Professor Mícheál Ó Mainnín is a lecturer in Irish and Celtic Studies at Queen’s University, Belfast. He is Director of the Northern Ireland Place-Name Project and chair of the Ulster Place-Name Society. His broad research interest is in Irish and Scottish Gaelic language and literature, and he has a particular interest in language in society, Irish-Scottish connections, dialectology, and name studies.
Dr Frances Kane is a researcher in Queen’s University, Belfast, where she works on The Northern Ireland Place-Name Project. She is also the secretary of the Ulster Place-Name Society, also based at Queen's. Her background is in Irish and linguistics, and she has a particular interest in what place can tell us about