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IT’S NOT often you can say this, but Bono may have been talking sense, at least when he sang about the streets having no name way back in 1985. This certainly seems to be the case in Lahinch at the moment as the development of recent years have left many new areas of the village with no recognised title.
For the sake of tourists, not to men- tion the poor postman, Clare Coun- ty Council have decided to tackle the situation and plan to introduce a number of new street and estate names in the coming months. The Lahinch Community Council have come on board to help people bring
suggestions on possible names to the council.
“The idea is to allow everyone to have their say. We just want to help facilitate people, but they can submit their ideas directly to the council if they like,” said Mary Comber of the Lahinch Community Council.
“It’s all about the people who live in the area getting an input. A name is going to be picked and if they can come up with something local, his- torical, in Irish or in English, then all the better.
“People might know some histori- cal fact about their street that has been lost. Like William Ellis who used to live in the house beside the Church, he raised the money to build
the wall and the prom. So maybe that might be a good name for a spare corner here or there.”
Besides putting names on previ- ously untitled areas, the council also hopes to sort out a number of con- fusing situations such as two estates who both have the same name in the AUN E:TSxen
“There is an estate called Sandhill Lodge on the Ennistymon Road but there is also an estate called Sandhill Lodge down opposite the Golf Club on the Liscannor Road. There are a lot of houses down there as well. So there are two sets of Sandhill Lodges at the moment,’ she continued.
“We also have the back lane which runs parallel to main street. This has
always been there but it is a proper street now. The only name that has been proposed to the council for that so far is to name it after Arzon, the French town that Lahinch is twinned with. It 1s all coming about because of the expansion of Lahinch. It’s no longer a case of the old fashioned postman who knows where everyone lives. When you build a new housing estate people have to come up with a name. So they are taken care of but there are other areas that don’t have any names.”
Anyone interested can submit sug- gestions to Donogh O’Loghlin or Gerry Hartigan of the Community Council or directly to Clare County Council on 6821616.