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Place-Names of the Galloway Glens

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Professor Thomas Owen Clancy, Principal Investigator for the project

Dr Simon Taylor, C0-Investgator for the project

Gilbert Márkus, Research Assistant

Brian Aitken, Systems Developer

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Recent Posts

  • Gatherings about Moss August 10, 2020
  • Echoes of an early territory June 25, 2020
  • Boundary? What Boundary? – Urr Water and Loch Urr June 9, 2020
  • Why do earrann-names form clusters? February 6, 2020
  • Unpacking Balmaghie December 1, 2019
  • Microtoponyms – little places with a big role November 14, 2019
  • Some earrann-names in Balmaclellan November 5, 2019
  • Gaelic poll: the fluidity of meaning November 5, 2019
  • One Bog, Three Names – how good fences make good neighbours June 6, 2019
  • Lowes June 6, 2019
  • Crosses and a Crossing June 6, 2019
  • Place-Names and Red Kites November 28, 2018
  • Surveying the place-names of the Galloway Glens November 26, 2018



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  • Welcome
  • Place-names
  • About the project
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  • Project News
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