Mornington Street
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Mornington Street
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 3 Mar 2015
Just round the corner from the more famous Crescent. The pub is the Sheephaven Bay which is an unusual name for a pub. It's an unusual name for a bay too, according to this bit from Wikipedia. "Sheephaven Bay (Irish: Cuan na gCaorach) is a broad, shallow inlet on the north coast of County Donegal, Ireland. Bounded by the peninsulae of Rosguill, to the east and Horn Head (Irish: Corran Binne) to the west, the bay is relatively protected from the full force of the Atlantic Ocean, and has supported a vibrant herring fleet. The Gaelic name Cuan na gCaorach (Haven of the Sheep) is a neologism, from a mistranslation of Cuan na gCurrach, The Bay or Haven of the Currachs or Boats. When the name was translated to English, the word Ship (used by monoglot locals for Boat) was misheard as Sheep." Which only goes to show, it's hard to tell the sheep from the boats.....
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Image Location
Latitude
51.535139
Longitude
-0.141784