Name ideas for anIrish Pub

[Jim&AngieMarriner]

Hey gang,
I need a little creative help. A co worker and I are kicking around the idea of opening an Irish Pub when we get back from Afghanistan. We are drawing a blank as to what to name it. We want something Unique but still have a classy feel to it and be somewhat recongizable as being Irish.
Anyone have any good unique ideas for a name?

[LittleSpirit02]

Hmmm - when I came up with my business name I started by making a list of appropriate words...

- Killarney
- Dublin
- Grafton
- Half Penny
- Molly Malone
- (any Irish last names in your history)?
- Limerick
- Cottage
- Celtic
- Athenry
- Raglan
- Galway
- (any other city, town, county you might have history)
- Emigrant
- Shamrock
- Harp
- Green
- Finegan's Wake
- Lannigan's Ball
- Craic
- Sean Nos
- Whiskey in the Jar
- the Wild Rover
- Hurling
- Black Velvet Band (or pub )

[Jim&AngieMarriner]

Littlespirit- Some good suggestions in there. Ive thought of maybe 40% of them already. Its nice when great minds think alike.

We havent found the right name yet though because it hasnt just CLICKED, you know? So thats why we are asking you fine folks.

[1DisneyNut]

I don't remember where I was but I saw an Irish Pub once named "Finnegan's Pub." It was a really nice looking place and the name has always stuck in my head.

[Tink1]

The Banshee



Nanc

[mickclub1955]

How about "The Blarney Stone"

[paymerich]

Finnegan's Wake
Star of the County Down
The Tin Whistle
Thistle and Peat
Donegal's Fine Dine
Barley Masters
The Quiet Man

[1DisneyNut]

The Tin Whistle

This one in particular stands out to me. It has that name recognition and attention grabbing factor that makes you say "Hey what is this place?" and want to check it out.

[Scar]

Do a search for Irish folk song lyrics. You'll find something original and catchy.

[PopPhan]

I am really fond of the Irish Pub here in York -- Maewyn's.

Maewyn Succat was the actual name of St. Patrick.

[SBETigg]

I like the Banshee. Good one. Or Banshee related. The Banshee's Song. The Shrieking Banshee. But it's got to click for you. I know what you mean.

Any Irish names in your history would help. Kinsale's is a chain Irish place, and there's the Black Rose in Boston. And Ri Ra in Portland. Irish folk songs might help you come up with something.

[Janmac]

Have a nice graphic on the sign of an old salty fisherman (didn't all those Irish go out in small boats?) and call it:

The Irish Mariner

There was a some old person of literature (Sherri might know) who was going to retire from the sea and walk with his oar until no one knew what it was for. And that was where he was going to live.

So you've come a long way (from Afghanistan) to start this pub. Make up some great back story (in the best Imagineering) that may or may not have any bearing on reality and that's how your pub got its name. It might help with the décor too.

Jan

[Arielfan98]

Don't forget the name Patrick or maybe Lucky Charm Pub if that's not too cliche

[merciantinkerbell]

Ireland is also known as The Emerald Isle. Hope that inspires, if it does, mine's a pint of Magners

[SBETigg]

There was a some old person of literature (Sherri might know) who was going to retire from the sea and walk with his oar until no one knew what it was for. And that was where he was going to live.

I'm not certain, but I think this might be in James Joyce's Ulysses as it echoes Homer's Odysseus from The Odyssey. There's probably lots of inspiration in James Joyce. Dubliners. Finnegan's Wake.

[Janmac]

I think you're right - sounds familiar. But I couldn't have come up with the names myself!

Altho I woke up about midnight thinking Homer.

James Joyce would be a lot of inspiration.

Thanks, Sherri.

Jan

[SBETigg]

Oh, hey I just had another idea, inspired by the widespread mistake of the name of a favorite Disney restaurant. You could call your Irish pub O'Hana.



Sorry. Had to say it. 'Ohana means family. O'Hana has got to be an Irish pub somewhere.

[MizMissy]

Barley and Blarney

[joonyer]

Naggins & Shoulders

Look it up.

[hoop de do]

Wild Irish Rose Pub
Hooligan's Pub
Emerald Isle Pub
Top "O" the Morning Pub