KERRY officials insisted there is "huge respect" for the Irish language in the Kingdom after uproar amongst locals who complained a new housing estate name is effectively meaningless. Kerry Co Council is now to liaise with the development agency, Clúid, over a new name for a Dingle housing estate located beside one of Ireland's proudest Gaeltacht areas. The estate was named 'Páirceanna na Glas' - with west Kerry locals furious that, in Irish language terms, the name is effectively meaningless. West Kerry Councillors Breandán Fitzgerald and Seamus Cosaí Fitzgerald told Radio Kerry they had brought an emergency motion before Kerry Co Council because of the level of local concern at the housing estate name. He added it was very sad that during Seachtain na Gaeilge or Irish language week the issue of a housing estate with a meaningless name should have dominated local headlines.

Source: Irish Independent March 17, 2021 14:33 UTC