Did anybody know this?

Pherekydes · 28-10-2007 11:14AM

adrieanne__x wrote: »

You can only call yourself a true Dubliner if you were born between the North and [South Circular] Roads?

Total nonsense. Nobody can choose where they are born. Half the people born in Dublin's maternity hospitals are not Dubliners, let alone true blue Dubs.

godtabh · 28-10-2007 11:18AM

ItchyInside wrote: »

"Dublin was originally called Dubh Linn meaning Black Pool? The pool to which the name referred is the oldest known in Northern Europe and currently forms the centre-piece of the penguin enclosure in Dublin Zoo."
I knew the Dubh Linn stuff, but the penguins bit? Please tell me it's true! :D

Might got to the zoo today so I'll check it out for you.

But I always though Dubh Linn referred to the Liffey entrance were the civic offices are

Danbo! · 28-10-2007 12:31PM

The first traffic lights in Dublin were installed at the junction of Merrion Square and Clare Street, on August 27, 1937

Dublin's oldest traffic light is situated beside the Renault garage in Clontarf? The light, which is still in full working order, was installed in 1893 outside the home of Fergus Mitchell who was the owner of the first car in Ireland.

Hmmmm.....

RuailleBuaille · 28-10-2007 12:36PM

Little wonder the world has such problems, when people from one country can rewrite the history of another and present it as fact :rolleyes: Imagine what American schoolbooks are like? We were shown some back in college and they were hilariously terrifying/ terrifyingly hilarious. I'm off to try and find a link!

Seth Brundle · 28-10-2007 12:47PM

kearnsr wrote: »

Might got to the zoo today so I'll check it out for you.

But I always though Dubh Linn referred to the Liffey entrance were the civic offices are

Isn't Dubh Linn under Dublin Castle?
Quick check...

In the area occupied by the present Dubhlinn (Castle) Gardens and Coach House, there was a sheltered harbour or dark pool, (on the Poddle), known as the Dubhlinn (dubh = black in Irish), from which Dublin gets its name.

http://www.dublincastle.ie/history1.html

28-10-2007 12:55PM

noblestee wrote: »

The first traffic lights in Dublin were installed at the junction of Merrion Square and Clare Street, on August 27, 1937

Dublin's oldest traffic light is situated beside the Renault garage in Clontarf? The light, which is still in full working order, was installed in 1893 outside the home of Fergus Mitchell who was the owner of the first car in Ireland.

Hmmmm.....

Maybe it means street light?

jtsuited · 28-10-2007 02:05PM

man i wish i was living in america. THe outside would seem so much more interesting than it actually is.

Capt'n Midnight · 28-10-2007 02:40PM

adrieanne__x wrote: »

You can only call yourself a true Dubliner if you were born between the North and south circuar Roads?

Can someone explain what this means? Whats the c Road?

Me was born in the old Coombe.

Anyway it's meant to be between the canals, as they are much older than the roads.

Hagar · 28-10-2007 02:44PM

Me too, Capt you must be ancient.

Fri_day · 28-10-2007 10:35PM

I always thought that the "black pool" in question referred to the trickle lake in the Chimpanzee enclosure in Dublin Zoo.

Corruptedmorals · 28-10-2007 11:22PM

ItchyInside wrote: »

"Dublin was originally called Dubh Linn meaning Black Pool? The pool to which the name referred is the oldest known in Northern Europe and currently forms the centre-piece of the penguin enclosure in Dublin Zoo."
I knew the Dubh Linn stuff, but the penguins bit? Please tell me it's true! :D

The pool refers to a pool in the river Poddle (now underground, streets were built over it) near where it joins the Liffey, round about Wood Quay.

There was a well, a medieval site of eh worship ruined when the Trinity Provost's garden was built, that's what the Trinity confusion is.

Poxyshamrock · 29-10-2007 01:22AM

Dubh Linn is that park by Dublin Castle that is shaped like a circle with all the footpaths in a pattern.

blinkey 101 · 22-12-2007 01:47AM

baraca wrote: »

That site is uber-annoying due to the question marks they put after every statement that they make

Jesus Wept · 22-12-2007 01:52AM

blinkey 101 wrote: »

Good bump.

blinkey 101 · 22-12-2007 02:10AM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Me was born in the old Coombe.

Anyway it's meant to be between the canals, as they are much older than the roads.

who remembers the baino or the iveagh baths .

blinkey 101 · 22-12-2007 02:12AM

The-Rigger wrote: »

Good bump.

Capt'n Midnight · 22-12-2007 12:33PM

yeah can remember the Tara street baths

blinkey 101 · 22-12-2007 08:50PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

yeah can remember the Tara street baths

yea i remember them to with your towel rolled up and under your arm all your mates with you we where easly amused back then:)

The guy · 23-12-2007 01:17AM

DesF wrote: »

What?

Dubh is clearly the Irish for Black.

http://www.irish-sayings.com/cats/irishwords/colours/

Black as in dirty perhaps, It's probably not a direct translation.

Did anybody know this?

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