Has Kilmaley disappeared from the map?

THE National Roads Authority (NRA) policy of labelling local road signs by number and not by name has been likened to a “big brother mentality”, by Lissycasey Fianna Fáil councillor PJ Kelly, who also claims that Kilmaley has disappeared off the map on the Kilrush–Ennis Road.

Councillor Kelly cited the example of a sign at Crowe’s Cross in Lissycasey, which once directed people to Kilmaley but now merely lists the road number on a new sign, not where it leads to.
“People are asking ‘where’s Kilmaley gone’? This is more of the big brother mentality in Dublin. It’s part of the anonymity culture. Who came up with this hair-brained idea? It doesn’t make sense,” Councillor Kelly claimed.
He reiterated his belief that local areas should retain their identity.
“I think it’s very important that we keep the names of our towns and villages,” he said, before criticising the judgement of the people who decided to utilise road number signs, which don’t include place names.
“They might be a BA, they might be an MA but they are MUGS as far as I’m concerned,” he stated, spelling each letter precisely at Monday’s Kilrush Electoral Area meeting.
Electoral area chairman Christy Curtin concurred and urged the NRA to adopt a more “pragmatic” approach.
Commenting on behalf of Clare County Council, senior executive engineer Cyril Feeney said that the local authority did not have a policy of removing road signs, which have the names of towns and villages on them.
It is, however, NRA policy.