Linguist @QUBelfast. Syntax, Multilingualism, Language Acquisition and Onomastics @placenamesni @irelandmapped. Gaeilgeoir and occasional triathlete
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A big day! The English language resources that I developed with @CorriganKaren and @katelewismairs based on work in NI schools over the last few years are now live on the @CCEA_info website! Celebrating the languages and dialects around us for spoken language at KS3 and KS4 😍😍
Announcement!!!! Our virtual KS3/KS4 language and literacy resources celebrating the voices, brogues and tongues of 21st century Northern Ireland are now live with @CCEA_info at: ccea.org.uk/key-stage-4/gcse…; ccea.org.uk/learning-resourc… and ccea.org.uk/key-stage-3/curr…
Dr Frances Kane retweeted
📢 Join us for the official launch of The Society for Name Studies in Ireland!
Dr. Aindí Mac Giolla Chomhghaill will give our first talk '18th-century toponymic knowledge: Tadhg Ó Neachtain's Irish gazetteer (1728)'
🗓️ 25.9.26
🕐 16.00 - 18.00
📍 DIAS, D04 C932
🎟️ FREE
Dr Frances Kane retweeted
Catch-up on @BBCTheView - available now on @BBCiPlayer
@MarkCarruthers7 with @ChrisHazzardSF , @PhillipBrett21 , @chrisadonnelly & @timcairns
Plus @DarranMarshall + @proinsy on etymology of local placenames
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
There’s been a lot said recently about place-names, but this piece focuses on what first drew many of us to the work: the research, the stories, and understanding the landscapes around us.
Huge thanks to @DarranMarshall for taking the time to explore the subject properly.
Dr Frances Kane explains the influence of Scottish & English language on place names in Northern Ireland.
Some word to look out for include; burn (the word for a river), brae (hill), and kirk (church)
Watch more on @bbctheview on @BBCiPlayer
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
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Dr Frances Kane retweeted
Bally… comes from the irish word ‘baile’ meaning farm, home, settlement
Knock… comes from an irish word for hill
Drum... has its origins in an Irish word for ‘back’
Dr Frances Kane explains the influence the Irish language has on our many of our place names today.
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Dr Frances Kane retweeted
Dr Frances Kane explains the influence of Scottish & English language on place names in Northern Ireland.
Some word to look out for include; burn (the word for a river), brae (hill), and kirk (church)
Watch more on @bbctheview on @BBCiPlayer
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
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Cutting through some of the noise today with a little reminder of how we do what we do at The Northern Ireland Place-Name Project franceskane.wordpress.com/20…
Dr Frances Kane retweeted
Seo droch-scéala amach is amach. Ní mór don Aire agus don Roinn seo a shocrú láithreach.
A major escalation with decades of expertise now in danger. This is the agency tasked with translating all street signs.
Minister Gordon Lyons & @CommunitiesNI must resolve this urgently.
After (almost) 10 wonderful years with NIPNP, I’ll be stepping away as our funding comes to an end and moving to an exciting new role elsewhere in QUB. It’s been quite the ride! Obviously I'll be continuing my work on place-names in new places and new spaces. More details soon!
It’s been a while but I’m revisiting my blog to share some work we have been doing with NIPNP. More case studies to follow in coming weeks but here’s a bit of ‘why we do what we do’…
franceskane.wordpress.com/20…
Dr Frances Kane retweeted
Thanks to everyone who has followed and engaged with us here. We’ll no longer be active on Twitter, but you can now find us on Bluesky at
@placenamesni
.bsky.social.
We’ll keep sharing research and updates there. For any queries, you can also reach us at [email protected]
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Look 😳 @IrelandMapped
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The Derry townland of Movenis (Maigh Inis 'plain of the isle'), exhibits evidence of the final ‘gh’ of Maigh changing to ‘v’ and a similar change appears to be present in the nearby Craigavole (Creig an Ghuail 'rock of the coal'). In nearby Donegal, magh is anglicised Muff.
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The original name of the village of Eglinton was Muff (An Mhagh ‘the plain’) from the townland in which it is situated on the east bank of the Muff River. It was changed to Eglinton in 1858. Anglicisation of Magh to Muff is relatively uncommon, but also appears in Co. Donegal
Dr Frances Kane retweeted
Yes, of course, and both phonemes represent voiced/devoiced examples of the same form, in that muff- and mav- are essentially a minimal pair.
