Dr Frances Kane
@drfranceskane.bsky.social
Linguist interested in Syntax, Multilingualism, Onomastics and Digital Humanities. Gaeilgeoir and occasional triathlete.
Had the pleasure today of getting up close and personal with some of John O’Donvan’s handiwork and his edits for the names of Tory Island with an excellent session hosted by the wonderful Crystal Bennes @ria.ie 😍
September 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Had the pleasure today of getting up close and personal with some of John O’Donvan’s handiwork and his edits for the names of Tory Island with an excellent session hosted by the wonderful Crystal Bennes @ria.ie 😍
Writing for the OS memoirs, John O’Donovan comments “what a pit-y that the Irish were so fond of calling places after such pits as the pit of Queen Meve” 😂 @irelandmapped.bsky.social
Rising to 687 metres, Sawel Mountain is the highest peak of the Sperrins, sitting on the border of Counties Derry and Tyrone. The full name of the mountain is Samhail Phite Méabha ‘likeness to Maeve’s vulva’ and is said to be used metaphorically to refer to a hollow on the side of the mountain.
September 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Writing for the OS memoirs, John O’Donovan comments “what a pit-y that the Irish were so fond of calling places after such pits as the pit of Queen Meve” 😂 @irelandmapped.bsky.social
Notoriously ‘cac’ was also applied as a derogatory nickname to King James II (Séamas an Chaca ‘James of the Excrement’) after his defeat at the Battle of the Boyne 💩
Ballyhackamore (Baile an Chacamair ‘townland of the slob land or mud flat’) featuring cac ‘excrement’ refers to soft mud or slob land. Now inland, its western boundary is the Connswater and it may have bordered on part of Belfast Lough before modern land-reclamation schemes.
The townland of Ballyhackamore in #Belfast? I’ve heard lots about the etymology so just wanted to check!
@placenamesni.bsky.social
@placenamesni.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Notoriously ‘cac’ was also applied as a derogatory nickname to King James II (Séamas an Chaca ‘James of the Excrement’) after his defeat at the Battle of the Boyne 💩
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We are the Northern Ireland Place-Name Project, based in Irish & Celtic Studies at QUB since 1987. Funded by DfC since 2023, we research the origins and meanings of local names and support councils with Irish forms for signage. Explore our searchable corpus at placenamesni.org.
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placenamesni.org
September 2, 2025 at 12:14 PM
We are the Northern Ireland Place-Name Project, based in Irish & Celtic Studies at QUB since 1987. Funded by DfC since 2023, we research the origins and meanings of local names and support councils with Irish forms for signage. Explore our searchable corpus at placenamesni.org.
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Dia dhaoibh, a chairde!
The Northern Ireland Place-Name Project has just landed on Bluesky. We will be sharing stories, history and a few surprises behind our local place-names.
Do you have ideas on what type of content you would like to see? Maps, archives or just fun facts? Let us know below 😀
The Northern Ireland Place-Name Project has just landed on Bluesky. We will be sharing stories, history and a few surprises behind our local place-names.
Do you have ideas on what type of content you would like to see? Maps, archives or just fun facts? Let us know below 😀
September 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Dia dhaoibh, a chairde!
The Northern Ireland Place-Name Project has just landed on Bluesky. We will be sharing stories, history and a few surprises behind our local place-names.
Do you have ideas on what type of content you would like to see? Maps, archives or just fun facts? Let us know below 😀
The Northern Ireland Place-Name Project has just landed on Bluesky. We will be sharing stories, history and a few surprises behind our local place-names.
Do you have ideas on what type of content you would like to see? Maps, archives or just fun facts? Let us know below 😀
I’m delighted to have been awarded an @ria.ie fellowship to explore Colonial cartographies and the politics of place-name collection in the academy. Looking forward to getting started!!
Four new fellowships will support research into the RIA’s historic ties to colonialism. Projects will explore museum collections, imperial knowledge networks, colonial cartography, and the Academy’s role in the spoils of empire.
Find out more 👉 https://tinyurl.com/5bxknnkx
Find out more 👉 https://tinyurl.com/5bxknnkx
Four fellowships awarded to encourage research into the RIA’s historic links with colonial enterprises - Royal Irish Academy
The awarding of four fellowships (valued at €5,000 each) follows on from the Royal Irish Academy Colonial Legacies scoping exercise which was undertaken by Dr. Frances Nolan.
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August 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I’m delighted to have been awarded an @ria.ie fellowship to explore Colonial cartographies and the politics of place-name collection in the academy. Looking forward to getting started!!
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Four new fellowships will support research into the RIA’s historic ties to colonialism. Projects will explore museum collections, imperial knowledge networks, colonial cartography, and the Academy’s role in the spoils of empire.
Find out more 👉 https://tinyurl.com/5bxknnkx
Find out more 👉 https://tinyurl.com/5bxknnkx
Four fellowships awarded to encourage research into the RIA’s historic links with colonial enterprises - Royal Irish Academy
The awarding of four fellowships (valued at €5,000 each) follows on from the Royal Irish Academy Colonial Legacies scoping exercise which was undertaken by Dr. Frances Nolan.
tinyurl.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Four new fellowships will support research into the RIA’s historic ties to colonialism. Projects will explore museum collections, imperial knowledge networks, colonial cartography, and the Academy’s role in the spoils of empire.
