glancy's
Gleeson's
Glen of Aherlow
Grace O'Malley's
Gráinne Mhaoil
Grogan's
Hannigan's Hooley
Hannighan's
Hanrahan's
Healy's
Heights of Connor Pass
Hennelly's
Hennessy's
Hickey's
Hienchy's
Hogan's
Horan's
Horseface O'Toole's
Houlihan's
Hourigan's
Hugh O'Neill's
Hyne's
Isle of Inisfree
J. Fitzgerald's
J. Kennedy's
J. O'Keeffe
J.J. Smith's
James Connolly
James Griffin's
James Joyce
James MacDonnell
Joe O'Neill's
John Delaney's
John Gibney & Son
John Jameson & Sons
John Kavanagh's
John McCabe's
John Mulligan's
John Power & Sons
John Shaw
Johnny Fox's
Johnathon Swift
Jug of Punch
Kanturk Castle
Kate Kearney's Cottage
Kavanagh's
Keane's
Kehoe's
Kelehan's
Kelleher's
Kennedy's
Kenny's
Kerry Hills
Kerrymen
Kevin Barry
Kieran's
Kilcullen's Bath House
Kildare Bar
Kilkenny Castle
Kilkenny Cats
Killaloe
Killarney
Killeagh Pub
Kilmallock Priory
Kinsella's
Kirwan's
Lafferty's
Leavy's
Lenehan's
Lincoln's Inn
Lough Derg
Lough Gur
Lynch Fitzpatrick's
M.J. Byrne's
M. O'Brien
MacCarthy Mór
MacDonagh's
MacCarthy's
Macgillycuddy's Reeks
Macroom Inn
MacSorley's
Madden's
Madigan's
Maguire's
Maguire's Lunchbox
Mahon's
Mahony's
Malones'
Marble City Bar
Martin B. Slattery
Mary Kate's
Master McGrath
McDaid's
McNamara's Band
Merchant's Museum
Merchant's Quay
Michael Davitt's
Mitchell's
Mitchelstown Cave
Moll's Gap
Molloy's
Molly Bloom's
Molly Malone's
Moloney's
Monaghan's
Mooney's
Morrissey's Bar
Mountcashel
Muckross Fairy
Muckross House
Mulally
Muldoon's
Mullane's
Mulligan's
Mullingar's
Nicholas Blake
Nolan's
O'Boyle's
O'Brien's
O'Brien's Bridge
O'Casey's
O'Connell's
O'Connor's
O'Dea's Hermitage
O'Donohue's
O'Donovan's
O'Driscoll
O'Dwyer's
O'Flaherty's
O'Grady's
O'Keefe's
O'Mahoney's
O'Neill's
O'Rahilly's
O'Reilly's
Old Head of Kinsale
Oliver Goldsmith
Orby's Derby
Oscar Wilde
P. Cullen's
Paddy Flaherty's
Padraic O'Conaire's
Padraig Pearse
Parnell's
Peerless Arkle
Peggy O'Neill's
Peig's
Phelan Grubhaí
Piper's Jig
Plough and the Stars
Poitín Stil
Powers
Pride of Tralee
Quigley's
Quilan's
Quinn's
Railway House
Rare Oul Times
Ring of Kerry
Riordan's
River Blackwater
Robert Madgett
Roche's
Rock of Cashel
Rody Boland's
Rose of Tralee
Róisín O'Hare's
Rushy Glen
Ryan's
Ryan's Daughter
Samuel Beckett
Seamus Murphy
Sean Kelly
Sean O'Casey's
Seanchaí
Shebeen
Sheehan's
Sheedy's
Sheridan's
Skibbereen
Slasher O'Reilly
Slattery's
Slievenamon
Smuggler's Coast
St. Brendan's
St. Patrick's Purgatory
Stag's Head
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
T. Nolan's
Tara's Hall
Templogue Inn
The Bailey
The Bankers
The Banshee
The Bishop's Collar
The Black Raven
The Blackwater
The Bodhrán
The Borstal Boy
The Brazen Head
The Brown Bull
The Burren
The Cardy Marina
The Claddagh House
The Cliffs of Moher
The Clonakilty
The Coachman's
The Coffin Ship
The Coopers
The Coughing Sheep
The Crane
The Dawson Lounge
The Druid's Chair
The Dunes
The Fianna
The Fields of Athenry
The Finglass Inn
The Fishing Lodge
The Flowing Tide
The Full Jug
The Galway Hooker
The Glenside
The Goalpost
The Goblet
The Golden Vale
The Granary
The Ha'penny Bridge
The Harp
The High Cross
The Hill of Tara
The Hogan
The Horse and Tram
The Hurler's
The Jig & Reel
The Keg
The Leinster Ridge
The Liffey Inn
The Links of Rosslare
The Maigue Poets
The Mean Fiddler
The Mizen Head
The Moon & Sixpence
The Mt. Brandon
The Peatbog
The Penny Black
The Playwright
The Rakes of Mallow
The Red Hand of Cuchulainn
The Rock of Cashel
The Slaney
The Slea Head
The Sliothar
The Step Inn
The Wandering Heifer
The Wild Rover
The Windy Gap
The Wolfhound
Thomas Beckett
Thomas More
Thomas Wm. Croke
Thurles
Timoney Standing Stones
Tipperary Town
Tom Mayes
Toner's
Tralee Bay
Trim Castle
Tullow
Tír na nóg
Under the Hammer
Vanessa's Grove
Vaughan's
W.B. Yeat's
Waltzing Matilda
Waterford's Tap
Waxie's Dargle
Wexford Inn
Whelan's
Whiskey in the Jar
White Strand
Wild Colonial Boy
Wm. Crotty

