http://www.gaelport.com/index.php?page=clippings&id=1343&viewby=date quote:Changes in agricultural and fishing practices, urban spread, housing schemes, afforestation, rural depopulation and road building had brought about the loss of perhaps 200,000 names in Kerry alone in recent years, he said.
'Coupled with this, the decline in the numbers speaking Irish daily and the loss of the contacts between the young and the elderly has meant further decline in the use of native and local names.'