Pub Name

elliemay1 | 20:43 Thu 17th Mar 2016 | ChatterBank

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Out and about today we came across a pub called The Anne Boal Inn! Awful, isn't it?

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Svejk

They lost their heads when they named that.

elliemay1

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I nearly lost my head when I saw it!

Buenchico

As it's in Northern Ireland, they're probably playing safe. Protestants will like the name of the wife of the guy who founded the C of E, whereas Catholics might enjoy the fact that he bumped her off. Further, somebody at least will appreciate the type of pun that far too many poor Irish Comedians seem to rely upon!

Anyway, it's not as boring as the Railway Hotel, which is what it used to be called ;-)

elliemay1

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So you know it then Buenchico?

Svejk

Is it unusual in that area or parr for the course?

seadogg

To call it crass hardly does it justice. Is there a Jane See More across the road?

Buenchico

No, Elliemay1.

I just know how to use Google ;-)
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7117/7610577208_6c67a475b9_b.jpg

BTW: Did you know that the landlord has a place in Northern Ireland's political history?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7289943.stm

elliemay1

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Just after googling it myself Buenchico and see that the original owner was called Anne Boal.

Buenchico

I wouldn't have believed that, EM1, unless I'd just looked up 'Boal' as a surname in the Oxford Names Companion. It does indeed exist, as a Northern Ireland variation on 'Bowler' which, in turn, either means a maker of bowls or (perhaps appropriately here) a heavy drinker.

As an aside, this is possibly of interest:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/the-23-weirdest-pub-names-in-britain#.ospJ60Y06