tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post4730237715840621164..comments2023-10-02T10:31:13.350+01:00Comments on Gombeen Nation: Belmullet to be painted out of the Gaeltacht?The Gombeen Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024662128072120489noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-81208372788440061062010-07-30T20:16:06.585+01:002010-07-30T20:16:06.585+01:00Where are the bilingual signs?
Everywhere throu...Where are the bilingual signs? <br /><br />Everywhere throughout the country, apart from the Gaeltacht, that is. Rights?The Gombeen Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05024662128072120489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-90100200973989694252010-07-30T16:58:11.707+01:002010-07-30T16:58:11.707+01:00THE CROCODILE TEARS SHED AGAINST THE RE-ESTABLISHI...THE CROCODILE TEARS SHED AGAINST THE RE-ESTABLISHING OF THE GAELIC NAMES ARE ALL THE MORE HYPOCRITICAL GIVEN THAT NOT ONE OF THEM GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THE RIGHTS OF IRISH SPEAKERS IN MONOLINGUAL ENGLISH SPEAKING IRELAND - STAND IN THE SHOES OF AN IRISH SPEAKING CHILD FOR A DAY IN THIS "BILINGUAL" STATE, DEFEND THAT CHILD'S RIGHT TO SPEAK HER/HIS LANGUAGE AND THEN I MIGHT HAVE SYMPATHY FOR YOUR WHINING PAROLES.....WHERE ARE THE BILINGUAL SIGNS IN 'PRIVATE IRELAND', BY THESE GREAT IRISH CITIZENS, WHERE IS THE SPACE ALLOWED FOR THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-83698156455864559952010-01-25T06:51:03.456+00:002010-01-25T06:51:03.456+00:00Just to let you know- Mayo County Council were for...Just to let you know- Mayo County Council were forced to paint out Belmullet on all road signs by government- Eamonn O'Cuiv is the man to blame. Same in other counties where towns are in the Gaeltacht.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-60260754682897626322009-04-04T12:17:00.000+01:002009-04-04T12:17:00.000+01:00It's amazing that there's someone from the Council...It's amazing that there's someone from the Council, funded by public money, going around with a bucket of green paint (or white, as Stan's post shows) blotting out information on our roadsigns. Mind-boggling.<BR/><BR/>It's all top-down, Official Ireland nonsense.The Gombeen Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05024662128072120489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-76091690669591828512009-04-04T11:29:00.000+01:002009-04-04T11:29:00.000+01:00Just for the record the sign in the picture is not...Just for the record the sign in the picture is not an isolated example. All (or as many as Ive come across) signs in Mayo for Belmullet have been subject to this legally sanctioned vandalism.<BR/><BR/>Also for the record I did pay a visit to Belmullet onetime and out of the conversations I overheard or was a party to and signage/notices (other than those produced by state agencies) I witnessed there wasnt a single solitary word in Gaelic/Irish. Admittedly I was only there for two hours and there were a lot of tourists about but still..........Netgeeknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-39490566302510333322009-04-01T10:31:00.000+01:002009-04-01T10:31:00.000+01:00Here is "Spiddal" disappearing from a sign in Galw...Here is "Spiddal" <A HREF="http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/8291/spiddalsigns.jpg" REL="nofollow">disappearing from a sign</A> in Galway city. <BR/><BR/>(I don't think Dave had anything to do with it.)Stanhttp://stancarey.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-38622286533939215622009-03-31T13:46:00.000+01:002009-03-31T13:46:00.000+01:00Here in Kerry, locals spray painted "Dingle" back ...Here in Kerry, locals spray painted "Dingle" back on the signs after<BR/>the council blotted them out!Mór Ríganhttp://morrigan-reborn.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-31515009079141436482009-03-30T09:35:00.000+01:002009-03-30T09:35:00.000+01:00Hi GM, I hope you don't choke on your cornflakes t...Hi GM, I hope you don't choke on your cornflakes there over my ponderings but one has to ask whether Mayo Council managed to secure a grant for the paint to blot out "Belmullet". Grants are handed out for all sorts of things related to the Irish language.Ellanoreply@blogger.com