Beggars Bush (Irish : Tor an Bhacaigh) is the site of the former Beggars Bush Barracks on Haddington Road in the inner southern suburbs of Dublin, Ireland, as well the surrounding area and a nearby pub. The barracks were bordered to the east by Shelbourne Road, which used to be the western bank of the River Dodder. The locality is in the jurisdiction of Dublin City Council, is broadly considered to be part of Ballsbridge, and is in the postal district Dublin 4.
Archbishop Alen's register refers to the area as Beggarsditch as far back as 1326. [1]
The earliest specific mention is a 1573 reference to "the wood called Beggars boush". [2] Neil Howlett notes earlier instances of "Beggars Bush" as a minor placename in England, usually denoting poor-quality farmland. [2] The idea that it denoted a meeting place for beggars or a thieves' den is rejected by Howlett as a folk etymology originating in Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable . [2]
The site has been occupied by a pub since at least 1803. [3] It was also occupied by the Beggars Bush Barracks from 1827 until 1929 but is now the home of the Labour Relations Commission, the Geological Survey of Ireland, the Irish Labour History Society Museum [3] and the National Print Museum. [4]
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Events from the year 1922 in Ireland.
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Beggars Bush Barracks was a British Army barracks located at Beggars Bush in Dublin, Ireland.
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