Lecture on Belfast's Street Names Through Translation

Join us for this year's Seán Mac Airt Lecture 2024!

NIPNP researcher Thomas Hughes will explore Belfast's Street Names Through Translation, discussing their meaning, history, and Irish forms. 8 PM, Thursday 5th December Peter Froggatt Centre, QUB FREE

Placenames Officer is sought in Dublin

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Oifigeach Logainmneacha - Placenames Officer

From Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media 

 

The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media is seeking applications from suitable applicants to fill vacancies that may arise for the position of Placenames Officer based in Dublin.

Role of the Placenames Branch

The Placenames Branch is part of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media and is based in Dublin. The Placenames Branch undertakes research into the placenames of Ireland (as defined in part 5, sections 31, 32 of the Official Languages Act (2003) to provide authoritative Irish versions of those placenames for official purposes and for public use. It also provides support to the Placenames Committee. The working language of the Placenames Branch is Irish.

Placenames Officer

Responsibilities may include the following:

• Support the staff of the Placenames Branch in determining the authoritative Irish language forms of placenames.

• Research handwritten and published documents to find early versions of placenames and input this content accurately into the office's database.

• Collect information on the historical, linguistic, or geographical background of the placenames to help to make decisions on the correct Irish versions.

• Systematically organise the information collected on placenames and discuss this with other members of staff with a view to deciding on the Irish versions.

• Complete field work where necessary.

• Input content and correct it on Logainm.ie

• Provide a quality service to customers, through issuing prompt replies to requests for information on placenames and answering miscellaneous correspondence.

• Promote Ireland’s heritage of placenames, and the state’s policy and role regarding Irish language forms, by means of regularly publishing research-based articles and attending conferences as appropriate.

How to Apply

Applicants should submit a completed application form to personnel@tcagsm.gov.ie by 3.00 pm on Thursday, 11 July 2024

Information booklet

Download the attached information booklet for more information on eligibility and requirements.

CfP: Workshop "Place names in bilingual areas"

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Logainmneacha i gcríocha dátheangacha 

Place names in bilingual areas 

Ceardlann Logainmneacha/Place names Workshop 

12-13 May 2022 

Gaois, Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, DCU, is organising a workshop on the topic of place names in bilingual areas. It will focus on two aspects of the theme, research and administration. Discussion will not be limited to Irish place names. The workshop will be in Irish (12 May) and in English (13 May). The workshop will be held on the All Hallows Campus. 

If you are interested in giving a paper at the workshop, please send a title and 200-word abstract to una.bhreathnach@dcu.ie by 3 March 2022. Informal enquiries are also welcome.

Northern Ireland Place-Name Project will contribute its expertise to digitally remapping Ireland's Ordnance Survey Heritage of 19th century

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Queen's University Belfast researchers have been awarded €740,000 (£630,000) to lead a cross-border digital humanities research project which will follow the footsteps of the surveyors who mapped Ireland 200 years ago.

The funding has been made available from the Irish Research Council, and Arts and Humanities Research Council, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), for Queen’s to lead a three-year project called OS200 in partnership with the University of Limerick. 

It will use 21st century technologies to analyse and visualise how Ordnance Survey staff operated on the ground in the 19th century and will create a free online resource revealing hidden and forgotten aspects of life and work from across Britain and Ireland. 

It has been announced as part of a 6.5m euro programme which is funding 11 projects, bringing together world-leading expertise in the digital humanities across the UK and Ireland. 

Researchers in the faculties of Engineering and Physical Sciences and Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Queen’s will work on the project, led by Professor Keith Lilley, an historical geographer in the School of Natural and Built Environment. Staff from the Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis (CDDA), the Heritage Hub, the Institute of Irish Studies, and the Northern Ireland Place-Name Project at Queen’s will also contribute their expertise. 

Other partners include the Department for Communities and Public Record Office in Northern, the Royal Irish Academy, the Digital Repository of Ireland, Logainm at Dublin City University, and the Irish Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. 

Onomastic courses by Queen's University in Belfast 2019-2020

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Course Name

Lost in Translation: Interpreting Ulster's Place-names
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The Place-names and Surnames of Ulster

The Place-names and Surnames of Ulster [OLE1652]

Maureen Hurndall, BA

Autumn 2019

A one-day course on Saturday 26 October, 10.00am to 4.00 pm

Where we live abounds with traces of Gaelic and other cultures in our placenames and surnames. How many of us know that Derry this and Bally that are not nonsensical concepts, but rather tell us much about the history, geography and mythology of this island. Similarly, we may not have given any thought before to the origins of our surnames – which are Irish, Scottish, Huguenot, English and Viking. Wouldn’t it be exciting to find out from where the various strands of our family originated? Well you can do it now, by joining this workshop.

