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Old May 9th 11, 07:18 AM posted to uk.transport.london,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.railway
Peter Masson[_2_] Peter Masson[_2_] is offline
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"1506" wrote

Why do our friends accross the Irish sea reverse the word
order (e.g. County Carlow) I wonder?


Not specifically Irish, but used where the county and a town in it have the
same name, and the shire suffix doesn't apply. The one English example is
County Durham.

Peter