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What is the difference between Roslea and Rosslea?

Yorky · 2006-10-01 11:28:58

Could anyone please explain the following in the County Fermanagh village: Roslea: Nationalist way of spelling Rosslea: Unionist way of spelling The official spelling is Rosslea so what is the significance of the extra 's' that Nationalists find so unacceptable?

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01-10-2006 12:28pm

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Yorky

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Could anyone please explain the following in the County Fermanagh village:

Roslea: Nationalist way of spelling

Rosslea: Unionist way of spelling

The official spelling is Rosslea so what is the significance of the extra 's' that Nationalists find so unacceptable?

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