English name usage on housing development in Dingle in Gaeltacht is ‘insulting’

Kerry County Council opened a planning enforcement file after the name 'Cairn Close, appeared on advertising hoarding signs outside a private housing development

Sinn Féin councillor Robert Brosnan complained about the use of the anglicised name in Dingle saying it was “insulting and maddening to use an English name in the Gaeltacht”.

A warning letter has been issued by Kerry County Council over the use of an English name on a housing development in Dingle.

Dingle is a Gaeltacht town, in Corca Dhuibhne, one of two Gaeltacht areas in Kerry.