Town forgets its Ps and Qs and adds ‘h’

KILLARNEY authorities have been left red-faced after tripping up on one of the most troublesome Irish grammar rules: putting an uncalled for “h” in the Irish version of the town’s name.

Large signs proclaiming Chill Áirne as the overall winner of the 2011 National Tidy Towns competition have been erected on all the main roads at the entrance to the town and are set to remain in place for a year.

But there is no “h” in Killarney as gaeilge and nothing on the sign that would require the traditional lenition signalled by the séimhiú or “h”.