(no concession)

Full price: £33.00

Lost in Translation: Interpreting Ulster's Place-names [OLE2920]

Frances Kane, BA, MSc, PhD

New Year 2020

10 weekly sessions on Mondays 6.00 pm to 7.00 pm, starting 20 January

This course describes and explains the character of the place-names of Ulster in relation both to linguistic developments and to changes in the social context within which our local names have been coined. Students will examine various influences which have shaped our contemporary names, develop skills in place-name analysis and become familiar with typical resources used in Irish place-name study.

5 CATS Points (Level 1)

(concession rate £24.00)

Full price: £39.00

Post-Doctoral Position to work on Irish placenames

UCC

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Job Posted: 23 Feb 2018
Closing Date for Applications: 13 Apr 2018
School: Department of Early and Medieval Irish
College: College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences
Contract Type: Fixed Term Whole-Time
Job Type: Research
Salary: €36,853-€43,828 p.a. (IUA Salary Scale)
 

Position Summary

The aim of the Locus Project is to produce a new historical dictionary of Irish placenames and tribal names to replace Fr Edmund Hogan's Onomasticon Goedelicum. The Locus Project is based in the Department of Early and Medieval Irish at University College Cork, Ireland.

We have previously received funding from Toyota Ireland Ltd., from the Higher Education Authority, from the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS), from An Roinn Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta and from The Heritage Council.

Six volumes of the Historical Dictionary of Irish Placenames have been published to date by the Irish Texts Society along with the proceedings of a one-day seminar on Hogan's Onomasticon and a bibliography of publications on Irish placenames.

Post duration: Two years

Salary: €36,853-€43,828 p.a. (IUA Salary Scale)

Project: Locus Project

Key Duties and Responsibilities

This title will apply to newly qualified Post-Doctoral Researchers and will be considered as a period of training as the researcher will have dual goals in terms of the research project and their own career development. The researcher will be mentored by a Principal Investigator (PI). It is expected that a researcher would spend not more than 3 years at the Post Doctoral level, subject to the term of the project and would then be eligible to compete for a Senior Post Doctoral post advertised by the University.

The primary focus of the Postdoctoral Researcher will be research; however, a particular emphasis during this stage should include (critical points in bold);

• To become an active member of the Locus Project and to take responsibility for preparing one volume of the Historical Dictionary of Gaelic Placenames for publication under the supervision and direction of a Principal Investigator/Project Leader.
• To engage in appropriate training and professional development opportunities as required by the Principal Investigator, School or College in order to develop research skills and competencies.
• To engage in the wider research and scholarly activities of the Department of Early and Medieval Irish.
• To engage in the dissemination of the results of the research in which they are engaged, as directed by, with the support of and under the supervision of a Principal Investigator.
• To become familiar with the publication process.
• To acquire generic and transferable skills (including project management, business skills and postgraduate mentoring/supervision).
• To gain experience in grant writing.
• To interact closely with postgraduate research students who are studying for a Masters or a PhD and possibly have an agreed role in supporting these students in their day to day research in conjunction with an academic supervisor.
• To carry out administrative work to support the programme of research.
• To carry out additional duties as may reasonably be required within the general scope and level of the post.
• To contribute to costing research grant proposals and assist in the financial management of a research project.

CRITERIA

• A primary degree in any period of Irish (Early, Medieval or Modern).
• A doctorate in an appropriate discipline. Preference will be given to candidates with a doctorate in any period of Irish (Early, Medieval or Modern). 
• Appropriate research experience with a level of publications appropriate to the post.
• Appropriate technical competence and accomplishment.
• A capability of working within a project team to achieve results.
• Good communication, organisation and interpersonal skills.
• A commitment to gaining practical experience working on a research project.
• Ability to work well within a team.
• Please note that Garda vetting and international police clearance check may form part of the selection process.

It will be an advantage to candidates to possess the following:

• Fluency in Irish.
• A good knowledge of Early and Medieval Irish.
• An interest in the study of placenames

Cuspóir an phoist

• Beifear ag súil go nglacfaidh an duine a cheapfar páirt ghníomhach i dTionscnamh Locus agus go mbeidh sé/sí freagrach as imleabhar amháin de Foclóir Stairiúil Áitainmneacha na Gaeilge a ullmhú don chló.
• Beifear ag súil leis go nglacfaidh an té a cheapfar páirt ghníomhach in imeachtaí acadúla Roinn na Sean- agus na Meán-Ghaeilge.

