Talk:Portmarnock

Port = port?

I thought Port Mearnóg meant Mearnóg's BOG! But I'm no expert...(Sarah777 19:44, 3 May 2007 (UTC))

No, that would be Portach. But it is nice to see the language question being looked at properly, something which does not happen everywhere. On the other hand, there are some good accounts, even on the northside, where I see someone has helped out with a few recently, and where Raheny features a discussion of various sources. In this case, Port is, as noted earlier above, just Port or Harbour, and the origins of Portmarnock are not in doubt.

I see a small discussion about town v village. I come from Baldoyle, which has always called itself a village. Not sure I recall much about Portmarnock but I guess it is similar. I don't think connection to the city has much to do with it. In historic terms, I think the county towns were Balbriggan, Swords and Lusk, no matter that Dublin was far away, nothing else had the name, and as a matter of reality now, I would have said Swords is a real main-street town, Balbriggan a proper rural one, and maybe Skerries qualifies. Rush, not sure, Lusk just a small village now, and Malahide, despite the high population around, ditto. Portmarnock... But does it matter? In France it is simpler, they'd all be communes, each with its own little Mayor.

194.46.136.32 21:04, 4 May 2007 (UTC)