Village battles to restore ‘loose women’

A SMALL community in Limerick has started a name-change battle to restore its old Irish title which, loosely translated, branded the village the stronghold of “loose women”.

Locals in the hamlet of Doon reportedly prefer the name of Dun Bleisce — translated as the Fort of the Harlot, which was removed by the Placenames Commission decades ago.

More than 800 people signed a petition calling on Community Affairs Minister Eamon Ó Cuiv to reverse the decision of the Placenames Commission to remove the word ‘bleisce’ from the Irish name of the town.