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You spelled my name wrong!, is it because I’m Irish?

Published February 5th, 2010 in o shea, oshea, taking the soup, comment box, op ed, deed poll, passport name change, editorial, eire, gaeilge, airline security, surnames, diplomatic, jobsworth, pedantic, spelled name incorrectly, grinds my gears and irish surnames. 3 Comments

My name is let us say John O’Shea, so my surname is

  • O’Shea

Note how

  • The first letter is Capitalised (of course)
  • There is an apostophe (no spaces either side)
  • The first letter of the Shea is capitalised

My surname is not

  • O Shea (makes it look like the O an initial of a middle name)
  • OShea (at least they capitalised the S)
  • Oshea (no comment!)
  • Shea (dropping the O is often referred to as ‘taking the soup’, a term with political and religions connotations beyond the scope of this article!)

The only variation that could be correct would be ifI was being referred to in the Irish language (or Gaelic as I recently heard it called on an episode of Murder She Wrote) where it would be

  • Ó Sé

Now, this might sound pedantic, but having a surname of Irish origin, that is to say a surname that contains an apostophe causes many problems in this computer age.

I once received an academic certificate, suitable for framing! which said

“This is to certify that John Oshea has passed the examination…”

Now, surely someone, somewhere knew that was wrong? or did they?

I am constantly surprised to meet fellow apostophied surname holders who don’t know how to even write their own names. I have, yes believe it, met another John O Shea who wrote his name like that.

But the real problem these days is on the web. Some scripts don’t like the apostophe, and that character is reserved for coding. So when I enter my name it becomes John O/‘Shea.

My .ie domains are incorrectly named. The IE Domain Registry system, or else it is the resellers script does that, but some WHOIS on some  .ie domains returns proper names, it’s mystery, and one that no one is interested in, well I assume so, if you are then please comment!

A more serious problem, one with consequences is Airline tickets. My Passport is in the name of John O’Shea (in fairness to the Passport Office, they print exactly what you write on the application form)

But when I book tickets on airline websites they often become John O Shea, which often becomes John Shea, maybe some human vets these things?
I’ve been delayed in Airports many times, never missed a flight yet, but it could happen.

and then theres my credit card… When ordering stuff online its bad enough that Address Verification doesn’t work because we have no postcodes in Eire (I don’t want postcodes) but an extra flag is raised when name verification fails. Some companies such as Dabs want you to jump through hoops when two flags are raised.

So, do you have a surname with an apostophe? Let us know what you experiences are below…

Cheers, John O’Shea
oh and by the way, a note to Journalists this text is Copyright John O’Shea (spelled correctly) so don’t lift it for your back page!

Cork Consulates (or Consulates in Cork)

Published January 23rd, 2006 in Consulate of, Honorary Consulate, consulates in cork, lost passport cork, consular, honorary-consul, diplomatic, travel, consul cork, consulate cork, consul and government. 1 Comment

Page last updated 9th October 2009

A capital city such as Dublin has many foreign Embassies. A lesser known fact is that a secondary city such as Cork has many Consulates.

A Consulate is headed by a (in descending order) Consul-General, Consul, Vice-Consul, or Honorary-Consul. The latter has its own order and one can be an Honorary-Consul General, Honorary Consul, or Vice Honorary-Consul

Here at Ambrand.com we find the Honorary Consular system fascinating. Indeed we - well one of us - would like to be an Honorary Consul. Accordingly we undertook some fieldwork around Cork. The listing was compiled from public sources, then corrected by shoe leather (or rubber) and petrol (or diesel) or perhaps even helicopter hours whenever we happened to be passing near an address on our normal business. Here at Ambrand.com we also like legalese so… Cognisant of the delicate nature of Diplomatic, and to a lesser extent Consular, relations from time to time, we understand that there is a need for security. In that regard, while information provided here is by no means hard to find, we are willing to entertain requests for the removal of content if such requests originate from principals.

It is hoped this page may be of some assistance to citizens of the respective countries requiring consular assistance. The photos will be invaluable in this regard because addresses in Ireland can be very difficult to find, even we had trouble finding some places! All text and photos (except where otherwise mentioned) are copyright Ambrand.com 2006-2009 so please ask us first before using them elsewhere, but if you do, then… ahem… please at least link to this page.

If you have any corrections, or additions, please leave a comment below or contact us via the contact page.

Belgium
Honorary Consul of Belgium
for Co Cork, Co Kerry, Co Carlow, Co Kilkenny, Co Tippeary, Co Waterford, Co Wexford
Dominic J Daly
Royal Belgian Honorary Consulate
Pembroke House
Pembroke Street
Cork City
Ireland
t +353 21 4277399
f +353 21 4277586
e info@dominicjdaly.com / e dominicjdaly@eircom.net

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Brazil
Honorary Consul of Brazil
Francis Lynch
Brazilian Honorary Consulate
c/o Victoria’s Antiques
2 Oliver Plunkett Street
Cork City
t +353 21 4272752 / m +353 87 2530043
f +353 21 4278814
e hanorahflynch@eircom.net

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Denmark
Honorary Consul of Denmark
for Co Cork, Co Kerry
Freddie Pedersen
Royal Danish Honorary Consulate
Combermere House
Lackenroe
Glounthaune
Cork
Ireland
t +353 21 4353051
f +353 21 4354275
e pedersenf@pedersen-eng.ie
office hours: 9.00-13.00, 14.00-17.00

