Research Interests

I welcome PhD applications in any aspect of;

• Early modern Irish and Scottish Gaelic language and literature
• Language and identity in Ireland and Scotland
• Language politics
• Onomastics
• Dialectology

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Public outreach & key achievements

• Co-Investigator, Multilingualism: Empowering Individuals, Transforming Societies [MEITS] (www.meits.org)
• Editor, Léann: Iris Chumann Léann na Litríochta (www.leanniris.com)
• Director of the N. Ireland Place-Name Project (www.placenamesni.org; @placenamesni)
• Chair, Ulster Place-Name Society (https://www.ulsterplacenamesociety.org/ )
• Contributor to BBCNI ('Languages of Ulster', 12/11/2017; 'Athchuairt ar Translations', 22/12/2013; 'Sruthanna', 01/11/2011)

Research students

PhD area	The Irish Dialect of County Down: a Textual and Toponymic Study
Name	John Tracey
Years of study	2011-15
Country	Northern Ireland
PhD area	Intercultural Encounter in Irish-Language Travel Literature
Name	Eimear Kennedy
Years of study	2012-16
Country	Northern Ireland

 

 

Alumni: Where are they now

PhD Title	Staidéar Comparáideach ar Ghnéithe d’Amhráin na Gaeilge in Éirinn agus in Albain [A Comparative Study of Aspects of Gaelic Song in Ireland and Scotland]
Name	Sorcha Nic Lochlainn
Years	2006-10
Country	Northern Ireland
Current role	Lecturer, University College Cork
PhD Title	Language Obsolescence and Language Death in South East Ulster
Name	Conor McGahan
Years	2007-09
Country	Northern Ireland
Current role	Research Project Editor, Dublin City University
PhD Title	Narrative, Historical Representation and Collective Identity in the Gaelic Literatures of Ireland and Scotland Pertaining to the Period 1914-18
Name	Natalie Simpson
Years	2009-13
Country	England
Current role	Editor, Cicerone Press, Cumbria

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• Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
• School of Arts, English and Languages
• The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice
• www.placenamesni.org
• www.meits.org