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Irish places with ironic names??

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#92 12-02-2021 10:19PM

Gregor Samsa

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odyssey06 wrote: »

Yep. There had been an island in that vicinity, known as Clontarf Island.

The Irish for Clontarf is “Cluain Tarbh” - the meadow of the bull. Which I assume is where the “bull” in the Bull Wall and Bull Island comes from.

And yes, I’ve given up on the irony too.

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#93 12-02-2021 10:22PM

odyssey06

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Gregor Samsa wrote: »

The Irish for Clontarf is “Cluain Tarbh” - the meadow of the bull. Which I assume is where the “bull” in the Bull Wall and Bull Island comes from.
And yes, I’ve given up on the irony too.

Yep... there are no bulls but maybe the wind and waves roaring in from the sea sound like a bull snorting is what I read.

"To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)

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