Mid Ulster place-names: townland names in selected parishes in South Derry and North Tyrone

This thesis is an analysis of place-names in a number of parishes in Mid-Ulster. The key aim of the research project is to use evidence to work out the original meaning of the names. The thesis also discusses the decline and survival of the Irish language in Co. Derry and Co. Tyrone as well as the impact of settlement on language contact and language shift. It is clear that a number of geographical, historical, religious and political influences shaped the naming process in the area. The thesis discusses these influences in depth.

Name dc:type.qualificationname

Doctor of Philosophy

Level dc:type.qualificationlevel

Doctoral Thesis

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Queen's University Belfast

Year dc:date.issued

2021

Author dc:creator

• Ó Doibhlin, Brian

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Toner, Gregory
• O Mainnin, Micheal

• Placenames
• onomastics
• linguistics
• local history
• dialectology

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

oai:pure.qub.ac.uk/portal:studenttheses/0024c8a1-eaa0-4a74-a086-9c90281ebaff

OAI identifier oai:identifier

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