“The Floating Crowbar” is the name of a reel (played here by Lúnasa) composed by Finbar Dwyer.
One explanation is that “the floating crowbar” is about the point when concrete is starting to set and if you put a crowbar on it, it will “float”, i.e. not sink. That seems plausible, but messy if the concrete is still too liquid…
Another story is that a Dublin man murdered a friend and threw the weapon – a crowbar – into the Liffey to dispose of the evidence. But the tide went out and exposed the crowbar, “floating” on a sandbank, leading to the murderer’s capture and execution.
How did you choose your name, and what does it mean?
“The Floating Crowbar” is the name of a reel (played here by Lúnasa) composed by Finbar Dwyer.
One explanation is that “the floating crowbar” is about the point when concrete is starting to set and if you put a crowbar on it, it will “float”, i.e. not sink. That seems plausible, but messy if the concrete is still too liquid…
Another story is that a Dublin man murdered a friend and threw the weapon – a crowbar – into the Liffey to dispose of the evidence. But the tide went out and exposed the crowbar, “floating” on a sandbank, leading to the murderer’s capture and execution.
Take your pick!