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Would signs and documents be changed to Irish in NI

  • 27-06-2021 8:06am
    #1
    Wilmol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 64 ✭✭


    Some of you may know that there is no Irish language beneath the signs in Northern Ireland. All the signage including road signs, road markings and documents are in English only. Would they be forced to change their signs to add Irish to them in case of reunification? As an example markings for bus lane are just called "bus lane" while in the republic it's "lana bus".

    Also is no Irish a big f you to the southerners?


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  • #2
    Sonics2k
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    Obviously yes, if the North ever becomes part of the Republic again then signs would need to be updated.

    I would say though that that would be the least concerning thing to happen.


  • #3
    Wilmol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 64 ✭✭Wilmol


    Sonics2k wrote: »
    Obviously yes, if the North ever becomes part of the Republic again then signs would need to be updated.

    I would say though that that would be the least concerning thing to happen.

    Seeing as there are UK flags everywhere, I can see that implementing Irish will work very well and wouldn't be torn down.


  • #4
    alchemist33
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    People can be sensible, just put them up in Irish in certain areas and not put them in areas where they wouldnt be wanted. But we'd probably need a Signs Commission then


  • #5
    micosoft
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    There is not reason, as in Wales, that signs should not be bilingual today in NI especially with the Irish Language act. Unfortunately the fact Unionists will force their crude DIY language into the mix will make it harder and make NI look like a state of dyslexics.


  • #6
    martinedwards
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    The joy of Northern Ireland language........

    there was an attempt to have bi-lingual street names in a Loyalist area of Belfast.

    English and Ulster Scots, naturally.

    but the local hoods tore them down because they thought that they were Gaelic.

    we're strapped enough for cash as a province without wasting a fortune putting up new signs all over the place for a purely political reason as, lets be honest, there is NO-ONE in Northern Ireland who speaks fluent Irish, and no English.

    and I suspect there are very few, if any, in the South either.


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  • #7
    [Deleted User]
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    There are signs in Irish in northern Ireland, have been for years, also other languages.
    I'm not sure why it would be a **** you to southerners? What does it have to do with us?


  • #8
    blueser
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    I think there'd be more pressing issues than signs, to be honest.


  • #9
    whisky_galore
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    blueser wrote: »
    I think there'd be more pressing issues than signs, to be honest.

    You would think, and official documents that likely no one will read, yet here we are.


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    In a UI all the signs would have to be changed.

    To kilometres. Leaving just the US and UK in miles.


  • #11
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Would they be entitled to 10% more in A-level Maths if they do it in Ulster Scots ?


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  • #12
    corner of hells
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    alchemist33 wrote: »
    People can be sensible, just put them up in Irish in certain areas and not put them in areas where they wouldnt be wanted. But we'd probably need a Signs Commission then

    A Signs and Fleg commission?


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    [Deleted User]
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    Wilmol wrote: »
    Some of you may know that there is no Irish language beneath the signs in Northern Ireland. All the signage including road signs, road markings and documents are in English only. Would they be forced to change their signs to add Irish to them in case of reunification? As an example markings for bus lane are just called "bus lane" while in the republic it's "lana bus".

    Also is no Irish a big f you to the southerners?

    There are plenty of bilungual road signs in NI: certainly in Newry, Mourne and Down; also Armagh, Craigavon and Banbridge.


  • #14
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Sonics2k wrote: »
    Obviously yes, if the North ever becomes part of the Republic again then signs would need to be updated.

    Again?


  • #15
    [Deleted User]
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    In a UI all the signs would have to be changed.

    To kilometres. Leaving just the US and UK in miles.

    Would they? Maybe all the signs in the south will be changed to miles?


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    [Deleted User]
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    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    There are plenty of bilungual road signs in NI: certainly in Newry, Mourne and Down; also Armagh, Craigavon and Banbridge.

    Indeed so, like this one at Cushendun.

    556985.jpeg


  • #17
    Hamsterchops
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    Sonics2k wrote: »
    Obviously yes, if the North ever becomes part of the Republic again then signs would need to be updated.

    Again?

    They never were part of this Republic, indeed when we left the UK in 1921 we had no Irish road signs either, then as the years went by we introduced bilingual road signage, while Northern Ireland carried on as before with signage in English only.


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