Ár Logainmneacha Comhroinnte - Reflections on Local Place-names

Conradh na Gaeilge runs the Ár Logainmneacha Comhroinnte | People & Place scheme across schools and community groups in the north. The scheme helps children and communities look at the common heritage we share in the Irish language, particularly through the lens of our local place names. In this workshop, we will explore the linguistic origins of local place-names, the meanings behind them as well as the stories and people hidden within them.

Déanann an Conradh an scéim Ár Logainmneacha Comhroinnte | People & Place a reáchtáil i scoileanna agus le pobail éagsúla sna sé chontae mar léiriú ar an oidhreacht chomhroinnte atá againn sa Ghaeilge. Is scéim feasachta í seo a mhíníonn an nasc idir logainmneacha áitiúla agus an Ghaeilge. Sa cheardlann seo beidh deis againn plé a dhéanamh ar logainmneacha áitiúla sa cheantar, ciall s’acu agus na scéalta atá ag baint leo.

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This event is part of the Waterside Together Festival 2025! Come one, come all as we celebrate the wealth and breadth of green spaces that the Waterside has to offer. For a week in September, let’s forget our differences, as we celebrate a new era of what it means to live in the Waterside.

About Waterside Together

Waterside Together is a shared green spaces events and festival project which aims to reanimate spaces that are perceived as belonging to the ‘other community’, transforming them into areas that are open, welcoming, and safe for all members of the Waterside community. Programmes will be delivered in parks, greenways and community spaces, targeting a range of participants including families, children and young people, older people, and members of the BAME community. Part of the programme will be a shared spaces festival that promotes the collective usage of the green infrastructure in the Waterside and which encourages the movement of people to areas that they would not usually use for recreational purposes.

A note about our funder

Waterside Together is supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) and funded under the theme of Community Regeneration and Transformation, and it is also funded through Derry City and Strabane District Council’s PEACEPLUS Local Co-Designed Action Plan.

Waterside Together is managed by Waterside Neighbourhood Partnership.

Ár Logainmneacha Comhroinnte: The People & Place Project is ran by Conradh na Gaeilge and funded by The Department of Foreign Affairs' Reconciliation Fund.

About Conradh na Gaeilge

Conradh na Gaeilge is the democratic forum for the Irish-speaking community. The organisation runs Irish-language courses; advocates for the language rights of Irish-speakers; raises awareness about the language; hosts the international Irish-language featival Seachtain na Gaeilge le Energia; manages the Irish-language information hub PEIG.ie and the Irish-language bookshop An Siopa Leabhar and much more.

Is é Conradh na Gaeilge fóram daonlathach phobal na Gaeilge. Tá idir ranganna Gaeilge ; abhcóideacht ar son chearta teanga; fheachtais feasachta; Seachtain na Gaeilge le Energia; PEIG.ie lárphointe eolais don Ghaeilge; An Siopa Leabhar; agus eile ar bun ag an eagraíocht ó shin i leith.

About facilitator Lauren Ní Néill

Lauren Ní Néill is the People & Place Project Coordinator. From Glenullin, Co. Derry and with a keen interest in language, traditional music and culture, her work with Conradh na Gaeilge has focused on raising awareness of the linguistic origins of our placenames as part of our shared heritage.

Oibríonn Lauren Ní Néill mar chomhordaitheoir an tionscadail ‘Ár Logainmneacha Comhroinnte’. Is as Gleann an Iolair, Co. Dhoire í agus tá suim ar leith aici sa teanga, sa cheol traidisiúnta agus inár gcultúr. Díríonn a cuid oibre le Conradh na Gaeilge isteach ar bhunús na logainmneacha anseo mar chuid dár n-oidhreacht comhroinnte.

This event is FREE to attend but we will require all attendees to register as a participant on the programme. This is because we are a PEACEPLUS programme and as such must count participants' journey within the programme. To register ahead of the event, please follow this link. If you have any questions please get in touch.

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