Tuesday, August 14, 2007

"Dunleary Town"

Many members and supporters noticed that the Club was entered on the website of the Leinster Senior League http://www.lsl.ie as "Dunleary Town" and contacted the Chairperson regarding this misspelling of the Club's name. The Chairperson contacted the Secretary of the LSL who undertook to have the correct spelling inserted. However, the LSL Fixtures published on Monday 13th August 2007 in the "Evening Herald" also used "Dunleary Town" and this generated several complaints to the Chairperson of the Club. To clarify the matter, the Club is registered with the Leinster Senior League as "Dún Laoghaire Town Football Club" and therefore, this should be the spelling utilised by the League. The Chairperson has written a letter of complaint to the League regarding the misspelling if the Club's name. To further clarify the matter, there has never been a town of "Dunleary" in Ireland and contrary to the erroneous assertions of some, "Dunleary" is not an alternative spelling of Dún Laoghaire. Dunleary was a small area in the Town of Kingstown, County Dublin, the Urban District Council of which, changed its name in 1919 to Dún Laoghaire and the town itself was given the name officially in 1921. The name of the harbour was changed to Dún Laoghaire by Section 10 of the State Harbours Act, 1924. The Board of the Club expects that the Leinster Senior League will rectify the matter very shortly.

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