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Dublin reg's - why no DN?

Kotek Besar · 2009-06-17 17:10:56

Quick question as I've often pondered.. Waterford has W for city and WD for county. Similarly, Limerick has L and LK. Dublin, though much larger, has only D. Same for Cork, only C. Why?

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#32 18-06-2009 9:48am
PaddyFagan

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The other version of this I heard was that DN was "reserved" for Down if there was ever a united Ireland! - I don't believe a word of it, but some people seem quiet convinced this is the case.

Paddy

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#33 01-07-2009 9:54am
bold_defender

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I was pondering all this while in waterford for the weekend.

A slight off topic but I noticed a car a few months ago where the county letter(s) didn't match the name in Irish above. Any ideas about that or is that not regulated?

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#34 01-07-2009 10:00am
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A D reg is worth more in second-hand terms than any other reg. Yes, that's ridiculous, but it's the fact - people idiots pay more for a D-reg. I can imagine that a DS reg would be "worth" more than a DN reg. A number of our politicians live on the Northside. I imagine they'd be somewhat annoyed if the resale value of their car was affected by the addition of an "N" on the reg.

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