Westmeath Field Names Project

Recording field names and other local placenames in Co. Westmeath. Supported by @creativeirl @HeritageHubIRE, @Wmeathheritge @ul . Tá Gaeilge againn.

[Westmeath Field Names Project @NamesField]

Nice report on the project with volunteers from Drumraney. See from 2.40 on. @NuachtTG4 @HeritageHubIRE @westmeathcoco @UL_Research @GaeilgeAtUL

[Nuacht TG4 @NuachtTG4]

Nuacht TG4 18 07 2019 https://t.co/XnbUbkkQLz

[Laois Heritage @laoisheritage]

The Group for the Study of Irish Historic Settlement (GSIHS) are holding their annual conference in Portlaoise this weekend 10-12 May. There's a fascinating schedule of talks and field trips.

For details and booking go to: https://t.co/wi5islMc6o
@SocietyLaois @HeritageHubIRE

[Aengus Ó Fionnagáin @AengusFinnegan]

Tá go dtí 13 Bealtaine ag iarrthóirí cur isteach ar an bpost thíos. Bí linn!

[Aengus Ó Fionnagáin @AengusFinnegan]

Bí ag obair linn i Léann na Gaeilge, Ollscoil Luimnigh. Cúntóir Teagaisc, conradh 10 Mí, €35,023 pro rata. Tabharfaidh an t-iarrthóir rathúil ranganna & léachtaí don bhreis agus 500 mac léinn Gaeilge atá in OL.

Déan iarratas anseo https://t.co/ohlORGp5uX

@PEIG_ie @SEIC_UL

[Westmeath Field Names Project @NamesField]

@AilinOSuill Fíorspéisiúil!

[Westmeath Field Names Project @NamesField]

Article on the project below 👇 The field pictured is called Crocán, from cnocán 'hillock'.

[RTÉ Brainstorm @RTEBrainstorm]

Why Irish field names & local placenames need to be recorded. These names are real signifiers of our diverse native landscape and are shaped by local knowledge and past generations, writes @AengusFinnegan
@GaeilgeatUL @SEIC_UL https://t.co/1UH3BgXi0L

[Westmeath Field Names Project @NamesField]

@AilinOSuill Cá bhfuil na háiteanna sin go baileach? Samplaí spéisiúla iad.

[Westmeath Field Names Project @NamesField]

@AilinOSuill Sin é go díreach!

[Westmeath Heritage @Wmeathheritge]

Interested in collecting the names of fields in North Westmeath?
If so, come along to Watty’s Rock, Finea on 19 March at 8pm where you can share the names you know & discuss likely origins of these names. @NamesField Project supported by @theheritagecouncil @westmeathcoco

[GaeilgeAgUL @GaeilgeAtUL]

Beidh Elaine Ní Mhuirí, mac léinn MA @GaeilgeAtUL, i measc na gcainteoirí ag an gcomhdháil seo @taighdeoiri Dé hAoine. Céimithe eile @GaeilgeAtUL ina measc chomh maith. Go n-éirí leo!
Is féidir a thuilleadh eolais a fháil faoin gcúrsa MA anseo: https://t.co/X6DBUuxNEt

[Aengus Ó Fionnagáin @AengusFinnegan]

Thanks to Moate Historical Society and to all who attended last night's lecture: 'Placenames in and around Moate'. The handout is available on the Society's Facebook page: https://t.co/5A5bYsa1Ll @ResearchArtsUL @SEIC_UL @Wmeathheritge

[Westmeath Field Names Project @NamesField]

@Wmeathheritge @ResearchArtsUL @SEIC_UL @placenamesni @logainm_ie 👇Title 'Placenames in and around Moate'

[Aengus Ó Fionnagáin @AengusFinnegan]

Looking forward to giving the Jeremiah Sheehan Memorial Lecture to Moate Hist. Soc. tonight (Carmelite Centre, 8.15pm). Here are some pics I took of the fine view south from Cnoc Domaine / Knockdomny. Slieve Aughtys, Slieve Bernagh & Silvermines Mtns, perhaps - 65-90km away

[Aengus Ó Fionnagáin @AengusFinnegan]

Draft list of speakers, SNSBI Spring Conference 2024. Registration details here: https://t.co/mmEcQD7ZGk @SNSBI_official @gaois_ie @logainm_ie

[Aengus Ó Fionnagáin @AengusFinnegan]

Bhí sé fíordheas a bheith i gcuideachta cuid den rang MA sa Ghaeilge ag bronnadh na gcéimeanna in Ollscoil Luimnigh inné

Lovely to see some our MA sa Ghaeilge students graduate yesterday! @SEIC_UL
@ResearchArtsUL

Tá eolas faoin gcúrsa MA ar fáil anseo: https://t.co/z0l8M1qDXY

[Aengus Ó Fionnagáin @AengusFinnegan]

Some pictures from Kilkenny West Graveyard -inscription dates to 1678-80. Would there be interest in the Tubberclair / Glasson area in forming a group to conserve and record inscriptions in the old graveyards in the parish: Bunown, Kilkenny West & Kilnaglinny? @Wmeathheritge

[Aengus Ó Fionnagáin @AengusFinnegan]

Call for papers - the 30th Annual Conference of the Society for Name Studies in Britain in Ireland (@SNSBI_official) will be held in Drumcondra (@gaois), 10-13 May. Full details here: https://t.co/LkulY08kip @placenamesni

[Westmeath Heritage @Wmeathheritge]

Nice piece on Westmeath Field Name Recording Project in recent edition of @AthloneAdvert
@NamesField @HeritageHubIRE #Fieldnames #Placenames

[Westmeath Field Names Project @NamesField]

Great crowd at last night's talk in Baile na gCros / Castlepollard, with many interesting questions and contributions from the floor. Nice to hear so much Irish spoken among the attendance as well.

[Westmeath Heritage @Wmeathheritge]

On 7 Dec 8pm North Westmeath Historical Society host Dr. Aengus Ó Fionnagáin, who will talk about the origins & meanings of placenames and some of the findings of Westmeath Field Names Recording Project.
Free event in the Castle Varagh Hotel, #Castlepollard
#Placenames

[Westmeath Heritage @Wmeathheritge]

On 7 Dec 8pm North Westmeath Historical Society host Dr. Aengus Ó Fionnagáin, who will talk about the origins & meanings of placenames and some of the findings of Westmeath Field Names Recording Project.
Free event in the Castle Varagh Hotel, #Castlepollard
#Placenames

[Westmeath Field Names Project @NamesField]

Great too see a big crowd at last night's lecture to the Old Athlone Society, which included commentary on local townland names, field names, names of small streams, and the names of the eel weirs on the Shannon. @Wmeathheritge @ResearchArtsUL @SEIC_UL

[Westmeath Field Names Project @NamesField]

@ConorHogarty Fore has it all!