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[[Image:Teeshanrd.jpg|thumb|250px|A road-sign in [[County Antrim]], noting that this part of the road lies within Teeshan townland]]
[[File:Townland boundary marker - geograph.org.uk - 108106.jpg|thumb|A (rare) townland boundary marker]]
(contracted; show full)aign was a rare example of unity between [[Irish Catholic|Catholics]] and [[Protestantism|Protestants]], [[Irish nationalism|nationalists]] and [[Unionism in Ireland|unionists]].<ref name="Senses"/> Townlands and their names "seem to have been considered as a shared resource and heritage".<ref name="Senses"/> Those involved in the campaign argued that, in many areas, people still strongly identified with their townlands and that this gave them a sense of belonging.
 The Royal Mail's changes were seen as a severing of this link.<ref name="Senses"/>

At the time, the county councils were the government bodies responsible for validating such a change. However, as local government itself was undergoing changes, the Royal Mail's decision was "allowed ... to become law almost by default".<ref name="Senses"/> [[County Fermanagh]] is the only [[Northern Irelandish]] county that managed to resist the scheme completely.<ref name="Senses"/> Nevertheless, most road signs in Northern Ireland continue to show townland names (see picture on the right). In 2001 the [[Northern Ireland Assembly]] passed a motion requesting government departments to make use of townland addresses in correspondence and publications.

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[[Category:Geography of Scotland]]
[[Category:Townlands of Ireland| ]]
[[Category:Townlands of the Republic of Ireland| ]]
[[Category:Geography of the Isle of Man]]
[[Category:Townlands in Northern Ireland| ]]

[[pt:Townland]]