Belfast, Northern ... place names come from Gaelic… We are using words in our language every day that come from the Gaelic language. We are steeped in it.” On a nearby wall hangs a map of ...

Mr. McAuley is a testament to just how far the Irish language, or Irish Gaelic, has come in Northern Ireland ... he loves maps and enjoys tracing the origins of place names.

THE impact that Irish language has had on communities in Belfast is illustrated in a new Gaelic map of the city ... "The colourful map of place names in Belfast is a tremendous piece of work ...

Belfast, Londonderry, Slemish, Anahorish - just some of the place names that reflect the mixed linguistic heritage of Northern Ireland ... in the defeat of the Gaelic Irish clans of Ulster ...

“You have so many Gaelic place names, there are more Gaelic place names in east Belfast than anywhere else,” Brian says. “It was always there and we weren’t aware of it. “As I grew ...

Dr Frances Kane studies the origins of Northern Ireland's place names Belfast ... and soldier who was instrumental in the defeat of the Gaelic Irish clans of Ulster in the 17th Century.