I was somewhat horrified to find myself having to walk up Talbot Street today, which is bad enough at the best of times, but, was I shocked when I saw that Bonavox is currently in the process of being torn apart and all but demolished by builders. The sign is still there, but, that’s about it. I would imaging that it will no longer be Bonovox (a hearing aid store) once it has been renovated, so, a very famous piece of Irish history will be lost.
Of course, for those who can’t put 2 + 2 together, Bonavox is the store from which Bono took his name all those years ago. A quick excerpt from the excellent @U2 website explains it all:
It was also during this time that Paul got his new name. Credit for this goes to his friend, Guggi, a high school cohort who stole it from a hearing aid store on O’Connell Street in Dublin. Fittingly enough, the original moniker meant “good voice” in cockeyed Latin.
I can’t believe that more of a fuss has not been made of this happening, I had heard no mention of it anywhere, and everyone I’ve said it to this-morning is quite suprised. I will be heading back over at lunchtime to take some pictures and will get them up here as soon as possible.
