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An Irish village has won another round in the battle to change its name in the Irish language back to Fort of the Harlot.

For centuries the village in Co. Limerick, known as Doon in English, had been known in Gaelic as Dun Bleisce or Fort of the Harlot but the name was changed in 2003.

Irish language minister Eamon O’Cuiv ordered the village’s gaelic name to be changed to simply An Dun, or The Fort.

The move saw 1,000 locals sign a petition to have Harlot added back to the name.

They were backed by local politicians and a Limerick County Council motion of support.

O’Cuiv asked the country’s Placenames Commission the official arbiter of Gaelic names to consider afresh their advice.

In a statement he said the commission had confirmed its view that An Dun was the appropriate Irish version of the name but that the alternative Dun Bleisce has an attested historical basis.

O’Cuiv said he had published a draft order to change the village’s name back.