A Dictionary of Ulster Place-Names - Couverture souple

McKay, Patrick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0853898960 ISBN 13 : 9780853898962

Editeur : Clo Ollscoil na Banriona, 2006

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Ulster s rich and diverse cultural heritage is reflected in its place-names, which have their origins in many languages including Irish, Scots, English, Old French and Old Norse. Names evoke the history of townlands, villages, towns, cities, archaeological; sites and geographical features and are of great significance to local people. The book remedies the long-standing need for a reliable and up-to-date dictionary of Ulster place-names, supplying the derivations and meanings of around 1300 names in nine Ulster counties, as well as providing interesting local background information, with more than 50 illustrations. Much of the material in the book derives from the database built up within the Northern Ireland Place-Name Project since its establishment in1987. This primary and highly authoritative reference resource is made available again in this attractive Second Edition, which provides revised and fully up-dated entries in the light of on-going research, with numerous corrections and revisions in all categories of information.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dr Patrick McKay is a senior research fellow at the Northern Ireland Place-Name Project at Queen s University Belfast. He is the author of the volumes on Lisnaskea and the Parish of Aghalurcher (Co. Fermanagh I) and The Baronies of Toome (Co. Antrim I) in the Place-Names of Northern Ireland series.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Clo Ollscoil na Banriona
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0853898960
• ISBN 13: 9780853898962
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible