Comments on: Plebiscite on Dingle / An Daingean http://icecreamireland.com/2006/10/12/plebiscite-on-dingle-an-daingean/ Kieran Murphy's blog - all about making, eating, pondering about and enjoying sweet things by a chocoholic Irish ice cream man (Murphys Ice Cream) living in Dingle, Ireland. (Please ask if you wish to use text or images. Copyright (c) Kieran Murphy 2007) Fri, 17 May 2013 11:45:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Kieran http://icecreamireland.com/2006/10/12/plebiscite-on-dingle-an-daingean/comment-page-1/#comment-1223 Kieran Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:53:00 +0000 http://icecreamireland.com/2006/10/12/plebiscite-on-dingle-an-daingean/#comment-1223 Thanks, Colm! We certainly will find out soon! Thanks, Colm! We certainly will find out soon!

]]> By: colm bambury http://icecreamireland.com/2006/10/12/plebiscite-on-dingle-an-daingean/comment-page-1/#comment-1220 colm bambury Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:50:13 +0000 http://icecreamireland.com/2006/10/12/plebiscite-on-dingle-an-daingean/#comment-1220 i'm living in dingle daingean ui chuis all my life. dingle daingean ui chuis it shall remain i’m living in dingle daingean ui chuis all my life. dingle daingean ui chuis it shall remain

]]> By: Kieran http://icecreamireland.com/2006/10/12/plebiscite-on-dingle-an-daingean/comment-page-1/#comment-1215 Kieran Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:14:17 +0000 http://icecreamireland.com/2006/10/12/plebiscite-on-dingle-an-daingean/#comment-1215 Thanks for the comment and enjoy your trip! It's been so beautiful here, and I hope the weather holds for you... Thanks for the comment and enjoy your trip! It’s been so beautiful here, and I hope the weather holds for you…

]]> By: Stacey http://icecreamireland.com/2006/10/12/plebiscite-on-dingle-an-daingean/comment-page-1/#comment-1212 Stacey Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:05:37 +0000 http://icecreamireland.com/2006/10/12/plebiscite-on-dingle-an-daingean/#comment-1212 Love the slide show. I've been enjoying your blog for a while now and yet this is my first comment. I hope to be able to visit your shop in a few weeks time as I plan on being in Dingle. Your slide show is helping me decide what wonderful flavours to try! Thanks! Love the slide show. I’ve been enjoying your blog for a while now and yet this is my first comment. I hope to be able to visit your shop in a few weeks time as I plan on being in Dingle. Your slide show is helping me decide what wonderful flavours to try! Thanks!

]]> By: Kieran http://icecreamireland.com/2006/10/12/plebiscite-on-dingle-an-daingean/comment-page-1/#comment-1196 Kieran Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:30:22 +0000 http://icecreamireland.com/2006/10/12/plebiscite-on-dingle-an-daingean/#comment-1196 Cinnte Cinnte

]]> By: Mise Fhéin http://icecreamireland.com/2006/10/12/plebiscite-on-dingle-an-daingean/comment-page-1/#comment-1195 Mise Fhéin Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:35:30 +0000 http://icecreamireland.com/2006/10/12/plebiscite-on-dingle-an-daingean/#comment-1195 Was there a form available in Irish. Was there a form available in Irish.

]]> By: Kieran http://icecreamireland.com/2006/10/12/plebiscite-on-dingle-an-daingean/comment-page-1/#comment-1194 Kieran Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:13:05 +0000 http://icecreamireland.com/2006/10/12/plebiscite-on-dingle-an-daingean/#comment-1194 Míle buíochas as an scríbhneoireacht! It certainly would be a shame if the town would lose its Gaeltacht status. The Gaeltacht is small enough as it is... According the friends I have here who are immersed in Irish and historically minded, Daingean Uí Chúis was always referred to as An Daingean by the surrounding areas - we do tend to shorten things in every day speech. But most of the townspeople do hold the proper name is the first one... In any case, I certainly don't mind at all people choosing in a ballot which they prefer. (I have to state here that I am not a native!) As a businessman here, especially one who caters for tourists, I don't mind saying that I don't believe an Irish name is a detriment, and I don't hold that the Irish would hurt us. Let's not forget Cobh used to be Queenstown, Dun Laoghaire used to be Kingstown. Mumbai used to be called Bombay, but that didn't stop me visiting! In Italy, I didn't avoid Rome because the signs said "Roma" and in Germany I managed just fine in Koln, even though there was no sign of Cologne! Míle buíochas as an scríbhneoireacht!

It certainly would be a shame if the town would lose its Gaeltacht status. The Gaeltacht is small enough as it is…

According the friends I have here who are immersed in Irish and historically minded, Daingean Uí Chúis was always referred to as An Daingean by the surrounding areas – we do tend to shorten things in every day speech. But most of the townspeople do hold the proper name is the first one…

In any case, I certainly don’t mind at all people choosing in a ballot which they prefer. (I have to state here that I am not a native!)

As a businessman here, especially one who caters for tourists, I don’t mind saying that I don’t believe an Irish name is a detriment, and I don’t hold that the Irish would hurt us. Let’s not forget Cobh used to be Queenstown, Dun Laoghaire used to be Kingstown. Mumbai used to be called Bombay, but that didn’t stop me visiting! In Italy, I didn’t avoid Rome because the signs said “Roma” and in Germany I managed just fine in Koln, even though there was no sign of Cologne!

]]> By: aonghus http://icecreamireland.com/2006/10/12/plebiscite-on-dingle-an-daingean/comment-page-1/#comment-1193 aonghus Fri, 13 Oct 2006 10:00:37 +0000 http://icecreamireland.com/2006/10/12/plebiscite-on-dingle-an-daingean/#comment-1193 Even Joe O'Toole calls it "An Daingean" in oridinary speech in Irish. That's what you will find in (almost) any Irish literature, with the occasional addition of Uí Chúis. Even Joe O’Toole calls it “An Daingean” in oridinary speech in Irish.

That’s what you will find in (almost) any Irish literature, with the occasional addition of Uí Chúis.

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