WALTWe are learning to recognise, appreciate andunderstand theIrish place names all around us.

1. Where’s the best place you’ve been on holidays?2. Where you live?3. What’s your favourite place in the world?4. Where would you like to live when you grow up?

What doesBelfast mean?

Béal Feirste = Mouth of the River Farset

Fearsaid = Crossing at shallow water

Sounds or meaning?

Béal Feirste = Belfast (Sounds)

(Meaning) Mouth of the River at the Tidal Ford

What does Derry mean?Doire = Derry (translate sounds)

Doire = Oak Forest (translate meaning)

Ulster Names le

John Hewitt

The names of a land show the heart of the race;They move on the tongue like the lilt of a song.You say the name and I see the place,Drumbo, Dungannon, or Annalong.

Ulster Names le

John Hewitt

The names of a land show the heart of the race;They move on the tongue like the lilt of a song.

You say the name and I see the place,

Drumbo, Dungannon, or Annalong.

Place names– From Irish or not?

BangorLaganAntrimStranmilisBlackstaffBallysillanSkegoneilFalls RdShankill RdGlengormleyMalone Rd. Cave Hill

Placenames – From Irish or not?

Beannchar – Mountain with pointed peakAn Lagán - Low lying land/lough of the calfAontrom – Lone ridgeAn Sruthán Milis - The Sweet StreamAbhainn Bhearacha – The River of the StakesBaile na Saileán – Town where Willow Trees growSceitheog an Iarla – Thorn Bush of the EarlTuath na bhFál – Territory of EnclosuresSeanchill – Old Church Gleann Ghormlaithe– Gormley’s GlenTuath Mhaigh LuanBeann Uaimhe

BangorLaganAntrimStranmilisBlackstaffBallysillanSkegoneilFalls Rd.Shankill Rd.GlengormleyMalone Rd. Cave Hill

Cá bhfuil tú i do

chónaí?

Tá mé i mo chónaí in ……….

Are you sure that didn’t come from Irish?

Beann Uamha ˅

Cliff of the Cave˅

Cave Hill Abhainn Bhearacha˅

River of the stakes˅

Owenvarragh/Blackstaff river

1. Ard / Baile2. Dún / Cill3. Cnoc / Cluain4. Béal / Lios

Common Placenames-Competition

1. Ard / Bally2. Don,Donny / Kill3. Knock / Clon4. Bel / Lis

1. Height / town2. Fort /

churchyard3. Hill / Meadow4. Mouth (of river)

/ stone fort

Fíor nó Bréagach?• There are places called Belfast, Derry and

Londonderry in Canada.• 97% of our place names in Ireland come from Irish.• Belfast means mouth of the river at the tidal ford.• It comes from the Irish Béal Feirste.• This is an example of translating the meaning.• There are over 200 places in Ireland with Derry in

their name.

What did we learn today?Anything surprising? Anything we already knew?

Compose a new place name!

Invent a new place name for where you live.

Use - local history - the landscape - local stories - the people - things you would like