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Madam, - Posters from Dublin City Council currently adorn our capital city declaring "Summer in Dublin - Átha Cliath".

Madam, - Posters from Dublin City Council currently adorn our capital city declaring "Summer in Dublin - Átha Cliath".

Other posters advertising the sports drinks Club Energise feature GAA county players sporting "Átha Cliath" jerseys and on Sunday's draw for the next round of the GAA Football Championship, made live on RTÉ, we learned that "Átha Cliath/Dublin" was to play "Doire/Derry".

The Irish name of our capital county is Áth Cliath. Áth becomes Átha when preceded by another noun, eg baile, contae, aerfort.

Yes, it's the dreaded tuiseal ginideach, but it is as valid today as it ever was. Surely bodies such as the GAA and Dublin City Council could make the effort to spell the county's name correctly. - Yours, etc,

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LORCÁN BERMINGHAM, Plás an Mhainéir, Bóthar na gCloch, Baile Átha Cliath 7.