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
Public outreach & key achievements
- Co-Investigator, Multilingualism: Empowering Individuals, Transforming Societies [MEITS] ()
- Editor, Léann: Iris Chumann Léann na LitrÃochta ()
- Director of the N. Ireland Place-Name Project (; @placenamesni)
- Chair, Ulster Place-Name Society ( )
- 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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