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    Diskussion: Was halten Sie davon, dass Verkehrsschilder in einigen Teilen von Donegal auf diese Weise verunstaltet werden?

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    6. Elegant-Fisherman555 on

      Little petty if I’m honest.

      I grew up in the north in a catholic enclave surrounded by Protestant villages, townlands etc. for years the town name was spray painted out, you can kind of still make it out. Looks bad for tourists.

    7. Category6818 on

      you can still read both so not sure why anyone would care or be offended. seems fine to me

    8. shozy on

      I’d need more context for it. For example if this sign is in or near a Gaeltacht area in which case it may have replaced a sign that was previously just in Irish.

      The fact that it doesn’t actually stop you from reading it suggests this is some form of protest. 

    9. Imaginary-Taste-2744 on

      I imagine it’s cause it’s the gaeltacht? Getting rid of the English words?

    10. johnfuckingtravolta on

      Stick to the airport posts pal. Can see through ye like a pane of glass

    12. Minute_Activity_3445 on

      Fine Gael brigade out in the replies seething at the existence of Gaeltachtaí

    15. pete_moss on

      If it’s Gaeltacht there might be an argument for using Irish as primary over the English. I can see the argument for why they would stick with standardisation as in the rest of the country though. In Wales I think the Welsh name gets primacy over English but it’s not the standar we went with.

    16. Tony_Meatballs_00 on

      Wanton vandalism

      They’re destroying the beautiful signs, sure aren’t we known the world over for our gorgeous, traditionally made road signage

    17. Necessary_Ad8010 on

      In brief? It makes the place look like a dump! If you want people to avoid your area then do this.

      It’s also very hard to build bridges when someone is behaving as a massive hypocrite and a exactly like more extreme unionists.

    18. Shoddy_Article5056 on

      I know people here are talking about Gaeltacht areas but my extended family from Donegal don’t live in one and every second sign looks like this. I think it’s a mix of Gaeltacht residents and diehard anti-NI republicans who live in the area doing it. I’ve no issue with it though, especially when the town names are still visible. Seems like a simple way to show support for the language all in all, though I see why some may take issue with it

    22. conor34 on

      Here’s my Seachtain na Gaeilge fantasy, assuming I was Minister for Transport for a second and had a free hand.
      I would give the Irish version primacy on all road signs countrywide. By that I mean they should never be in italics, which indicates to me it’s a foreign language, while in fact, with 99% of Irish placenames, the Irish is the original and correct placename, and the manglicised version is merely a cheap imitation of the original.
      Initially, I would keep the anglicised version underneath, but in italics and at about 80% of the size of the Irish font, with a ministerial order that the anglicised versions would shrink in steps of 10% every five years.

    23. turquoise2j on

      Its hard to criticise the motivations behind this, a passion for the Irish language and original names but surely the solution is to petition the local mp or the dail for an official sign change if they feel so strongly about it? Maybe even just a sign that clearly prioritised the Irish first and has the translation smaller underneath

    25. InjurySouthern9971 on

      Its unlawfully defacing public property. These eejits should just grow up.

    26. desertsail912 on

      When I was a kid, late 70s early 80s, my family would go up to Donegal to sight see and visit relatives and people had actually taken a grinding wheel to the English names and these were the old school signs, the burly cast iron ones with the raised letters. My grandfather who was originally from Donegal, loved it. He wasn’t a huge fan of the English, I can tell you that.

    30. TimeLord41 on

      Didnt do a good job of it

      But overall I dont really care
      Our signs really shouldn’t be in English anyway
      We are irish not English

      I get all the signs are pretty much in bith
      But I absolutely would prefer a lot less in English and exclusively in irish
      So I dont hage the message

    31. FoCoYeti on

      As long as the Irish language gets priority I’m happy. Should always be on top.

    34. kathryn2007 on

      Should be extended to the entire country, imo. Anglicised placenames are meaningless, and the original ones are beautiful.

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