Talk:Áras an Uachtaráin

Controversy at Áras an Uachtaráin

Recent additions relating to Controversy at Áras an Uachtaráin probably need to be reviewed for factual correctness, and citations added for reference. Also need to consider rewording where additions are speculative or deal with possible future events. EG: "may in future even see the President of Ireland been called as a witness which would be totally unprecedented". Guliolopez 10:30, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Palace

Can someone clarify the use of palace here. Afaik it was only called the viceregal lodge in viceregal times not a palace, the gaelic name doesn't translate as palace so how has it come - if it is - to be known by that name. Alci12 15:50, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Image

Can a free pic of the "front" (What the pic there shows now) be easily taken? If not (Security or whatever), then the {{fairusereplace}} should probably be removed from the pic. 68.39.174.238 18:34, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Árus?

If Áras an Uachtaráin is 'sometimes written' Árus an Uachtaráin, it's by people who aren't aware that 'Árus' is not an Irish word. Or if it is, it doesn't mean 'residence'. No doubt the White House is sometimes written The Whiet Hous, if only by kids and illiterate people. In other words, I see no reason to grant authority to a spelling error. Lexo 14:22, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Ordinarily I'd agree. However some of the main "misspelling" culprits are not "the illiterate and kids". Rightly or wrongly, the transcripts of many Dáil debates (from the inception of the state) use the "Árus" spelling. See: [1] and [2]. That said, I agree that "Árus" should probably not be given too much prominence, and have determined to move the "misspelling" to the name reference.Guliolopez 16:21, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

A point well taken. If the frickin' Dáil can't spell it properly, I don't know who can be expected to...

Incidentally I looked it up in not one but two Irish dictionaries (De Bhaldraithe's 'Gearr-Fhoclóir Gaeilge-Béarla' and Dineen's venerable if wacky Irish-English Dictionary) and 'Árus' is not a word in either of them. Lexo 02:09, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Although it states that all 25 EU Heads of State attanded the flag raising when the new EU members were admitted I am pretty certain Elizabeth II of the UK didn't....should this read heads of government? 80.169.129.163 (talk) 14:40, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

new picture

Would it be possible to use an official image of the Áras for the page image? The one being used now seems very amateur looking and is not even of very good quality. I have found this one: http://www.deegannon.com/portfolio/Civil%20service%20html/images/aras.jpg but I am not sure about its copyright or whether it is able to be used. Could someone who knows about Wikipedia's image policy please check this out? Dylan (talk) 17:31, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Current Resident

Certain sections need to be updated, as the current President is now Michael D. Higgins — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.141.96.142 (talk) 06:11, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Only one sentence needed a very small change. Why didn't you do it instead of whingeing about it here? — O'Dea (talk) 23:37, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

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Removing request for audio

Added audio of pronunciation to the article and removed the request for audio template here Joe byrne (talk) 16:18, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

Audio recording of irish name

The audio recording was not made by a native speaker as demonstrated by the complete lack of awareness regarding how the spelling and pronunciation are related. Somebody suggested that I should make one. It would be bad for me to do that since I myself am not a native speaker however I have sourced a better pronunciation online. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RianOK (talk • contribs) 08:00, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

Image of Áras an Uachtaráin

I was curious if it would be possible to assign a better image for the Áras, perhaps one with the flag flying properly. 38.26.29.150 (talk) 13:58, 1 July 2024 (UTC)