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Placenames Database of Ireland

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27: 1867: 1199: 270:. The names chosen were on the advice of the Placenames Branch; some differed from those adopted in previous decades, in some cases causing controversy. Responsibility for place names was transferred from the Department of Finance to the 1923: 274:
in 2000. The 1973 Act was replaced by the Official Languages Act 2003 and under its terms, the Placenames Committee continues to advise the Minister prior to the issuing of statutory instruments.
271: 294: 192: 74: 241:, under which only an English-language name had official status. Irish-language names were adopted in place of some English-language names after 1920 (e.g. King's County became 262:
The Place-Names (Irish Forms) Act 1973 codified the official assignment of Irish names alongside, rather than instead of, English names; in 1975 the first
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The database website, www.logainm.ie, won the European Language Label in 2010 and was category winner at the 2011 and 2016 Irish eGovernment Awards.
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The website is a public resource primarily aimed at journalists and translators, students and teachers, historians and researchers in genealogy.
594: 1903: 1313: 237:, the law in regard to placenames was carried over from the 19th-century UK statutes which established the Ordnance Survey and 1817: 783: 226: 259:
adopted Irish names, but these were ad-hoc and sometimes inconsistent or disputed by locals or Irish-language scholars.
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Place-Names (Irish Forms) (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2000 (
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The Placenames Commission ceased on 11 October 2012 and the Placenames Committee (
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An tOrdú Logainmneacha (Foirmeacha Gaeilge) (Uimh. 1) (Postbhailte) 1975 (
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Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
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Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
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Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
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and the government of what the Irish name of places should be.
911: 285:) took its place on 19 September 2013. The Placenames Branch ( 201: 1823: 1674: 1374: 1244: 814: 989: 438:). Signed on 13 December 2000. Statutory Instrument of the 949: 562: 127: 1213: 508:"European Language Label - Award to a project - Details" 417:). Signed on 25 June 1975. Statutory Instrument of the 272:
Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands
337: 335: 191:in collaboration with the Placenames Branch of the 1885: 332: 1264:Pre-Norman invasion Irish Celtic kinship groups 1229: 588: 343:"Priority Questions - Placenames Commission" 1159: 1130: 1121: 1107: 1098: 1089: 1080: 1071: 1049: 1035: 1026: 1017: 1008: 970: 956: 947: 927: 918: 909: 900: 891: 882: 873: 844: 759: 730: 677: 396:). Enacted on 21 November 1973. 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Index

Database homepage in January 2019
Database
Education
Language
Irish
English
Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
https://www.logainm.ie
Irish
Dublin City University
Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Irish
Department of Finance
Ordnance Survey Ireland
Constitution of the Irish Free State
current constitution
national language
Griffith's Valuation
Laois
Kells, County Meath
Department of Posts and Telegraphs
statutory instrument
post towns
Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands
Irish
Irish
Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Official Languages Act 2003
Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba

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