{"id":2462,"date":"2020-02-26T21:37:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T21:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meiotic.co.uk\/my\/?p=2462"},"modified":"2023-08-17T17:46:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T16:46:44","slug":"research-map-gaelic-placenames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.meiotic.co.uk\/my\/research\/map-of-gaelic-placenames\/","title":{"rendered":"Map of Common Gaelic Placenames"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>document.getElementById('menu-item-102').className += \" current-menu-item current_page_item\";<\/script><br \/>\n<strong>Update, 2022<\/strong>: There&#8217;s now a <a href=\"..\/map-of-gaelic-placenames-v2\/\">version 2<\/a> to explore.<\/p>\n<p>After posting on twitter about starting to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScienceAndMaps\/status\/1232228542001434624\" target=\"_bottom\" rel=\"noopener\">better understand<\/a> Scottish maps since learning some Gaelic, I was pointed to all sorts of interesting articles, projects, books and events on the subject. One was this Ordanance Survey guide to the <a href=\"https:\/\/getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk\/guides\/the-gaelic-origins-of-place-names-in-britain\/\" target=\"_bottom\" rel=\"noopener\">Gaelic origins of place-names<\/a>, which I felt was crying out for a map to be made from the data. It gives examples and translations of some of the most <u>commonly-seen<\/u> Gaelic words on maps of Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>As the grid references listed were for a 1km box and the <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.nls.uk\/projects\/api\/\" target=\"_bottom\" rel=\"noopener\">NLS Historic Map Layer<\/a> uses various OS maps from the 1920s-1940s, you&#8217;re going to have to do a bit of sleuthing to try and see each Gaelic word. &#128373; You may find the reference or you <u>may not<\/u>, but exploring these lovely old maps is all part of the fun&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"data\/gaelic_placenames_iframe.html\" style=\"width:100%; height:580px;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"data\/gaelic_placenames.html\" target=\"_bottom\" style=\"font-weight:bold;\" rel=\"noopener\">&#187; full screen map<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The tweet that kicked it all off is below; there are plenty of excellent replies too. The joy of understanding the Gaelic placenames was summed up with this lovely quote from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/geologymull\" target=\"_bottom\" rel=\"noopener\">James Westland<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Once I started learning, it was like a veil being lifted, like some sort of opaque film being removed from the map&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So I&#8217;ll keep practising my Gaelic to know my <em>Rubha M\u00f2r Nighean Eoin<\/em> from my <em>Eilean Meall na Suirudhe<\/em>, gradually lifting that veil. It&#8217;s worth noting that there are numerous databases of Celtic-language placenames at the bottom of this page, and the 1000+ names above are just a tiny sampler. Hopefully it&#8217;s enough to give you the Gaelic bug though&#8230; Happy exploring!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-theme=\"light\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p style=\"color:#595856; font-size:14px;\">One of the cool things about learning Gaelic is the sudden awakening of place names on Scottish maps &#8211; it&#39;s like someone suddenly switched the light on&#8230; A &quot;Gaelic for Cartographers&quot; course would be a great idea! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScotsGaelicfor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ScotsGaelicfor<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScotsGaelicDuo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ScotsGaelicDuo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OrdnanceSurvey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OrdnanceSurvey<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/gaelic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#gaelic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xcyM67b3Kn\">pic.twitter.com\/xcyM67b3Kn<\/a>&mdash; Phil Taylor (@ScienceAndMaps) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScienceAndMaps\/status\/1232228542001434624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin-top:26px;\">Resources:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The original <a href=\"https:\/\/getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk\/guides\/the-gaelic-origins-of-place-names-in-britain\/\" target=\"_bottom\" rel=\"noopener\">article \/ data<\/a> from OS.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spns.org.uk\/\" target=\"_bottom\" rel=\"noopener\">Scottish Place-Name Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ainmean-aite.scot\/\" target=\"_bottom\" rel=\"noopener\">Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.placenamesni.org\/\" target=\"_bottom\" rel=\"noopener\">Northern Ireland Place-Name Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.logainm.ie\/en\/\" target=\"_bottom\" rel=\"noopener\">Placenames Database of Ireland<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/44904203-reading-the-gaelic-landscape\" target=\"_bottom\" rel=\"noopener\">Reading the Gaelic Landscape<\/a> by John Murray<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update, 2022: There&#8217;s now a version 2 to explore. 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