Find out more 👉 https://tinyurl.com/5bxknnkx
Find out more 👉 https://tinyurl.com/5bxknnkx
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It's that time of year again where we are thrilled to announce our call for the 2026 Community Archive Scheme!
Key dates:
🗓️ Scheme opens: 27 August
❓ Information session: 2.00pm, 16 September
📩 Closing date: 7 November
For more information visit dri.ie/community-ar... and watch the video below.
Key dates:
🗓️ Scheme opens: 27 August
❓ Information session: 2.00pm, 16 September
📩 Closing date: 7 November
For more information visit dri.ie/community-ar... and watch the video below.
August 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
It's that time of year again where we are thrilled to announce our call for the 2026 Community Archive Scheme!
Key dates:
🗓️ Scheme opens: 27 August
❓ Information session: 2.00pm, 16 September
📩 Closing date: 7 November
For more information visit dri.ie/community-ar... and watch the video below.
Key dates:
🗓️ Scheme opens: 27 August
❓ Information session: 2.00pm, 16 September
📩 Closing date: 7 November
For more information visit dri.ie/community-ar... and watch the video below.
Inishowen (Inis Eoghain 'Eoghan's island') is named after Eoghan, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages. As the O'Neill's importance increased, their territory was named Tyrone (Tír Eoghain 'Eoghan's land'). The O'Neills were based at Aileach 'stony place' at Greenan above Derry.
June 3, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Inishowen (Inis Eoghain 'Eoghan's island') is named after Eoghan, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages. As the O'Neill's importance increased, their territory was named Tyrone (Tír Eoghain 'Eoghan's land'). The O'Neills were based at Aileach 'stony place' at Greenan above Derry.
Just a quick reminder of this week’s Spring lecture, hosted by the Ulster Place-Name Society and delivered by Dr Justin Ó Gliasáin - ‘The Place-Names of Inishowen’. All welcome!!!
June 3, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Just a quick reminder of this week’s Spring lecture, hosted by the Ulster Place-Name Society and delivered by Dr Justin Ó Gliasáin - ‘The Place-Names of Inishowen’. All welcome!!!
The Deirdre Flanagan Memorial Lecture 2025 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-deirdr...
The Deirdre Flanagan Memorial Lecture 2025
The Ulster Place-Name Society's annual Deirdre Flanagan Memorial Lecture delivered by Justin Ó Gliasáin
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May 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The Deirdre Flanagan Memorial Lecture 2025 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-deirdr...
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FOLÚNTAS | VACANCY
Scoláireacht Uí Dhonnabháin
O'Donovan Scholarship
#DIASdiscovers
www.dias.ie/2025/05/20/v...
Scoláireacht Uí Dhonnabháin
O'Donovan Scholarship
#DIASdiscovers
www.dias.ie/2025/05/20/v...
Vacancy for a 3-year postdoctoral O'Donovan Scholarship @scs-dias.bsky.social @dias.ie: application deadline 20 June 2025!
www.dias.ie/2025/05/20/v...
www.dias.ie/2025/05/20/v...
Vacancy: O’Donovan Scholarship – DIAS
www.dias.ie
May 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
FOLÚNTAS | VACANCY
Scoláireacht Uí Dhonnabháin
O'Donovan Scholarship
#DIASdiscovers
www.dias.ie/2025/05/20/v...
Scoláireacht Uí Dhonnabháin
O'Donovan Scholarship
#DIASdiscovers
www.dias.ie/2025/05/20/v...
Out on the road in Belfast this afternoon doing some field work as part of our bilingual street name provision for Translink. Examples like THIS is why we do what we do 🤦🏻♀️
May 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Out on the road in Belfast this afternoon doing some field work as part of our bilingual street name provision for Translink. Examples like THIS is why we do what we do 🤦🏻♀️
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Funded PhD opportunity with me on medieval urbanism in Ireland 😍 link 👇
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
May 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Funded PhD opportunity with me on medieval urbanism in Ireland 😍 link 👇
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
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📣 Announcing the launch of Digital Preservation Terminology: an Irish Language Glossary for Repositories and Archivists.
This landmark glossary establishes a standardised set of 68 Irish-language terms for digital preservation, developed by DRI with @gaois.bsky.social.
More: dri.ie/news/dri-lau...
This landmark glossary establishes a standardised set of 68 Irish-language terms for digital preservation, developed by DRI with @gaois.bsky.social.
More: dri.ie/news/dri-lau...
May 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
📣 Announcing the launch of Digital Preservation Terminology: an Irish Language Glossary for Repositories and Archivists.
This landmark glossary establishes a standardised set of 68 Irish-language terms for digital preservation, developed by DRI with @gaois.bsky.social.
More: dri.ie/news/dri-lau...
This landmark glossary establishes a standardised set of 68 Irish-language terms for digital preservation, developed by DRI with @gaois.bsky.social.