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Finland
Honorary Consul of Finland
Conor Doyle
Finnish Honorary Consulate
Westlands House
Rushbrooke Commercial Park
Rushbrooke
Cobh
Co Cork
Ireland
t +353 21 4202950
f +353 21 4812645
e marie@mts.ie

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France
Honorary-Vice Consul of France
Francoise Letellier
French Consular Agency
c/o Eurotranslations
18 Mary Street
Cork City
Ireland
t +353 21 4311800
f +353 21 4311671
e  eurotranslations@eircom.net
w www.frenchconsulcork.com

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Germany
Honorary Consul of Germany
for Co Cork, Co Kerry, Co Kilkenny, Co Tipperary, Co Waterford, Co Wexford
appointed December 2002
Garvan Corkery
German Honorary Consulate
c/o Ronan Daly Jermyn Solicitors
Level 1
12 South Mall
Cork City
Ireland
t +353 21 4802700
f +353 21 4802790
e german.consul@rdj.ie / garvan.corkery@rdj.ie
office hours: Tuesdays 10.00-11.00

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Hungary
Honorary Consul of Hungary
for Co Cork, Co Limerick, Co Kerry, Co Clare, Co Kilkenny, Co Carlow, Co Wexford, Co Tipperary
appointed February 2008
John X Miller
Hungarian Honorary Consulate
c/o Cork Vision Centre
St Peter’s Old Church
North Main Street
Cork City
t +353 21 4279925
f +353 21 4279987
e visioncentre@eircom.net

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Kazakhstan
Honorary Consul of Kazakhstan
Sarah Kent
Kazakhstani Honorary Consulate
c/o Kentech
Hexagon House
Wallingstown
Little Island
Cork
Ireland
t +353 21 4976500
f +353 21 4976578
e sarah.kent@kentech.ie

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Malta
Honorary-Consul of Malta
for Co Cork, Co Limerick, Co Kerry
Pa Nolan
Maltese Honorary Consulate
c/o Fexco Office
Courthouse Chambers
27-29 Washington Street
Cork City
Ireland
t +353 21 4270450
f +353 21 4802611
e maltaconsul.cork@gov.mt

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Netherlands
Honorary Consul of the Netherlands
for Co Cork, Co Kerry, Co Carlow, Co Kilkenny, Co Waterford, Co Wexford and Co Tipperary (South)
Michael Ronayne
Royal Netherlands (Dutch) Honorary Consulate
c/o Mainport
Monahan Road
Cork City
Ireland
t +353 21 4317900
f +353 21 4311269
e ncanton@mainport.ie
office hours: 09.00-12.30, 14.00-17.30

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Norway
Honorary Consul of Norway
Mark Charles Pearson
Royal Norwegian Honorary Consulate
“Cois Laoi”
20 The Highlands
Glounthaune
Cork
Ireland
t +353 21 4812645 / m +353 87 2304289
e mcpearson@eircom.net

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or

(possibly out of date)
Honorary-Consul of Norway
Mark Charles Pearson
Royal Norwegian Honorary Consulate
c/o James Scott & Company (Cobh) Ltd
Westlands House
Rushbrooke Commercial Park
Rushbrooke
Cobh
Co Cork
Ireland
t +353 21 4811485
f +353 21 4812645
e agency@scottcobh.ie

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Pakistan
(possibly out of date, might have relocated to Dublin)
Honorary Consul of Pakistan
Diarmuid A Hegarty
Pakistani Honorary Consulate
30 Princess Street
Cork City
Ireland
t +353 87 2200579 / t +353 21 4275333 / t +353 21 4545640
f +353 21 4549265
e president@gcd.ie

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Peru
Honorary Consul of Peru
John Mitchel Barry
Peruvian Honorary Consulate
Glanmire House
The Rectory
Ballinglanna
Glanmire
Cork
t +353 21 4866888 / m +353 87 2548152
e mitchel_barry@eircom.net

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or

(possibly out of date)
Honorary Consul of Peru
John Mitchel Barry
Peruvian Honorary Consulate
c/o Allied Foods Ltd
Kinsale Road
Cork
Ireland
t +353 21 4974310
f +353 21 4961488

Spain
Honorary Vice-Consul of Spain
for Cork City and Co Cork (excluding Bantry)
Diarmuid Oliver O’Donovan
Spanish Honorary Vice-Consulate
Mediterranean House
Bank Place
Main Street
Castletownbere
West Cork
Ireland
t +353 27 70104
f +353 27 70348
e cornelio_beara@yahoo.com

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and

Honorary Vice-Consul of Spain
for Bantry in Co Cork and all of Co Kerry
Maurice Daniel O’Keeffe
Spanish Honorary Vice-Consulate
Donemark House
Dunnamark
Bantry
West Cork
Ireland
t +353 27 50001/50217
f +353 27 27 50352

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or

(possibly out of date)
Honorary Vice-Consul of Spain
for Bantry in Co Cork and all of Co Kerry
Spanish Honorary Vice-Consulate
c/o Murphy & O’Connor Ltd
The Quay
Bantry
West Cork
Ireland
t +353 27 50001
f +353 27 50352

Sweden
Honorary Consul of Sweden
William H Sullivan
Royal Swedish Honorary Consulate
c/o Marsh Ireland Ltd
Level 2
12 South Mall
Cork City
Ireland
t +353 21 4276743
f +353 21 4272555
e consulswedencork@gmail.com
office hours: 9.00-13.00, 14.00-17.00

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