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SOCIETY NEWS |
ULSTER PLACE-NAME SOCIETY NEWSLETTER7th MAY UPDATED TO 19th MAY 2010UPNS Spring Lecture, 8pm May 27th:
Welsh Place-names The
Society’s Spring Lecture will be held at 8.00pm on Thurs 27 May 2010
in the Institute of Irish Studies, 53-67 University Road, Belfast.
Professor Hywel Wyn Owen, Director of Place-Name Research at Bangor
University in Wales and President of the Society for Name Studies in
Britain and Ireland will speak on ‘Compiling the Dictionary of the
Place-Names of Wales’ Report on UPNS Council Meeting 14-4-2010 A meeting of the management council of the UPNS was held in Queen’s University on Weds 14 April to discuss changes to the constitution which are required by the Society’s application for charitable status in the UK. Chief issues arising: 1. Definition of the ‘area of benefit’ of the Society (‘Northern Ireland and other relevant areas’ was suggested) 2. Frequency of the journal and newsletter (drop the word ‘annual’ and ‘bi-annual’ respectively suggested) 3. Age at which people can be full members (16 or 18?) 4. Frequency of meetings of Council aka committee (‘at least once a year’ recommended) 5. Ex-officio membership of Council: (‘Head of Irish and Celtic Studies’ to replace ‘Head of the Department of Celtic’; ‘Head of Place-Names Branch, Dublin’ to replace ‘a place-names officer appointed by the OS of Ireland’. Should Director of Institute of Irish Studies be included? + Head of Irish at UU or St Mary’s College?) 6. Council members to be elected for three years with further discussion on question of officers serving consecutive periods required 7. Full/Associate membership issue needs more discussion 8. Financial year of the Society to run from I Nov. to 31 Oct.? 9. Quorum at AGMs to be one-fifth? 10. Issue of transfer to assets of Society to Irish and Celtic Studies Unit in QUB (itself an educational charity) in the event of the Society being dissolved. *NB: Extraordinary General Meeting: 7pm May
27th The
Society’s Spring lecture on Thurs 27 May will be preceded at 7.00 p.m.
by an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Society, which is being
called to discuss the aforementioned changes to the constitution which
are required by the Society’s application for charitable status.
Enclosed by post was a draft copy of the amended constitution on which
you will be invited to comment at the EGM. We would welcome comments in
advance of the meeting (by E-mail etc) or from those who will not be
able to attend the meeting. For comparison purposes download the
original constitution from this website using the link in the navigation
bar above. The Society is short of money and charitable status would
help Future Funding of the Northern Ireland
Place-Name Project (in limbo from
end April) Co.
Cavan townland names for Place-name Branch RoI (part-time) – final
negotiations. Esmé
Mitchell Trust - £2,000 for place-names work via UPNS (maybe with
Colmcille, NITB) Bid
to research Fermanagh road names for Fermanagh Council – cost
negotiation mid May. Esmé
Fairbairn Trust archives/collections - townlands of Antrim&Armagh?
Turned down May Ulster
Garden Villages: 3 years townlands Antrim, Armagh, Derry & Tyrone
for web? June. Conferences, lectures etc. Early
medieval place-names of Ireland and Scotland (QUB Nov. 09). Society for
Name Studies in Britain & Ireland (Carmarthen, March 2010).
Forthcoming: English Place-name Soc. ‘Perceptions of Place’
(Nottingham June); ‘Trends in Toponymy’ (Edinburgh June/July 2010).
Another Early medieval place-names of Ireland & Scotland to be in
Cork in Nov. 2010 Web Information: The
new Northern Ireland Place-Name Project townlands website www.placenamesni.org
is being updated over the summer, hopefully for launch in the
autumn. Click
here for the new map website of NIEA the Northern
Ireland Environment Agency. Ordnance
Survey NI maps of electoral divisions are free (townlands 1974) Here is a website on Scottish
places etc www.discoverbute.com Book:
Island Magee place-names in the new ‘Postcard History’ launched on
May 12th Pat
McKay, Kay Muhr, P. Tempan UPNS
c/o Irish and Celtic, SLLPA, QUB BT7 1NN,
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