Geotype Submission

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How does this letter-form communicate its location?

Dublin Council first rolled out bilingual street signs in 1922 as part of the Gaelic revival movement. Originally black and yellow, an increasingly nationalist council, went for green and white in defiance of the British authorities in classic show of “non-violent, civil disobedience”. Originally written in Cló Gaelach (the old Irish script) with Irish first, the signs were later changed to latin as part of a wider modernisation of printed Irish. In the 1960’s example shown here you can see this uncomfortable marriage between the latin alphabet and Irish capitals. Since 1965, Irish is set using latin characters to this day.

Location

22 Camden Pl, Íochtarach, Dublin, D02 AX97, Ireland