Ainmeannan-aite Mhuile & Ulbha | The Place-Names of Mull & Ulva

Published: 5 September 2023

Dr. Alasdair Whyte

Làn-sgrùdadh air ainmeannan-àite Mhuile agus Ulbha (2019– ). 

Prìomh amasan:

  • Tuigse reachdmhor fhaighinn air ainmeannan-àite ionadach
  • Riochdan Gàidhlig nan ainmeannan a thoirt am follais
  • A’ chiad làn-sgrùdadh air ainmeannan-àite ann an sgìreachd air Gàidhealtachd na h-Alba fhoillseachadh 

Bheirear sùil air mar a tha ainmeannan-àite fighte fuaighte le:

  • Àiteachas, cleachdadh-fearainn agus tarbhachd-fearainn
  • An àrainneachd
  • Àrc-eòlas
  • Beul-oideas
  • Co-thadhal chànan
  • Cruinn-eòlas
  • Dual-chainnt
  • An Eaglais
  • Geòlas
  • Luachadh-fearainn
  • Tuineachadh

Prìomh-Rannsaiche: Dr Alasdair C. MacIlleBhàin

Fios: alasdair.whyte@glasgow.ac.uk

 

A comprehensive survey of the place-names of Muile/Mull and Ulbha/Ulva (2019– ).

Principal objectives:

  • Establish a firm understanding of local place-names
  • Establish normative Gaelic name-forms for local place-names
  • Publish the first comprehensive place-name survey of an area within the Gàidhealtachd (Gaelic-speaking area) of Scotland as part of the Survey of Scottish Place-Names

The project will investigate the intersection between place-names and:

  • Agriculture, land use and land capability
  • Archaeology
  • The Church
  • Dialect
  • Environment
  • Folklore
  • Geography
  • Geology
  • Land assessment
  • Language contact
  • Settlement

Principal Investigator: Dr Alasdair C. Whyte

Contact: alasdair.whyte@glasgow.ac.uk


First published: 5 September 2023