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Placenames Database of Ireland

Placenames Database of Ireland is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Placenames Database of Ireland rather than just read about it. In short: The Placenames Database of Ireland (Irish: Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann), also known as logainm.ie, is a database and archive of place names in Ireland. It was created by Fiontar, Dublin City University in collaboration with the Placenames Branch of the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport.

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Reference excerpt

The Placenames Database of Ireland (Irish: Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann), also known as logainm.ie, is a database and archive of place names in Ireland. It was created by Fiontar, Dublin City University in collaboration with the Placenames Branch of the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport. The website is a public resource primarily aimed at journalists and translators, students and teachers, historians and researchers in genealogy.

Placenames Commission and Placenames Branch The Placenames Commission (Irish: an Coimisiún Logainmneacha) was established by the Department of Finance in 1946 to advise Ordnance Survey Ireland and the government of what the Irish name of places should be. Although both the 1922 Constitution of the Irish Free State and the current constitution adopted in 1937 recognised Irish as the national language, the law in regard to placenames was carried over from the 19th-century UK statutes which established the Ordnance Survey and Griffith's Valuation, under which only an English-language name had official status. Irish-language names were adopted in place of some English-language names after 1920 (e.g. King's County became Laois, and Kells, County Meath became Ceannanus Mór) and the Department of Posts and Telegraphs adopted Irish names, but these were ad-hoc and sometimes inconsistent or disputed by locals or Irish-language scholars. The Place-Names (Irish Forms) Act 1973 codified the official assignment of Irish names alongside, rather than instead of, English names; in 1975 the first statutory instrument made this act gave official Irish names to post towns. The names chosen were on the advice of the Placenames Branch; some differed from those adopted in previous decades, in some cases causing controversy. Responsibility for place names was transferred from the Department of Finance to the Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands in 2000. The 1973 Act was replaced by the Official Languages Act 2003 and under its terms, the Placenames Committee continues to advise the Minister prior to the issuing of statutory instruments. The Placenames Commission ceased on 11 October 2012 and the Placenames Committee (Irish: an Coiste Logainmneacha) took its place on 19 September 2013. The Placenames Branch (Irish: An Brainse Logainmneacha) is a branch of the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport, established by the Official Languages Act 2003, which supports the Placenames Commission/Committee in investigating the historical Irish-language names of places.

Awards The official website used to access the database, www.logainm.ie, won the European Language Label in 2010 and was category winner at the 2011 and 2016 Irish eGovernment Awards.

See also Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba, Scottish Gaelic equivalent

References

External links Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann, Placenames database of Ireland home page

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Placenames Database of Ireland

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Placenames Database of Ireland ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Placenames Database of Ireland

In research: Placenames Database of Ireland appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Placenames Database of Ireland in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Placenames Database of Ireland is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2008 establishments in Ireland, Databases in Ireland, Department of Culture, Communications and Sport, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Placenames Database of Ireland outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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