Talk:Gormanston, County Meath

Gormanston or Gormanstown?
Is the name Gormanston or Gormanstown? I belive the sign posts say Gormanstown.MFIreland (talk) 17:42, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

As a native of Gormanston I find it appalling that I not being allowed to correct something I know to be wrong. I believe a reasonable citation to offer for the "Rinn Mhic Ghormáin" version is http://www.defence.ie/website.nsf/document+id/AB9B1A90EA0945818025711F00409BB9. Although this is site offers two translations of the same place, it is an official government document, unlike the logainm.ie site, which is certainly inaccurate. Another citation, which predates this by approx. 50 years gives Rinn Mhic Ghormáin as the translation, here: http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0214/D.0214.196503020067.html I am also an accomplished Irish student & am quite annoyed that I am being told that my own home is being called something else. I accept that there are few accurate citations on the internet available: I am working on getting written citations from the Archives. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dairemccg (talk • contribs) 17:21, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Although I accept that I could not easily find a reference for my change to the Irish of Gormanston (which is Rinn Mhic Ghormáin & was mistakenly changed on the signs several years ago to Baile Mhic Ghormáin), Gormanston is not "Gormanstown." That is an inaccurate pronunciation of Gormanston, most likely being caused by the inaccurate Irish translation or just a general mispronunciation. There is no evidence of "Gormanstown" being an alternative name for Gormanston. The citation given on the page does not state anywhere that Gormanston is known as "Gormanstown." Furthermore the anglicised reference "Ballygorman" makes no sense. It most likely originated from the inaccurate translation of Gormanston to "Baile Mhic Ghormáin." "Baile Mhic Ghormáin" literally refers to the town of Gorman, i.e. Gormanstown. However, Gormanston, the correct name, originates in the Viscount Gormanston, the premier Viscount of Ireland. Thus, Gormanston is definitely not Gormanstown. It is merely a common error.
 * I honestly can't comment on the specifics but I know how these translations are produced (on the fly, that is, with minimal proofreading) so I just urge caution to over-rating a document just because it's by "a government source" over an academic source. Not that those can't be wrong either but they tend to be more concerned with accuracy rather than tight deadlines and cutting corners in translation. Akerbeltz (talk) 18:50, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

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