More: dri.ie/news/dri-lau...
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Delighted to share our latest publication 'Digital Preservation: An Irish language Glossary'. Thanks to our colleagues in @gaois.bsky.social and @dri.ie for work to produce this resource for repositories and archivists. Special thanks to @niamhnicharra.bsky.social for her guidance ✨
📣 Announcing the launch of Digital Preservation Terminology: an Irish Language Glossary for Repositories and Archivists.
This landmark glossary establishes a standardised set of 68 Irish-language terms for digital preservation, developed by DRI with @gaois.bsky.social.
More: dri.ie/news/dri-lau...
This landmark glossary establishes a standardised set of 68 Irish-language terms for digital preservation, developed by DRI with @gaois.bsky.social.
More: dri.ie/news/dri-lau...
May 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Delighted to share our latest publication 'Digital Preservation: An Irish language Glossary'. Thanks to our colleagues in @gaois.bsky.social and @dri.ie for work to produce this resource for repositories and archivists. Special thanks to @niamhnicharra.bsky.social for her guidance ✨
Now the fun starts! Join my colleague @catsporter.bsky.social on Monday (online) to hear all about our fantastic online resource 🤗
Delighted to return to the @nifhs.bsky.social AGM on Monday 12th May. This time I'll be talking about how to use @irelandmapped.bsky.social online resource hosted by @dri.ie. Why not try it out yourself: dri.ie/os200
OS200
dri.ie
May 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Now the fun starts! Join my colleague @catsporter.bsky.social on Monday (online) to hear all about our fantastic online resource 🤗
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Delighted to return to the @nifhs.bsky.social AGM on Monday 12th May. This time I'll be talking about how to use @irelandmapped.bsky.social online resource hosted by @dri.ie. Why not try it out yourself: dri.ie/os200
OS200
dri.ie
May 9, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Delighted to return to the @nifhs.bsky.social AGM on Monday 12th May. This time I'll be talking about how to use @irelandmapped.bsky.social online resource hosted by @dri.ie. Why not try it out yourself: dri.ie/os200
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We have a couple of talks coming up in the next few weeks, beginning with this one @nifhs.bsky.social 👇If your local community group would like to learn more about #OS200 and how to use the resource, please get in contact.
Delighted to return to the @nifhs.bsky.social AGM on Monday 12th May. This time I'll be talking about how to use @irelandmapped.bsky.social online resource hosted by @dri.ie. Why not try it out yourself: dri.ie/os200
OS200
dri.ie
May 9, 2025 at 7:13 AM
We have a couple of talks coming up in the next few weeks, beginning with this one @nifhs.bsky.social 👇If your local community group would like to learn more about #OS200 and how to use the resource, please get in contact.
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Cold and misty day for this year's @niscifest.bsky.social #PaddleBackInTime at #Nendrum. I miss my partner in crime @drfranceskane.bsky.social.
A few trees broken after Storm Eowyn making the site even more surreal in this weather! #StrangfordLough #Vikings #Ireland #Winter
A few trees broken after Storm Eowyn making the site even more surreal in this weather! #StrangfordLough #Vikings #Ireland #Winter
February 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Cold and misty day for this year's @niscifest.bsky.social #PaddleBackInTime at #Nendrum. I miss my partner in crime @drfranceskane.bsky.social.
A few trees broken after Storm Eowyn making the site even more surreal in this weather! #StrangfordLough #Vikings #Ireland #Winter
A few trees broken after Storm Eowyn making the site even more surreal in this weather! #StrangfordLough #Vikings #Ireland #Winter
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Our latest publication from #OS200 colleagues @niamhroisin.bsky.social, @zenobiewan.bsky.social and @drfranceskane.bsky.social Please ask if you'd like a link to the pdf. @ulgeog.bsky.social @ulhistory.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social @ukri.org #LoveIrishResearch
Delighted to have this article published in the Journal of Historical Geography with Co-authors Dr Zenobie Garrett & Dr Frances Kane - shared authority, public engagement & the archives of the Ordnance Survey of Ireland - @ulhistory.bsky.social - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
‘That's a powerful map’– shared authority, public engagement, and the archives of the first Ordnance Survey of Ireland
This article examines the extent to which the archives of the Ordnance Survey of Ireland (begun in 1824) can be explored through the lens of worldmaki…
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February 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Our latest publication from #OS200 colleagues @niamhroisin.bsky.social, @zenobiewan.bsky.social and @drfranceskane.bsky.social Please ask if you'd like a link to the pdf. @ulgeog.bsky.social @ulhistory.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social @ukri.org #LoveIrishResearch
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As I pull the plug on the other place, it reminded me of this exchange following a piece on BBC NI about the Mapping Monuments project, captured for posterity, I now use it to talk about mapping as 'contested heritage' 👇
November 17, 2024 at 9:30 PM
As I pull the plug on the other place, it reminded me of this exchange following a piece on BBC NI about the Mapping Monuments project, captured for posterity, I now use it to talk about mapping as 'contested heritage' 👇