Just out of interest who on AH has been in the most off this list? I think I've been in 3

AngryHippie

I've had a few in all of the below

Baggott Inn

Biddy Mulligan's

Bleeding Horse

Brady's

Brogan's

Butler's

Caffrey's

Cassidy's

Dicey Reilly's

Doheny & Nesbitt's
Dolan's

Donohue

Doyle's

Durty Nellie's Paddington, Sydney - Class Pub

Farrelly's

Flynn's

Foggy Dew

Gaffney's

Gallagher's Mullingar - Good Pint

George Bernard Shaw - Buckfast - Brilliant

Grogan's

Hennessy's

Hogan's

Houlihan's

J. Kennedy's

Johnny Fox's

Johnathon Swift

Kehoe's

Kennedy's

Madigan's

Maguire's

McDaid's

Merchant's Quay

Molloy's

Mulligan's Poolbeg st. Great Pint Probably favourite on the list, just for the graffitti in the toilet.:D

Mullingar Bar

O'Connor's

O'Dwyer's

O'Neill's WHich one?

Parnell's

Plough and the Stars

Sean Kelly

Sheehan's

Slasher O'Reilly

Slattery's Which one ?

Stag's Head

The Bankers

The Brazen Head

The Druid's Chair

The Hurler's Rest

The Mean Fiddler

The Step Inn

Toner's

Waxie's Dargle

summerskin

marketty wrote: »

UKJon wrote: »

But generally speaking are there pub names that are repeated dozens of times across the country?

Like we most have 'The Queen's Heads' 'Rose and Crowns' and 'Red Lions' in most towns in the country.

Aren't they all franchises that are owned by breweries though? I'm nearly sure red lion is anyway. We don't have that system in Ireland, although diageo have such a monopoly they may as well own practically every pub in Ireland

Nope, no chain of "red lions" it's just the most popular pub name in England. Many pubs are not brewery owned, it's usually just town and city centre ones really, most are landlord owned in other areas, but have agreements with major breweries for supply. Just like every pub over here does, except the UK pubs have much wider choice of drinks, real ales being the big difference.

JamieKCCO

1ZRed wrote: »

Not my pub. It's called puzzles

Why is it called Puzzles?

BunShopVoyeur

The Mucky Duck.

Skerries

UKJon wrote: »

But generally speaking are there pub names that are repeated dozens of times across the country?

Like we most have 'The Queen's Heads' 'Rose and Crowns' and 'Red Lions' in most towns in the country.

Well I know of 3 Cock Taverns in Dublin

and the Fitzgerald group has a Quays bar in Dublin and Galway but generally as they are mostly individually owned and not brewery owned it's down to the owner

Feathers

summerskin wrote: »

Nope, no chain of "red lions" it's just the most popular pub name in England. Many pubs are not brewery owned, it's usually just town and city centre ones really, most are landlord owned in other areas, but have agreements with major breweries for supply. Just like every pub over here does, except the UK pubs have much wider choice of drinks, real ales being the big difference.

Yeah, you could quite easily do a pub crawl of just pubs called 'The George' in any city and not be too lacking.

demanufactured

The Dog and Duck

1ZRed

JamieKCCO wrote: »

Why is it called Puzzles?

Finally, I've been waiting around for somebody to ask this!


"That's the puzzle!" :pac:

JamieKCCO

Can't believe everyone left you hanging for so long :pac:

randylonghorn

ColHol wrote: »

The Kings Head is a famous pub in Galway

First day in Galway for college, we were to meet up for a couple of drinks that night in the King's Head, but I was slightly later than the others.

Walking down Shop St., asked this guy where the King's Head was ...

"Between the Queen's legs, of course!"

Oldest known Galway joke, apparently! >.<