A plebiscite will take place in Sligo, to put an end to a controversy surrounding the name of a town in the county. The public will be asked if it is to be called Enniscrone or Inishcrone. The ...

SLIGO County Council has established a Places Names Committee which will have the power to reject names for housing developments if they deem them inappropriate.

MANY OF the place-names and surnames in Ireland are anglicised versions of the way the original Irish (Gaelic) name was spoken.