Difference between revisions of "Inns of Dungtarf"
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− | * '''Clontarf:''' (Irish: ''Cluain Tarbh'', Bulls' Meadow) a district in Dublin, where Brian Ború defeated Danish invaders and their Norse allies from Dublin in the Battle of Clontarf on Good Friday 1014 | + | * '''Clontarf:''' (Irish: ''Cluain Tarbh'', Bulls' Meadow) a district in Dublin, where Brian Ború defeated Danish invaders and their Norse allies from Dublin in the Battle of Clontarf on Good Friday 1014 → Mutt claims that he lost his hearing in this noisy battle |
** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001300130309 A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer] | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001300130309 A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer] | ||
− | * '''bullshit''' → '''dung''' + '''tarbh''' ( | + | * '''bullshit''' → '''dung''' + '''tarbh''' (Irish for '''bull''') |
Latest revision as of 08:46, 3 November 2010
- Clontarf: (Irish: Cluain Tarbh, Bulls' Meadow) a district in Dublin, where Brian Ború defeated Danish invaders and their Norse allies from Dublin in the Battle of Clontarf on Good Friday 1014 → Mutt claims that he lost his hearing in this noisy battle
- bullshit → dung + tarbh (Irish for bull)