KERRY officials insisted there is "huge respect" for the Irish language in the Kingdom after uproar amongst locals who complained a new housing estate name is effectively meaningless.
Kerry Co Council is now to liaise with the development agency, Clúid, over a new name for a Dingle housing estate located beside one of Ireland's proudest Gaeltacht areas.
The estate was named 'Páirceanna na Glas' - with west Kerry locals furious that, in Irish language terms, the name is effectively meaningless.
One translation is 'Green Fields' or 'Green Parks'.
Kerry County Council chief executive Moira Murrell insisted there was no intention to cause offence or disrespect - and stressed that there was enormous respect for the Irish language throughout the entire county.