Decolonisation

TheJournal.ie : Campaign underway to reclaim the original Irish names of Ireland's cities, towns and villages

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Colonial naming practices are framed as adversarial to indigenous culture

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“THE PEOPLE OF India changed the colonial name ‘Calcutta’ to Kolkata and ‘Bombay’ to Mumbai, while Wales brought the Welsh name Caerdydd to the fore over the English version, Cardiff.”