Dingle gets its name back

[BohsPartisan]

I'm fairly sure the name for Kells is still officially Ceanannas Mor, and coincidentally Navan is officially An Uaimh.

No, Navan is definitely officialy Navan.
Incidentally anyone know where the name Navan comes from? I do and it has nothing to do with An Uaimh which was the original Irish name of the area.

[dcfcsteve]

No, Navan is definitely officialy Navan.
Incidentally anyone know where the name Navan comes from? I do and it has nothing to do with An Uaimh which was the original Irish name of the area.

But which Navan are you talking about - the town in Meath, or the fort in Armagh ?

I can see coach loads of tourists wandering aimlessly backwards and forwards across the border desperately trying to tell one from the other....

[BohsPartisan]

But which Navan are you talking about - the town in Meath, or the fort in Armagh ?

Navan Co. Meath. Navan is and anglisized corrubtion of the Irish "Na Abhann" the rivers. The meeting point of the two rivers the Blackwater and the Boyne was an important trading post in years gone by.

[wws]

Navan Co. Meath. Navan is and anglisized corrubtion of the Irish "Na Abhann" the rivers. The meeting point of the two rivers the Blackwater and the Boyne was an important trading post in years gone by.

the one thing anout the anglized versions is that they sound nothing like the irish versions - i reckon the anglos were all deaf

[Macy]

I'm surprised at you steve, not being more sympathetic to someone imposing a name on a place that the majority of residents don't want.

[Partizan]

Partizan, you're correct except for the Modeligo bit, which is nowhere near Ring or Old Parish.
Most of the signposts here just say An Rinn, and not the full version, which goes to show that even the council call it by its shortened 'unofficial' name. The english part is usually removed from signs.

Pardon my mistake noby. I know a couple of lads from Modeligo, one a school teacher who were fluent Irish speakers. However there are parts of west Co. Waterford outside of Ring where Irish is spoken but it occurs in areas under the 40% threshold that qualifies it for Gaeltacht status (usually around 5-20%).

However my old hurling coach from DLS College in Waterford is an Old Parish man out and out.

[dcfcsteve]

I'm surprised at you steve, not being more sympathetic to someone imposing a name on a place that the majority of residents don't want.

Very good

I doubt the name 'Dingle' was wanted by the good people of Daingean when it was first imposed on them anyway, so it's all just a form of restorative justice....