Five of The Best Streets in the World…

Posted on March 27, 2017 by historywithatwist

This is a piece I wrote for my friend Robert Horvat’s great blog, If It Happened Yesterday, It’s History. Robert’s blog is full of fascinating history and is well worth a good rummage…

About historywithatwist

I am a journalist, author and book editor. I have published five novels - four (Tan, The Golden Grave, A Time of Traitors and Patriots' Blood) set during the Irish War of Independence and Civil War, and the fifth (High Crimes), a modern thriller. I'm a history enthusiast who loves a good yarn.

View all posts by historywithatwist →

This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink.

5 Responses to Five of The Best Streets in the World…

jjtoner says:

March 27, 2017 at 10:31 am

Brilliant piece, as usual, David. Do we know how Stoneybatter got its name?

LikeLike

Reply
- historywithatwist says:
  
  March 27, 2017 at 3:15 pm
  
  Thanks, James. In answer to your question, the original name of the road was Bothar na gCloch (The Road of Stones). The English translation was bungled – the Gaelic ‘bothar’ was corrupted to ‘batter’ and the ‘cloch’ was translated correctly ‘stone’, but then tweaked and placed with the ‘batter’, resulting in Stoneybatter
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply
Susan Sloate says:

March 27, 2017 at 3:09 pm

Lovely post, David. Makes me want to visit Ireland immediately!

LikeLike

Reply
- historywithatwist says:
  
  March 27, 2017 at 3:15 pm
  
  Thanks, Susan. Yes, you have to come over – immediately!!
  
  LikeLike
  
  Reply
jazzfeathers says:

April 14, 2017 at 7:18 am

Love this post. I know many of these places 🙂

LikeLike

Reply