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WALT We are learning to recognise, appreciate and understand the Irish place names all around us.

WALT We are learning to recognise, appreciate and understand the Irish place names all around us. Where’s the best place you’ve been on holidays? Where you live? What’s your favourite place in the world? Where would you like to live when you grow up?. What does Belfast mean?.

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WALT We are learning to recognise, appreciate and understand the Irish place names all around us.

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  1. WALT We are learning to recognise, appreciate and understand the Irish place names all around us.

  2. Where’s the best place you’ve been on holidays? • Where you live? • What’s your favourite place in the world? • Where would you like to live when you grow up?

  3. What doesBelfast mean? Béal Feirste = Mouth of the River Farset Fearsaid = Crossing at shallow water

  4. Sounds or meaning? Béal Feirste = Belfast (Sounds) (Meaning) Mouth of the River at the Tidal Ford

  5. What does Derry mean? Doire = Derry (translate sounds) (translate meaning) Doire = Oak Forest

  6. Ulster Namesle John Hewitt The names of a land show the heart of the race; They move on the tongue like the lilt of a song. You say the name and I see the place, Drumbo, Dungannon, or Annalong.

  7. Ulster Namesle John Hewitt The names of a land show the heart of the race; They move on the tongue like the lilt of a song. You say the name and I see the place, Drumbo, Dungannon, or Annalong.

  8. Place names– From Irish or not? Bangor Lagan Antrim Stranmilis Blackstaff Ballysillan Skegoneil Falls Rd Shankill Rd Glengormley Malone Rd. Cave Hill

  9. Placenames – From Irish or not? Bangor Lagan Antrim Stranmilis Blackstaff Ballysillan Skegoneil Falls Rd. Shankill Rd. Glengormley Malone Rd. Cave Hill Beannchar – Mountain with pointed peak An Lagán - Low lying land/lough of the calf Aontrom – Lone ridge An Sruthán Milis - The Sweet Stream Abhainn Bhearacha – The River of the Stakes Baile na Saileán – Town where Willow Trees grow Sceitheog an Iarla – Thorn Bush of the Earl Tuath na bhFál – Territory of Enclosures Seanchill – Old Church Gleann Ghormlaithe– Gormley’s Glen Tuath Mhaigh Luan Beann Uaimhe

  10. Tá mé i mo chónaí in ………. Cá bhfuil tú i do chónaí?

  11. Are you sure that didn’t come from Irish? Beann Uamha ˅ Cliff of the Cave ˅ Cave Hill AbhainnBhearacha ˅ River of the stakes ˅ Owenvarragh/ Blackstaff river

  12. Common Placenames -Competition • Ard / Baile • Dún / Cill • Cnoc / Cluain • Béal / Lios • Height / town • Fort / churchyard • Hill / Meadow • Mouth (of river) / stone fort • Ard / Bally • Don,Donny / Kill • Knock / Clon • Bel / Lis

  13. Fíor nó Bréagach? • There are places called Belfast, Derry and Londonderry in Canada. • 97% of our place names in Ireland come from Irish. • Belfast means mouth of the river at the tidal ford. • It comes from the Irish Béal Feirste. • This is an example of translating the meaning. • There are over 200 places in Ireland with Derry in their name. What did we learn today? Anything surprising? Anything we already knew?

  14. Compose a new place name! Invent a new place name for where you live. Use - local history - the landscape - local stories - the people - things you would like

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