Talk:Dún Laoghaire
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Is there any depth of feeling for recognising an English spelling of the town's name, for instance "Dunleary"?
It seems unlikely that Dún Laoghaire would be the busiest port in all of Ireland. I would suspect that either Dublin port or Larne would be busier. Is there any way to verify?
Cpm
- Irish Central Statistics Office figures for 2002 in the Republic show that at just under 20 million tons of shipping movements it's a long way behind Dublin (119 mio. tons) and Rosslare (48 mio. tons). Counting number of ship arrivals, at 987 it comes 4th behind Dublin (7,586), Rosslare (2,146), and Cork (2,060). -- Arwel 22:57, 31 Dec 2003 (UTC)
[edit] anglicized pronunciation?
I don't regard /dʌn ˈlɪəri/ as an anglicized pronunciation of Dún Laoghaire. I regard it as a pronunciation of "Dunleary". Just as many people call Rath Luirc "Charleville", the English name persists. The fact that Dunleary obviously derives from Dún Laoghaire is irrelevant. Eighteenth-century Hiberno-English speakers would have pronounced "Dunleary" domething like the Irish /duːn leːrɪ/, but it's the English version whose pronunciation has evolved. I know there is a limerick:
- There once was a man from Dún Laoghaire
- Who pronounced an interesting theoghaire
- that the language of Erse
- Has a shortage of verse
- as the spelling makes poets so weoghaire
but I think this dates from the 1920s when Irish placenames (and limericks) were new and interesting. jnestorius(talk) 14:02, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Picture Layout
Allie, I know that Doctors differ and patients die etc - but I don't think grouping the photos at the bottom improves matters. One or two up above might break up the solid block of text we now have. Also, the Infobox seems to be a bit truncated.
And as you can see from the photo here on the right, is not the least bit distracting! But if it was any smaller you couldn't read it... (In the case of the Dún Laoghaire article I have no vested interest as none of the pics are mine!).
The street scene photo and one of the Harbour shots would look great placed in the main bulk of the article.
(Sarah777 22:07, 16 February 2007 (UTC))
- Hi Sarah. Maybe try moving one or two of the pics back up, so. The initial problem was they were in a groupbox which caused them to stream down the left side of the page in one 'lump'. I'll have a go at it again, and maybe take a look at the infobox ... - Alison✍ 22:37, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
Better! I've tried to match the sizes (infobox and pic) and bring the top of the infobox to the top (usual position)- I think we're getting there!! (Sarah777 23:25, 16 February 2007 (UTC))
