Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 May 2018
497. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there was a text amendment made to a section on a website (details supplied) regarding Enniscrone, County Sligo since 22 February 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19706/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraOn 18 April 2018, an explanatory note regarding the meaning and origin of the placename Inis Crabhann / Inishcrone, which was originally written on 9 March 2017, was amended on the public interface of Logainm.ie (the placenames database of Ireland).
Instead of ‘Inis Crabhann: A corruption of Inis Eiscir Abhann’, the explanatory note was altered to read:
(Irish text) "De réir dealraimh tharla athdheighilt ar Eiscir Abhann (bunleagan an logainm seo) go Eis C(i)rabhann, agus tharla athanailís ina dhiaidh go Inis (S)Cr(e)abhann > Inis Crabhann. Bhí an leagan seo ann ón 16ú aois ar aghaidh ar a laghad. Níl fianaise ar bith ann go raibh Inis Eiscir Abhann ann mar leagan Gaeilge den logainm seo fhad is a bhí an Ghaeilge fós beo mar theanga an phobail anseo."
(English text) "This place-name seems to be the result of the re-segmentation of Eiscir Abhann ‘esker of the river’ in speech to Eis C(i)rabhann, which resultantly underwent re-analysis to Inis (S)Cr(e)abhann > Inis Crabhann. This version of the name was in use from the 16th century onwards at least. There is no evidence to suggest that the form Inis Eiscir Abhann was ever the Irish form of this place-name when Irish was the vernacular here."
Explanatory notes such as this are provided by the Placenames Branch as an additional service to the public, further to the Branch’s primary remit of establishing the authoritative Irish versions of placenames. These notes are subject to revision and alteration and further notes are added on an ongoing basis.
The Irish name Inis Crabhann was given legal status in a Statutory Order that took effect in July 1975, made under the Placenames Act (Irish Forms) 1973. This was confirmed by the Placenames (Centres of Population and Districts) Order 2005, which took effect in March 2005, superseding the previous Statutory Order.
