An Bóthar Buí

An Bóthar Buí, "the yellow road," derives from yellow mud deposited on the main street by stagecoach wheels churning the soil, or possibly from ragwort vegetation at the roadside. The settlement originated as a coaching inn on the Dublin-Mullingar road constructed in 1735. Originally called "The New Inn" or "Innfield" from the Royal Oak Inn, the village developed as a vital staging post between...