No one accused her of making the soup
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It’s theft innit?
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It is indeed
What paper is that?
Dindo
As I drove through Edgeworthstown yesterday I reflected on the fact that the effort to rename it to Mostrim appears to have largely been abandoned. Similarly although officially known as Muine Bheag (the little thicket) nobody I know calls it anything other than Bagenalstown.
More successful renaming has occurred at Portlaoise/Maryborough and Dun Laoghaire/Kingstown.
The renaming of Kings and Queens Counties as Offaly and Laois/Leix respectively has also been an enduring success.
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In North Kerry near the Limerick border, the switch from ‘Newtownsandes’ to ‘Moyvane’ has been a success.
On the flip side, nobody says ‘Ráth Luirc’ in place of Charleville, but then again the Cork lads were always one to bend the knee when they needed to.
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Thank you. Had not heard of Newtownsandes before. Interesting case. I should have remembered Charleville.
Of course Queenstown successfully renamed as Cobh as well.
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The town is called Charleville, RathLuirc being the Irish name,
Bunclody was named Newtownbarry for a long time until independence.
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Sackville to O Connell, Lansdowne Rd to Aviva.
Neidin to Kenmare?
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SuperValu park too
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Mother still says kingsbridge for heuston station.
Not going to change now.
Dun Laoghaire was Dunleary until 1821 when it was renamed Kingstown to mark King George IV visit.
My point was rather it officially changed to ‘Rathluirc’ in 1946. But it never caught on and was officially changed back to Charleville in a 1989 plebiscite.
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Rath Luirc sits alongside Muine Bheag and Mostrim in a niche of failed Hibernicised place name changes.
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I think they tried to call it “An Rath” at some time as well. (missing a fada there).
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How are Charleville-Kilmallock relations these days? 