Irish language - Kerry town faces name change again

WHAT’S in a name?

Irish language - Kerry town faces name change again

In politics the answer depends on who has the whip hand. And in Dingle, it seems Jackie Healy-Rae is in the driving seat.

Apparently, one of the key electoral agreements in the contract between the Kerry independent and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern is that the town’s name, peremptorily changed to An Daingean by Minister Éamon Ó Cuív, is to be switched back to Dingle.

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