Talk:South Tipperary

8W line?

The small village Clogheen of South Tipperary is directly situated on the 8W line. The 8W line runs through this beautiful picturesque village which is nestled in the foothills of the Knockmealdown Mountains.

What is "the 8W line"? And can a village be "nestled"? (Odious travel-brochure-speak, IMHO) -- Picapica 13:16, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think 8 west of Greenwich (certainly a quick check on an atlas would appear to confirm as much), someone is using longitude/latitude speak. In this case it should be 8W or -8 longitude. Djegan 21:43, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Go raibh maith agat, a Djegan. Longitude/latitude-speak as well as travel-brochure-speak, eh?! Is there no end to their gobbledeygookiness? :-) -- Picapica 21:54, 24 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

County South Tipperary or just South Tipperary

Is it common usage or just OR to state "In Ireland, the usage of the word county nearly always comes before rather than after the county name; thus "County Clare" in Ireland as opposed to "Clare County" in Michigan, US. The exception to this norm occurs in the case of those counties created after 1994 which drop the word county entirely; thus "South Tipperary" as opposed to "County South Tipperary"."? Laurel Lodged (talk) 15:10, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Why have one discussion when six separate ones will do? I will only reply here. Have you any reliable references to back up your claims about the new administrative counties? Snappy (talk) 15:27, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

See discussion at Talk:Counties_of_Ireland#Style_for_counties_created_after_1997 Snappy (talk) 15:33, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]