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A little puzzle

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  • 06-09-2014 3:41am
    #1
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,404 ✭✭✭✭


    What do the following have in common?

    Fairview
    Temple Bar
    Phibsborough
    Ranelagh
    Summerhill
    Stoneybatter
    The Coombe


    That these do not:
    Finglas
    Rathmines
    Drumcondra
    IFSC
    Ballybough
    Terenure

    If it is really obvious to you, perhaps put you answer in spoiler tags [noparse]
    Answer
    [/noparse].


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    #2
    Gloomtastic!
    Registered Users Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    I'm struggling to find the answer tbh.

    Give us a clue? ;)


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    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭tricky D


    Animal, vegetable or mineral? :)


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    #4
    Aard
    Registered Users Posts: 4,905 ✭✭✭Aard


    Does it have anything to do with
    churches
    ¿


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    #5
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,404 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    It's to do with the names and the areas. It isn't about features or people.
    Aard wrote: »
    Does it have anything to do with
    churches
    ¿

    No.


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    GalwayGirl26
    Registered Users Posts: 186 ✭✭GalwayGirl26


    Something to do with their Irish translation?


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    #7
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,404 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    GalwayGirl26 wrote: »
    Something to do with their Irish translation?
    No.


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    #8
    enda1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,166 ✭✭✭enda1


    Appear in Dubliners songs?


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    #9
    Thoie
    Registered Users Posts: 6,344 ✭✭✭Thoie


    It's not at all obvious to me, but I'm going to guess with
    English etymology rather than Irish, except that doesn't explain the IFSC
    ?


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    Aard
    Registered Users Posts: 4,905 ✭✭✭Aard


    I think I know.
    Each of the first set is the name of a street, and the surrounding area is named after the street. I wasn't sure about Phibsboro though. The second set refer to the neighbourhoods. There's no such address as "22 Terenure", but there is a "22 Ranelagh" for example.


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    Lovely Bloke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,748 ✭✭✭✭Lovely Bloke


    Thoie wrote: »
    It's not at all obvious to me, but I'm going to guess with
    English etymology rather than Irish, except that doesn't explain the IFSC
    ?

    Stoneybatter is an Irish AND English etymology

    Stoney Bothair

    the rocky road - to Dublin :)


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    Slunk
    Registered Users Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭Slunk


    Aard wrote: »
    I think I know.
    Each of the first set is the name of a street, and the surrounding area is named after the street. I wasn't sure about Phibsboro though. The second set refer to the neighbourhoods. There's no such address as "22 Terenure", but there is a "22 Ranelagh" for example.

    There's a finglas road and old finglas road though.


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    Aard
    Registered Users Posts: 4,905 ✭✭✭Aard


    ^I think you misunderstood what I meant.
    Just to clarify, "Ranelagh" is the name of both a street and a neighbourhood. As in, the main road in Ranelagh is called "Ranelagh" with no "Street" or "Road" or anything else added. Same for the rest of the first group. Otoh, there is no street called "Finglas". As you highlight, there's "Finglas Road" however, like the rest of the items in the second set.


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    Ben D Bus
    Registered Users Posts: 2,119 ✭✭✭Ben D Bus


    I'm with Aard on this.


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    #15
    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    Nope Phibsborough isn't just Phibsborough so can't be that.


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    Collie D
    Registered Users Posts: 11,344 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    January wrote: »
    Nope Phibsborough isn't just Phibsborough so can't be that.

    Does sound plausible bar that though. This is going to annoy me. I am reporting the OP


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    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,404 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Aard wrote: »
    ^I think you misunderstood what I meant.
    Just to clarify, "Ranelagh" is the name of both a street and a neighbourhood. As in, the main road in Ranelagh is called "Ranelagh" with no "Street" or "Road" or anything else added. Same for the rest of the first group. Otoh, there is no street called "Finglas". As you highlight, there's "Finglas Road" however, like the rest of the items in the second set.
    Correct. http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/53.35962/-6.27358

    https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.3593669,-6.2728572,3a,15y,331h,95.63t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sM3VKn9yvjAJ0wqWmtqb3XA!2e0
    January wrote: »
    Nope Phibsborough isn't just Phibsborough so can't be that.
    s please!


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    Aard
    Registered Users Posts: 4,905 ✭✭✭Aard


    Awesome :D

    I love finding out about little quirks like that. In a similar vein, there's a
    street called "Old Kilmainham". Doesn't exactly fit the bill, but interesting nonetheless!


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    Ben D Bus
    Registered Users Posts: 2,119 ✭✭✭Ben D Bus


    January wrote: »
    Nope Phibsborough isn't just Phibsborough so can't be that.

    I think from memory that it may actually qualify.

    Edit: a quick check on Google confirms it does.


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    #20
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,404 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Victor wrote: »
    What do the following have in common?

    Fairview
    Temple Bar
    Phibsborough
    Ranelagh
    Summerhill
    Stoneybatter
    The Coombe
    Another obvious one, of course, is Smithfield.


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    #21
    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    I should close this for being a an old thread ;):p

    Still haven't the foggiest.


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    #22
    [Deleted User]
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    It's been 6 months, you bring this tormenting puzzle back into my mind again?! I think you could be banned for being a d*ck now!! I should report you. Tormenting users. Help us out a little? I spent six hours today studying the list, writing each place down and their area numbers. Is it a correlation with the names and their respective numbers?


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    #23
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,404 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Read post 10.


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    #24
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,404 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Oh, to punish you all, I found another - Dolphin's Barn (there is also a Dolphins Barn Street, Avenue and Road).

    https://www.google.com/maps/@53.3335046,-6.29132,3a,15y,277.7h,93.65t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxJWMHbRNwLJoDpbrDDcZvA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192


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    #25
    vriesmays
    Registered Users Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭vriesmays


    Between the canals.


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