Bóthar na gCloch

Bóthar na gCloch—the Road of the Stones—takes its name from an ancient stone-paved thoroughfare that connected Dublin to the western and northwestern districts, a rarity in pre-medieval Ireland. The name appears in historical documents from 1641 as "the Stoany Boaghter" and circa 1670 as "go Bothar na cCloch ag doras Bhaile Atha Cliath" (to the Road of the Stones at the door of Dublin), attesti...