'7' is sometimes used in Irish documents to stand for 'and' - it was a hang over from the Irish language. Trish http://www.dublin1850.com

True, but in the phrase I referred to, it was definitely a mistranscription which should read 'County of the City of Dublin'. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trish Loughman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 1:12 AM Subject: [IRL-DUBLIN-CITY] 7 in Irish documents '7' is sometimes used in Irish documents to stand for 'and' - it was a hang over from the Irish language. Trish http://www.dublin1850.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message