The Howth, near Dublin

Subject: BS: The Howth, near Dublin
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 08 Mar 26 - 01:34 PM

I wonderif one of our Irish friends could clear up something that I need to sort out in my mind....
How do you pronounce Howth?
The place that features in Portrait of the Artist by James Joyce.

On the Dubliners DVD . It sounds like Hoff.
On Wikipedia , it says its pronounced Hohth.

Any clarification gratefully received.

Subject: RE: BS: The Howth, near Dublin
From: GUEST
Date: 10 Mar 26 - 08:56 AM

The name Howth originates from the Old Norse word hoved or hofuð, meaning "head" or "headland".
It sounds like the word "Hoe" with "th" added at the end.

Subject: RE: BS: The Howth, near Dublin
From: mayomick
Date: 10 Mar 26 - 12:04 PM

the word "both" only with an h as the first letter

Subject: RE: BS: The Howth, near Dublin
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 11 Mar 26 - 06:51 AM

Many thanks. I needed it for a lyric. I will post it when its done.

Subject: RE: The Howth, near Dublin
From: Joe Offer
Date: 12 Mar 26 - 12:32 AM

Howth is at the far north end of the DART rail line, and it's one of my favorite places in Dublin. It has the beautiful Bailey Lighthouse, and a sweeping view of Dublin Bay. There are often singing sessions in Howth, but I haven't been there.
I have been to sessions in Bray, on the South end of the DART line.
Can't wait to hear your song, AL.

PS, it's Howth, not "the Howth."

Subject: RE: The Howth, near Dublin
From: Hagman
Date: 12 Mar 26 - 12:57 AM

Al, it's also name-checked in the first line of JJ's Finnegans wake: "riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodious vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs."

Hope this helps. ;-)

Subject: RE: The Howth, near Dublin
From: GUEST,keberoxu
Date: 13 Mar 26 - 12:30 PM

William Butler Yeats name-checks Howth station in his poem "Beautiful Lofty Things."

Subject: RE: The Howth, near Dublin
From: GUEST,Peter Laban
Date: 13 Mar 26 - 03:39 PM

RTE's Nationeide just had a programme in various aspects of Howth. If anything you get some feel of the place and hear how the name sounds in real life.

RTE Nationwide 23 March : Howth

Subject: RE: The Howth, near Dublin
From: GUEST
Date: 13 Mar 26 - 04:01 PM

That was 13 March, obvious.

Subject: RE: The Howth, near Dublin
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 14 Mar 26 - 07:32 AM

Brilliant! Thanks very much!