Talk:Red Cow interchange

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Origin of Name[edit]

I'm told that the name Red Cow was used before the Moran Red Cow Hotel was opened, so the roundabout does not get its name from that particular hotel. Was there an earlier pub there called "The Red Cow", or is/was the area known as Red Cow and if so, why? Millbanks (talk) 23:57, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No idea why, but there was a pub called the "Red Cow" on that site long before the hotel. (Sarah777 (talk) 00:52, 20 December 2007 (UTC))[reply]

I don't know where I heard it, but I thought that "Red Cow" was a translation to English of "Bó Rua" or Boru as in Brian Boru? Anyone else aware of that usage? --Seaninryan (talk) 14:33, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Redcow was the name of the townland in this area. (It still is, but townlands aren't relevant in urban areas nowadays.) There seems to have been an inn there by that name. I am not sure which of these is the cause of the other, or whether there was some third factor that is the cause of each. The hotel was built on the site of a quarry, active around 1840 but disused by around 1900. These historical maps from around 1840 and 1900 (as well as more modern maps) give an outline of the situation: http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,708665,731091,5,7 AtSwimTwoBirds (talk) 14:34, 2 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Added citation[edit]

Added citation to the "Mad Cow" reference. The Irish Independent (a national newspaper) comments on it. Ma11achy (talk) 15:12, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]