Irish street sign plebiscites pass in Creggan and Foyle Springs in Derry

However, similar polls in the Culmore, Northland and Waterside areas failed to get enough support for bilingual signage.

At a meeting of the Derry City and Strabane District Council Environment and Regeneration Committee meeting for March members were advised that 100 per cent of respondents to plebiscites in Ballymagowan Avenue in Creggan and Briary Lane in Foyle Springs had backed new Irish language signs.

However, on the Duncreggan Road (63 per cent) and Gleneagles (60 per cent) not a big enough majority of residents backed the move to go bilingual. And in York Street (43 per cent) in the Waterside a minority of respondents favoured change.

“In accordance with Derry City and Strabane District Council’s Policy on Street Naming and Property Numbering, the plebiscites of Duncreggan Road, Gleneagles and York Street did not achieve the minimum consent threshold of 67 per cent of returns required for bilingual signage to be considered by Council.

“The plebiscities of Ballymagowan Avenue, and Briary Lane did achieve the minimum consent threshold of 67 per cent required for bilingual signage to be considered by Council,” the committee was told.

Given the outcome of the two plebiscites, members approved the erection of bilingual street signage at Ballymagowan Avenue and Briary Lane.