Difference between revisions of "Bar of his bristolry"

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(New page: * '''bar:''' HCe's public house or tavern * '''bar:''' Dublin bar, a sandbank which partially blocked the mouth of the Liffey before the construction of the North and South Walls;...)
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Revision as of 08:11, 2 August 2007

  • bar: HCe's public house or tavern
  • bar: Dublin bar, a sandbank which partially blocked the mouth of the Liffey before the construction of the North and South Walls; it could only be crossed by vessels at high tide
  • bar: a toll-house gate or barrier → there used to be one near the Mullingar Inn in Chapelizod, the principal model for HCE's tavern
  • Bristol: English city; Henry II granted Dublin “to my men of Bristol” in 1172