Stoneybatter Sunset
Arbour HIll, Stoneybatter Dublin 7.
The derivation of the name Stoneybatter is interesting;
In the second century a 'royal road', one of the five great roads of Ireland, stretched from Tara in Meath to Glendalough in Wicklow, crossing the river Liffey at the Ford of the Hurdles (near the present-day Church Street Bridge). Since this road was paved, a rarity at the time, it was known in Gaelic as Bothar-na-gCloch, or 'Road of the Stones'. This subsequently changed to Stoney-Bothar and was later corrupted to 'Stoneybatter'.
Stoneybatter Sunset
Arbour HIll, Stoneybatter Dublin 7.
The derivation of the name Stoneybatter is interesting;
In the second century a 'royal road', one of the five great roads of Ireland, stretched from Tara in Meath to Glendalough in Wicklow, crossing the river Liffey at the Ford of the Hurdles (near the present-day Church Street Bridge). Since this road was paved, a rarity at the time, it was known in Gaelic as Bothar-na-gCloch, or 'Road of the Stones'. This subsequently changed to Stoney-Bothar and was later corrupted to 'Stoneybatter'.