Talk:Ballyvourney

Castle
Is there anything interesting that can be said about the Ballyvourney Castle?&mdash;Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 13:55, 2 March 2007 (UTC) No. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Reallyreallycold (talk • contribs) 21:03, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

"Bhuirne" nó "Bhúirne"
Hi. The Irish equivalent was recently changed from "Bhuirne" (no fada) to "Bhúirne". I realise that its not necessarily indicative of "indisputable fact", but the placenames commission, the County Council and the Údarás all seem to spell it without a fada. Any definitive source or reason for adding in the fada recently? (If nothing else, article should possibly nod to both alternate spellings). Guliolopez (talk) 13:03, 1 December 2008 (UTC)


 * It's interesting that those websites show it as "Bhuirne". Every other reference I've found says "Bhúirne" or, alternately, "Mhúirne". I passed through this weekend and all signs I saw (admittedly, I really only did pass through) said "Bhúirne" save for one school building that said "Mhúirne". This includes a sign pointing to the Údarás centre. The library's page seems to show a similar problem, as it lists "Baile Mic Ire" (Ballymakeera) as its address, though the signs for that town all said "Baile Mhic Íre", as does the Wikipedia page. I may be going to the town for a bit longer in the near future and so will endeavour to take some photographs of signage in the town. —Leftmostcat (talk) 15:18, 1 December 2008 (UTC)


 * OK. To be honest I think that, for now (or at least until a more authoratative source can be found), that the Placenames Commission spelling is the one to go with. It is certainly the standard we rely on the GA project for these things. Unless you can think of an alternative approach therefore, I'm going to change the intro to:
 * Ballyvourney (Irish: Baile Bhuirne or Baile Mhúirne)
 * And, as logainm.ie is the authoratative source used on the GA project. I'm also going to move back the GA title. Again with a short nod to alt spellings. At least until your further investigation is complete. Guliolopez (talk) 14:05, 4 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately, I forgot to bring my camera with me but I did have a look around. I was incorrect about the sign for Údarás na Gaeltachta, which does indeed say "Bhuirne". However, most other official signs, including one for the Ionad Sláinte and the official road sign as you enter from the Kerry side, said "Bhúirne". The Ionad Cultúrtha and the Mills were both consistent in using "Mhúirne". I also happened to look at an older copy of Foinse with a few mentions of Ballyvourney where they were consistent in using "Bhúirne". While I concede that this disagrees with the Placenames Commission's spelling, it seems that "Bhúirne" has more widespread official and unofficial currency. The Placenames Commission has eight images from an archive, where usage is inconsistent. Printed sources seem to use "Bhúirne" and handwritten sources are inconsistent. It seems probable that "Bhuirne" is simply a slip. The most convenient method of contacting them seems to be by phone, so it may be worthwhile for me to give them a call at some point. —Leftmostcat (talk) 14:31, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Language claim
It's been a couple of years since the claim that English has been the "predominant" language in Baile Bhuirne since the 1920s has been noted as unreferenced. Could somebody please either reference it or remove it? Thanks. Captain Fearnought (talk) 20:03, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Family names in Ballyvourney and surrounding areas
The name Lucey was misspelled as Lucy, I took the liberty of correcting it. My name is James Lucey and my family originate from the area and as far as I'm aware there are no families with the name spelled as Lucy. James Lucey. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.41.39.120 (talk) 13:14, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Pretentious Article
Can we nominate this for the most pretentious article to be found on Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.10.167.5 (talk) 21:55, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Seán Ó Ríordáin
I've been told recently that the grave of Baile Bhuirne's most famous son is in a state of severe disrepair down there. I find that very hard to believe as he put the place on the map in the past 60 years. Would anybody have pictures of it? Is there any festival in his honour? I'm visiting next year just to see where he's from and I'd prefer to go when there's an Ó Ríordáin festival or something like it on. 79.97.154.238 (talk) 20:19, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

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