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Aengus Ó Fionnagáin @aofionnagain.bsky.social · 6d

Lán an tí i láthair aréir don chéad léacht i séasúr an Fhómhair de chuid shraith bhliantúil Chumann Staire Bhaile Átha Luain

Aengus Ó Fionnagáin @aofionnagain.bsky.social · Aug 25

Great to see such a big crowd of all ages attend a placename-themed walk of the beautiful Low Road along Lough Ree yesterday, as part of Heritage Week. Thanks to Minister Kevin 'Boxer' Moran for attending & for support from ‪@heritagecouncil.ie‬ & @westmeathcoco

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Aengus Ó Fionnagáin @aofionnagain.bsky.social · Aug 24

Spéisiuil.

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Aengus Ó Fionnagáin @aofionnagain.bsky.social · Aug 23

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Aengus Ó Fionnagáin @aofionnagain.bsky.social · Aug 23

A busy weekend ahead - I'll be giving two placenames related talks as part of Heritage Week:

Cúpla lá gnóthach le cur isteach agus dhá chaint ar chúrsaí logainmneacha agus staire le tabhairt agam mar chuid de Sheachtain na hOidhreachta

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Aengus Ó Fionnagáin @aofionnagain.bsky.social · Aug 13

Turas as Baile Átha Luain, thar Charraig Uí Bhraoin, Corr na gCloch go Bun Buidhre agus Currach Buí

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Aengus Ó Fionnagáin @aofionnagain.bsky.social · Aug 12

Na Beanna Beola as Gob an Phuint, Cladach Dhumhaigh Ithir, Trá Mhaírois - parthas talmhaí inniu

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Aengus Ó Fionnagáin @aofionnagain.bsky.social · Jun 25

www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8mC...

Making a local newspaper, Longford 1978

YouTube video by Old Ireland Restored

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Aengus Ó Fionnagáin @aofionnagain.bsky.social · Jun 23

Post buan ar fáil in Ollscoil Luimnigh - Ollamh Cúnta le Gaeilge (An Nua-Ghaeilge Mhoch go dtí an t-am i láthair)

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · May 30

The annual Irish Historic Towns Atlas (IHTA) seminar was back in the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) this week to a full house and convened with the Irish Walled Towns Network an initiative of @heritagecouncil.ie

Read more here: www.ria.ie/2025/05/29/2...

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Aengus Ó Fionnagáin @aofionnagain.bsky.social · May 30

Truly

Aengus Ó Fionnagáin @aofionnagain.bsky.social · May 30

The journal editors also seem to be unaware (or don't care) how Irish surnames are normally written, or of the use of diacritics in Irish:

"There is consensus that attempts to revitalise Irish via education systems show poor results (Ceallaigh and Dhonnabhain Citation2015)" (3/3)

Aengus Ó Fionnagáin @aofionnagain.bsky.social · May 30

"Irish politics are marked by the issue of reunification, in turn strongly related to attitudes towards the Irish language, i.e. the more pro-Irish language a person is, the more likely they are to be pro-unification (Darmody and Daly Citation2015)" (2/3)

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Aengus Ó Fionnagáin @aofionnagain.bsky.social · May 30

I find some of the language in this article in 'Irish Educational Studies' very partial: 'students are subjected to learning Irish' etc.

The repeated assertion of a strong connection between the Irish language and political outlook is also very odd:

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... (1/3)

Language policy in the crossfire in Ireland: can Languages Connect deliver in the Republic of Ireland?

The launch of Ireland’s first official language education policy Languages Connect, Ireland’s Strategy for Foreign Languages in Education 2017–2026 (DES 2017) envisages wide-reaching changes for fo...

www.tandfonline.com

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Aengus Ó Fionnagáin @aofionnagain.bsky.social · May 29

B'iontach an rud é deis a bheith agam caint a thabhairt ar ainmneacha coraí ar an tSionainn ag @ria.ie an tseachtain seo mar chuid den seimineár 'Water, Towns and Topography' de chuid #IHTA agus ‪@heritagecouncil.ie

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Maitiú Ó Coimín @maitiuocoimin.bsky.social · May 29

Ioncam fógraíochta Raidió na Gaeltachta le caitheamh ar sheirbhísí eile RTÉ

Os cionn €600,000 a thuill RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta ó fhógraí tráchtála ó cuireadh deireadh leis an gcosc fógraíochta, ach ní fhanfaidh an t-airgead sin i gciste an stáisiúin Ghaeltachta féin

tuairisc.ie

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Donncha O’Connell @donnchalaw.bsky.social · May 29

Government report concludes Galway Ring Road will not solve city’s traffic problems

connachttribune.ie/government-r...

Government report concludes ring road won’t solve city’s traffic - Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune

A new Government report has concluded that the proposed city ring road would not solve Galway’s traffic woes – leading to calls to ‘move on’ from the €1 billion project. The Department of Transport ha...

connachttribune.ie

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Aengus Ó Fionnagáin @aofionnagain.bsky.social · May 29

Surprise surprise!

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Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba @ainmean-aite.bsky.social · May 20

Tha an leabhar A’ Ghàidhlig air Aghaidh na Tìre – Ainmean-àite ann an Iar-thuath na Gàidhealtachd air ais sa bhùth againn!
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The book Gaelic in the Landscape – Place names in North West Scotland is back in our shop!
🤓 📖
buff.ly/ItlVHzL

#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic

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Ruadhán Mac Cormaic @ruadhan.bsky.social · Apr 15

Beidh Scéal, forlíonadh nua Gaeilge, á fhoilsiú againn gach Máirt as seo amach.

Welcome to Scéal, our weekly Irish language supplement.

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Bríd McGrath @bridmcgrath.bsky.social · Apr 25

Hot off the presses! I’m Delighted to have had the chance to discuss the use of #Gaeilge in #EarlyModern #Irish #towns and #parliaments. Míle buíochas @brendankanect.bsky.social for starting me on this path.

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Gordon Ó Riain @gordonoriain.bsky.social · Apr 18

Happy to see my book in print!

IGT V is the oldest surviving metrical tract of the Early Modern Irish period (13th/14th cent.), used to train students in poetry, language, and style.

irishtextssociety.org/publications...

Áthas orm go bhfuil IGT V i gcló!

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Dr Kathryn Bullen @kfbullen.bsky.social · Apr 13

And finally, before our afternoon excursions, Peter McNiven shares 'Place-Names of the Stirling area and Mentieth'. Carseland (flatland), Dumyat hill, Doune (dun), Dunblane (dol or dail, not dun, water-meadow). Cumbric, Gaelic, Scots boundary with Pictish, Gaelic, Scots en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumyat

Dumyat - Wikipedia

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Dr Kathryn Bullen @kfbullen.bsky.social · Apr 13

Finally before coffee, Thomas Clancy of @uofglasgow.bsky.social speaks about 'Dark Waters and Bright: Place-Names of the Coalfield Communities'. The project will feed into Scottish place-name volumes ayr-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk

Place-Names of the Coalfield Communities

ayr-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk

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