 Cáilíochtaí

• Bunchéim in aon réimse den Ghaeilge (Sean-, Meán- nó Nua-Ghaeilge).
• Dochtúireacht i ndisciplín a bhaineann le hábhar. Tabharfar tús áite d’iarrthóirí le dochtúireacht in aon réimse den Ghaeilge (Sean-, Meán- nó Nua-Ghaeilge). 
• Bheith gníomhach i gcúrsaí taighde agus foilseacháin acadúla ag an iarrthóir a bheadh ag teacht le leibhéal an cheapacháin.
• Ba bhuntáiste na sonraí seo a leanas a bheith ag iarrthóirí:
• Líofacht sa Ghaeilge.
• Eolas maith ar an tSean- agus an Mheán-Ghaeilge.
• Suim i gcúrsaí logainmníochta.

For Informal Enquiries on the post candidates should contact:

Name: Kevin Murray

Title: Dr

Email Address: k.murray@ucc.ie

Telephone: 021-4903192

To Apply:

Please submit a short cover letter and C.V. to Ms Ciara Ní Churnáin, c.nichurnain@ucc.ie (021-4903360), on or before the closing date Friday 13 April, 2018, at 17.00.

Supplementary Information on the Department/Research Centre is available at the following URL: www.ucc.ie/en/locus

Research fellow for the Northern Ireland Place-Name Project sought

www.jobs.ac.uk

Research Fellow

Queen's University Belfast - School of Arts, English and Languages

Location:	Belfast
Salary:	£32,548 per annum
Hours:	Full Time
Contract Type:	Fixed-Term/Contract

 

Placed on:	11th September 2017
Closes:	22nd September 2017
Job Ref:	17/105894

The post holder will carry out research on the Northern Ireland Place-Name Project assisting in the planning and delivery of research activity, and the uploading of results on to the project’s website.  This is available until 30 September 2020.

Further information about the School can be obtained at www.qub.ac.uk/ael

Anticipated interview date: week commencing 9 October 2017

Salary scale: £32,548 per annum

Closing date: Friday 22 September 2017

Apply online at www.qub.ac.uk/jobs. For further information or assistance contact Human Resources, Queen's University Belfast, BT7 1NN.  Telephone (028) 9097 3044 or email on HR@qub.ac.uk

The University is committed to equality of opportunity and to selection on merit.  It therefore welcomes applications from all sections of society and particularly welcomes applications from people with a disability 

Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.

Talk on place names with Fiachra Mac Gabhann in Dundalk this Friday

http://talkofthetown.ie/talk-on-place-names-with-fiachra-mac-gabhann-in-dundalk-this-friday/

Blackrock native Fiachra Mac Gabhann will be giving a talk on Irish Place Names this Friday night.
The talk, organised by Dundalk Culture Club, will take place in Wellington Hall on St Mary’s Road from 8pm and all are welcome to attend.


Toponymy – the study of Place Names – gives us a fascinating and unique access to our past. It connects us to the landscape and nature and is a well­spring of geographical, historical and mythical information.

Fiachra Mac Gabhann presents a talk that will draw on his extraordinary ten-volume study of the placenames of County Mayo, Logainmneacha Mhaigh Eo, to examine some of the intricacies of these themes and piece together some of what has been lost, and offer perspectives on the historical and cultural significance of Irish placenames to our sense of identity.

After Greek, Irish is the oldest written language still spoken in Europe, and its many linguistic layers can be viewed in crystallised form among our placenames. Did you know that the name Louth is pre-Christian? Or that it refers to the private parts of a male deity? Did you ever wonder if any our ancient placenames come from languages other than Irish? Or how we might know? Not all placenames are ancient – but how can we tell the difference? How do we know for certain that the Irish for Blackrock is ‘Na Creagacha Dubha’ (which we might better translate as ‘the black crags’)?
At the talk, which will be presented in the form of slides with commentary, Fiachra will explore many inter-related aspects of our linguistic, social and historical heritage, with further forays into other diverse but relevant strands, including archaeology, religion and folklore, all the while remembering his roots and drawing on local parallels for an Oriel audience. The talk is open to all and should appeal to anyone curious about the origins of the names of the places they come from and live in.

Admission is free although donations are welcome.

Developing high-end reusable tools and resources for Irish-language onomastics (toponymy) using modern web and database technologies

From the article... http://www.aclweb.org/anthology/W/W14/W14-4610.pdf

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