Tuesday, November 27, 2007

What's in a name ?

Let's get the first thing off our back...
Is it Mallaranny or Mulranny ?
Is it Inishcrone or Enniscrone ?
And, yes, it's very definitely Drumshanbo, not Drumshambo.
And as for the growth in "official" sign posts which don't carry the name as gaeilge, that is such an insult to one of our official languages and to all our children trying to learn it, not to mention those who live and speak the language every single day.
By the way - and I know some of you won't like this - but I'm delighted to see the English language version of Béal an Mhuirthead removed from signs (though, typically, not all).

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